18 October, 2024
In the United States, two federal reports, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), may help allay at least some concerns around prenatal exposure to cannabis.
One study found that cannabis use during early pregnancy was not associated with child autism, while the other study found no association with increased risk for early childhood developmental delays.
The autism spectrum disorder (ASD) analysis included data from 178,948 pregnancies born to 146,296 unique individuals between 2011 and 2019, while the early development research used data from 119,976 pregnancies born to 106,240 individuals between early 2015 and late 2019. Children were screened at various points on autism and developmental measures.
Division of Research; Paediatric Subspecialties; Kaiser Permanente, California; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
