Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: bigdaddy45
livescience.com/42853-marijuana-during-pregnancy-baby-brain.html

By Tanya Lewis | January 27, 2014

Using marijuana during pregnancy could affect a baby’s brain development by interfering with how brain cells are wired, a new study in mice and human tissue suggests.

Researchers studied marijuana’s effects on mice and brain tissue from human fetuses, and found that the active ingredient in marijuana, THC, interferes with the formation of connections between nerve cells in the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain responsible for higher thinking skills and forming memories.

Read More…

10 posted on 04/17/2015 12:59:50 PM PDT by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: CharlesOConnell

and??
Drinking during pregnancy leads to fetal alcohol syndrome, and smoking stunts growth.
And there was no mention of her being pregnant. What’s your point?


16 posted on 04/17/2015 1:03:37 PM PDT by No_More_Harkin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies ]

To: CharlesOConnell

I believe no studies anymore.

None.

,


53 posted on 04/17/2015 2:53:55 PM PDT by Mears (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."Voltaire))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson