Booze, Tobacco and Marijuana Use During Pregnancy

Smoking in Pregnancy Linked to Psychotic Symptoms in Kids The new research, published in the October issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, doesn’t prove that smoking during pregnancy causes the psychotic behavior, but it does suggest a link. In the study of 6356 children in the United Kingdom, more than 11 percent of the 12-year-olds appeared to have definite or suspected symptoms of psychosis…. ….”The researchers couldn’t find any link between maternal marijuana use and psychotic symptoms in children among the few women who reported using the drug during pregnancy.” Link to news story in full at source US News: health.usnews.com ___________________________________________________________________________ Maybe this is why Native tribal women used Marijuana to ease early pregnancy symptoms!! “Prohibition…goesbeyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man’s appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.” — Abraham Lincoln December 1840