South Carolina jails mothers who test positive for marijuana while pregnant
Marijuana may not even harm fetuses, but South Carolina now jails mothers who test positive for exposure while pregnant.
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Jailing is not the answer, no, but throwing in "[m]arijuana may not even harm fetuses" is not the kind of message we want to be sending. One of my professors is a leading expert in cannabis research in Canada, and he is currently studying the effects of cannabis on fetal development in rats. They and previous studies are finding/have found increased anxiety and decreased cognition and sociability in rat pups exposed in utero, with worse effects in females than males. Other studies have found some physical deformations I believe, but I'm not so familiar with their research. My professor is studying this specifically because of the extent of its use in pregnancy and his concern with the long-term and large-scale effects of this. Cannabis is a drug and should not be used – without exception – in pregnancy until its safety and efficacy is established. I sympathise with women in a tough situation, but it's simply not fair to the children. I just think throwing in these kinds of phrases is dismissive of rational concerns, even if the responses to these concerns are irrational.
Besides, think of the tolerance break (only sorta /s)
Cannabis is a drug and should not be used – without exception – in pregnancy until its safety and efficacy is established.
Blow it out your ear. The era of marijuana hysteria has passed.
It’s hysteria to make sure it’s safe before using it while pregnant? Wow you’re an absolute fucking idiot.
You can smoke your weed, so can I, but you’re just being a total dickhead.
Perhaps I should've gone into more detail:
It's OK with me if pregnant women smoke weed, drink beer, stay up late, do or don't take pre-natal vitamins, or have an abortion. I shrug, whistle a happy tune, and do not care.
Then go fuck yourself?
What an asshole.
I use weed lol.
Drug isn't a dirty word, I apply this thinking to any and every drug, whether or not it's a "drug of abuse." If it hasn't been shown to be safe during pregnancy, then it shouldn't be used in pregnancy.
And I agree wholeheartedly, so long as it's a doctor's recommendation and a public-service ad on TV and scolding from a mom-to-be's mother-in-law. When such advice becomes law, enforced by police action, it's lunacy.
Well then you should have just said that instead, because your initial reply was unwarranted given that I made my position on police enforcement in this regard quite clear.
It's okay to have an unexpressed thought.
Not really, now we know that the lead mod here actually thinks. Good to know.
I'm having one now — thanks!