Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug in the world. Marijuana comes from the plant cannabis. Cannabis has an active ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol or THC. THC makes feel high and affect the way our body works. Pregnant women marijuana smoked in a different ways such as steam, seeds, and flower and also it can be mixed in to foods such as cookies, lollipops, brownies and tea. Marijuana has been used for centuries as a medicine, although we didn’t know about its health effect. There are lots of new born babies that have different health problem because of marijuana usage on pregnancy. Pregnant women they take marijuana (THC) increase carbon monoxide level in their blood. This reduces amount of oxygen in the …show more content…
Some of the causes are women lose weight during pregnancy and some women are drug addicted. When the mother smokes marijuana, the baby is exposed to increase the amount of drug they receive through the blood. Since marijuana being legal in Colorado there are lots of change on the adult, pregnant women’s and infant from heart rate to brain function problem. Marijuana use by pregnant women might seems like a no barrier of bad idea but it’s a cause of different health problems. Marijuana users in Colorado and Washington already receive warning that the drug shouldn’t be used by pregnant.
There are some pregnant women’s that believes marijuana is not cause of health problem. Pregnant women’s taking marijuana is because they believe that it’s not harmful. Some research shows pregnant women’s taking marijuana to get some relief from their pain. The main reasons of taking marijuana during pregnancy are it helps to keep food by reducing throwing up to much, help them for their appetite and helps them to take a nap. On the other hand women’s choose to by cannabis because it’s cheaper in price than other pregnancy …show more content…
Using marijuana during pregnancy has an effect after the baby born. Marijuana affects a mother’s ability to be able to properly care for her baby. Because of taking marijuana during pregnancy she got lots of health problem because of that she can’t take care of her baby. Marijuana effects have been related to perinatal risk factors and to later developmental outcome and Poor birth outcomes which are associated with illicit drug use during pregnancy. While prenatal cigarette exposure has similar effects, cessation of illicit drug use during pregnancy is often prioritized over cessation of smoking. Women were recruited at entry to prenatal care, with background and substance use information collected during pregnancy. Children’s Hospital Colorado indicate an increase in the number of children hospitalized in 2014 over the previous