Marijuana use in pregnancy is major risk for pre-term birth
Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 10:40
in Health & Medicine
For the first time, science has shown a direct link between continued marijuana use during pregnancy and pre-term birth. The results show that once all other major risk factors have been accounted for, continued marijuana use through to 20 weeks' gestation is independently associated with a five-fold increase in the risk of pre-term birth.