Cannabis whilst pregnant!

[MorgansMummy24]

As if I have just been to the shops for some late night snacks (feeling ravenous) and there is a lady outside the shop with a man, she is quite heavily pregnant and clearly smoking a joint of cannabis! Im really angry! To think of the people who miscarry or cannot concieve! I feel sick to my stomach, rotten!

If you were that bothered about it you should have told the woman instead of complaining about it on the Internet. It's unfair to bitch about her online when she hasn't had the chance to defend herself and we don't know the full picture.

The worst thing about smoking weed during pregnancy is the tobacco. If countries like America use weed to help with medical conditions then surely it can't be too harmful.

differentnameforthis

I was responding to charis claim that babies and children exposed to weed can develop autism due to that, which is of course bollocks.

There is eveidence that autism can be genetic, even if a child with autism has both parents without, there can be other family members with it. Not in all cases and of course many of the older ones would be undiagnosed.

lucycant - show me a study that shows one spliff is harmful in pregnancy. All we know from OP is that one was being smoked. Leaping to conclusions about that woman's drug use beyond what was seen, is as I've said as ludicrous as assuming a pregnant woman drinking one glass of wine is going to get FAS.

OP is on a high horse to be horrified at one spliff when regular wine consumption is being promoted on MN right now!

exactly newbian - I suppose alcohol is more socially acceptable but 'wine o clock' for mums seems to be some kind of big joke while in my opinion a drunken mum is far worse for children than a stoned mum.

SunnyBaudelaire

Are you a weed smoker by any chance? You seem very defensive of it.

I think you will find most street drugs are cut with other drugs and chemicals including skunk, I know this as a fact because my I have seen it with my own eyes, and as a previous cocaine user I know exactly what it tastes and smells like.

You cannot say what other people cut drugs with, therefore your statement of it being but that is complete bollocks is infact, complete bollocks. Unless of course you are growing your own?

There are very few studies on the effects of cannabis in pregnancy, so no one can say what problems it does or doesn't cause, but we know for a fact it can cause problems in people who have mental illness which really is no good for a pregnant woman or an unborn baby.

Cannabis is not sold pure on the streets, so you cannot possibly compare it to shop bought alcohol and the risks associated (FYI I am teetotal and have my own views on alcohol)

sorry but saying that weed is laced with 'cocaine or crack' is bollocks and you know it.

The fact there's a massive difference in price with weed and cocaine so why would a dealer cut them together when surely you're not going to become a crack addict from that amount?

exactly thank you laurenlhthompson, it makes no sense other than sensationalising things.

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The reason dealers lace weed with anything is to add weight so they can make more of a profit. Coke is expensive for not much weight. It makes no sense at all for them to lace it with this. I believe they actually use ground glass to 'sandblast' it.

Where's lurkinghusband when you need him? He's pretty knowledgable on the subject.

Bloody hell i dont think this post is about what weed can or can't be mixed with.

At the end of the day... don't risk your baby's health. There is no justification.

Wow I wouldn't want to be inhaling ground glass anytime soon

laurenlhthompson it's very small amounts, sometimes done by dealers who sell both weed and coke to entice you over.

You are incredibly naive to think that street drugs are pure, I can assure you they are not.

How do you know it's bollocks? Are you a dealer who provides all the weed in the UK? or are you someone who sits back reading the internet thinking they know it all?

Seen it first hand with my own eyes, there is no getting away from that.

Not saying they all do it, but how do you know who does and doesn't?

Do you sample drugs to check? no of course not, you buy them and take the risk.

Clearly you are so pro-weed you cannot see past the end of your own spliff.

ok you have seen with your own eyes dealers lacing weed with crack?
It really sounds as though you are hanging around with the wrong people to be up on that high horse.

I am with Sunny on this.

I have no doubt both cigarettes and alcohol are far far more dangerous.

And babies exposed to cannabis and a link to adhd and autism.. Bollocks

And parents don't have to be ausitic for it to be genetic thing. Even I know thats not how genetics work.

How can you mix glass with weed when in comes in plant form for you to grind up? I'm pretty sure glass doesn't grow in buds.

Sorry it makes no sense.

"Furthermore, while you can not prove the negative effects of weed, nor can you disprove them, and it is certainly not worth risking your own child’s health."

This. This makes me really mad. Ignore that it's about weed - you could substitute weed with pretty much any other thing/ food substance/ activity and this, in my eyes, is extremely dangerous territory for pregnant women.

Do we need to stop using new frying pans or sitting on new sofas in case, as ROCOG said, this could be harmful due to chemicals although it hasn't been proved or disproved. Why take the risk?

Or should we avoid dyeing our hair in the first 3 months like the NHS page suggests we might want to even though they themselves state no studies have ever shown a negative impact. Why take the risk?

Or perhaps we should stop taking car journeys - after all every time we get in one we're putting our baby at a small but still potential risk of a crash and death. And there's no benefit for the baby in our popping out to see a friend is there? Why take the risk?

We could go down this terrifying route forever and it really will be like Handmaid's Tale.

Weed is a plant - if you buy it in its pure form it's not cut with anything - it's leaves!

Coke gets mixed with all sorts from talcum powder, bicarb and of course ketamine. This is to increase volume and profits.

While smoking weed isn't a great idea, people need to stop being so judgemental all the time, as has been said you know nothing about this woman!

As for studies, they generally come out in the favour of whoever is funding them, so unreliable.

ukcsc.co.uk/know-your-smoke-grit-spray-and-flush/

MissTwister lets all smoke weed then shall we

Amyyyy 27 you may have read a different post to the one I posted as I don't think I referenced that anyone, let alone everyone, should smoke weed whilst pregnant.

I was commenting on the fact that someone posted a link 'proving' the dangers which cited then this. Therefore not proven. And then I linked this to the gradual erosion of pregnant women's liberties under the guise of 'not taking a risk.'

I've not done any research into smoking weed whilst pregnant I have no idea what the damage or not is. I am having a discussion around 'not taking risks' on unproven premises and how far this could go

Lol at the suggestion that dealers are lacing the comparitively cheap weed with expensive coke!

Skunk weeds are potent hybrids of two different types of cannabis, the combination of the different plant types, their different effects and intense growing methods, is what makes them potent, not anything that is added to them. They have higher THC levels than 'normal' cannabis strains.

It seemed what you were saying is that if people stop/don't smoke weed as it is risky then they should also stop driving, buying new frying pans or sitting on new sofas. But as people definitely still drive etc why should they stop/not smoke weed? Smoking weed and sitting on a new sofa.. i just don't link the 2 of them in the same risk category.

Sorry at want point did I state I wanted to do horrible things to this woman?

What point*