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Prenatal use of cannabis associated with preterm birth
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30417
Subject(s) - nausea , pregnancy , vomiting , cannabis , obstetrics , medicine , psychiatry , psychology , anesthesia , genetics , biology
Despite the fact that many women think cannabis is a cure for nausea and vomiting associated with pregnancy — and that many states approve medical marijuana for such purposes — such use is associated with an increase in the rate of preterm birth, researchers report in a recently published study.