The American Medical Association (AMA) is pushing for new regulations that require some warning signs about the potential hazard of marijuana use during pregnancy and breastfeeding to be written on legal marijuana products. The regulation was set based on studies that suggest marijuana use may be linked with low birth weight, premature birth and behaviour problems in young children.
The warnings regulation was proposed by Dr. Diana Ramos, a Los Angeles physician with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (ACOG) at an AMA policy making meeting in Atlanta, according to US News&World Report.
Dr. Ramos said that marijuana products should have similar warnings with alcohol and tobacco products, since its the most commonly used drug during the pregnancy. The use of marijuana during pregnancy is about 5 percent nationwide, but as high as 28 percent among some urban low-income women.
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AMA: Legal Marijuana Products Should Come with Warnings
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