Posted on 01/29/2018 5:16:29 AM PST by simpson96
Two-year old Maverick Hawkins sits on a red plastic car in his grandmother's living room in the picturesque town of Nevada City, Calif., in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. His playpal Delilah Smith, a fellow 2-year old, snacks on hummus and cashews and delights over the sounds of her Princess Peppa stuffie.
It's playtime for the kids of the provocatively named Facebook group "Pot Smoking Moms Who Cuss Sometimes."
Maverick's mother, Jenna Sauter, started the group after he was born. "I was a new mom, a young mom — I was 22 — and I was just feeling really lonely in the house, taking care of him," she says. She wanted to reach out to other mothers but didn't want to hide her marijuana use.
"I wanted friends who I could be open with," Sauter says — "like I enjoy going to the river and I like to maybe smoke a joint at the river."
When Jenna Sauter's youngest son, Axel, tested positive for THC — marijuana's active ingredient — after he was born, she got a home visit from local social services. Sauter says she and her friends don't smoke near their children.
"It's not like being totally out of it," Sauter says. "I'm completely aware of my surroundings. I'm watching my kid, watching my friends' kids. I'm hanging out. You totally know what's going on."
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Please no matter your persuasion on marijuana, ladies, no smoking, no alcohol..save it for the teen years..lol/sarc
As a thankful medical marijuana patient here in Florida I hope for the baby sake this woman would stop smoking period until her baby is born.
Baby? What baby? Unborn babies aren’t babies according to the left-
Which brings up an important p oint- if they aren’t humans until they are born, then why do they suffer from what a mother does while in the womb? The effects carry over to birth and beyond, so obviously the BABY was an actual human baby while in the womb- too tired to flesh this point out further, but there’s an important point in there
Seriously? What a stupid question...
Also, if it is unsafe to smoke cigarettes when pregnant the why would it not also be unsafe to smoke marijuana when pregnant? Why do they even need a study?
Baby tested positive fir THC. She should be arrested for child abuse. It would be interesting to test the other kids that she supposedly doesn’t smoke pot around. Also does she breast feed? THC can be positive in the urond for 1-2 mos in heavier users, so in guessing there is a decent chance it’s also present in breast milk. But hey dude I bet the baby sleeps better...
Why is everyone so concerned? She can kill the baby if she wants to...so this is a nothing.
Self centered, satanic symbol wearing, tattooed doper. Why would anyone doubt the parenting skills of one who went through their pregnancy stoned?
Next on PBS — Will pressing your hand against a red hot stove burner hurt?
Rationalization over science.
You mean the baby is not a mass of cells? what will the raging feminazis say?
Uh, hell no!
Liberals constantly lie to America claiming patriots are stupid yet they have to write articles like this for their mouth-breathing readership.
Sure, just as safe as heroin, alcohol and a bit of meth here and there. Shoot up. Drink up. Who cares about that blob of cells in your uterus.
obvious /s
Being raised by a brainless hippie is a hell of a lot worse than any effects from controlled substances administered prenatally.
she should not have kids! U have to be the grown up when u have kids and she is obviously not ready to do that.
Short answer - of course not (no more than is alcohol).
‘Dr. Dana Gossett, a research obstetrician and gynecologist at the University of California, San Francisco who also treats patients, says studies show marijuana increases the risk of stillbirth and adversely affects how a baby’s brain develops.
‘Gossett cites some research that suggests children exposed to marijuana while growing in the womb can have poorer performance on visual-motor coordination — tasks like catching a ball or solving visual problems like puzzles.
‘And studies also show, she says, these kids may have behavioral problems at higher rates than other children by the age of 14, and are at greater risk for initiating marijuana use.’
Maybe in your book. I don’t call child abuse a nothing.
I thought it was sooooo sarcastic that /s wasn’t necessary.
“Also, if it is unsafe to smoke cigarettes when pregnant-—————————”
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It is?
Oh yeah,I remember all of those deformed babies born in the 1950s and 1060s./s
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