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UW to pay pregnant women on pot to study effects on unborn babies
Posted on 6/25/19 at 5:45 pm
Posted on 6/25/19 at 5:45 pm
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The Univ of Washington is conducting an experiment in which pregnant mothers will use the drug cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, to see the effects on infants.
The university has received roughly more than $190,000 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to conduct the study, which recruits women to take marijuana from the first to last trimester of their pregnancy, according to KOMO-TV.
Participants who complete the study will receive $300, according to the study's website.
Researchers will perform brain scans on the babies when they reach six months of age to identify any possible impacts and risks of drug exposure, including the development of brain disorders.
One of the major concerns that prompted the study was the lack of accurate prior research, which “likely underestimated potential risks of cannabis use during pregnancy because modern strains are 3x more potent than they were 30 years ago,” according to the study details.
The National Institute of Drug Abuse doled out $234,000 to the University of Denver in 2018 for a study titled “Cannabis Use during Pregnancy, Maternal Brain, and Mother-Infant Relationships,” according to Fox News.
Studies also detail a correlation between marijuana use during pregnancy and a heightened chance of low birthweight and premature birth, as reported by AP News. Previous scientific research has shown that marijuana may have adverse, brain-altering effects.
A study from New Zealand in conjunction with Duke University also found that people who smoked marijuana often as teenagers and had a disorder using it lost an average of eight IQ points between ages 13 and 38, the National Institute on Drug Abuse reports. Impaired movement, difficulty with problem-solving and thinking, impaired memory, hallucinations, delusions, and psychosis are among some of the other negative side effects cited by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, noted that studies done on animals have linked major marijuana use in early pregnancy with the development of fetal brain disorders.
The Univ of Washington is conducting an experiment in which pregnant mothers will use the drug cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, to see the effects on infants.
The university has received roughly more than $190,000 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to conduct the study, which recruits women to take marijuana from the first to last trimester of their pregnancy, according to KOMO-TV.
Participants who complete the study will receive $300, according to the study's website.
Researchers will perform brain scans on the babies when they reach six months of age to identify any possible impacts and risks of drug exposure, including the development of brain disorders.
One of the major concerns that prompted the study was the lack of accurate prior research, which “likely underestimated potential risks of cannabis use during pregnancy because modern strains are 3x more potent than they were 30 years ago,” according to the study details.
The National Institute of Drug Abuse doled out $234,000 to the University of Denver in 2018 for a study titled “Cannabis Use during Pregnancy, Maternal Brain, and Mother-Infant Relationships,” according to Fox News.
Studies also detail a correlation between marijuana use during pregnancy and a heightened chance of low birthweight and premature birth, as reported by AP News. Previous scientific research has shown that marijuana may have adverse, brain-altering effects.
A study from New Zealand in conjunction with Duke University also found that people who smoked marijuana often as teenagers and had a disorder using it lost an average of eight IQ points between ages 13 and 38, the National Institute on Drug Abuse reports. Impaired movement, difficulty with problem-solving and thinking, impaired memory, hallucinations, delusions, and psychosis are among some of the other negative side effects cited by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, noted that studies done on animals have linked major marijuana use in early pregnancy with the development of fetal brain disorders.
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Posted on 6/25/19 at 5:47 pm to Crimson Wraith
How is this political?
This is a University conducting research on private, consenting citizens. It’s not like the State of Washington is mandating that all pregnant women smoke pot for the first trimester so they can figure out what happens.
How do you imagine that medical research is conducted?
This is a University conducting research on private, consenting citizens. It’s not like the State of Washington is mandating that all pregnant women smoke pot for the first trimester so they can figure out what happens.
How do you imagine that medical research is conducted?
This post was edited on 6/25/19 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 6/25/19 at 5:49 pm to Crimson Wraith
Not the greatest idea I've ever heard.
Posted on 6/25/19 at 5:51 pm to Crimson Wraith
I can tell you what it does. It creates sky screamers. 
Posted on 6/25/19 at 5:52 pm to Crimson Wraith
If you smoke anything while pregnant you are an idiot. However............
I seriously Doubt that marijuana does any more damage than opioid painkillers and antidepressants and antipsychotics that doctors prescribe to pregnant women all the time.
Of course im not an expert
I seriously Doubt that marijuana does any more damage than opioid painkillers and antidepressants and antipsychotics that doctors prescribe to pregnant women all the time.
Of course im not an expert
Posted on 6/25/19 at 5:53 pm to Indefatigable
How is it not?
Posted on 6/25/19 at 5:53 pm to Crimson Wraith
First, pregnant women that would elect to participate in a study such as this are stupid.
Second, to think that $300 is fair compensation to participate in this study are insanely stupid.
Second, to think that $300 is fair compensation to participate in this study are insanely stupid.
Posted on 6/25/19 at 5:54 pm to Crimson Wraith
If they volunteer—- who cares
The world would be better if people minded their own business
The world would be better if people minded their own business
This post was edited on 6/25/19 at 5:55 pm
Posted on 6/25/19 at 5:54 pm to Crimson Wraith
Because it is a school conducting research?
What makes this even remotely political? This may be the definition of apolitical. It is medical research. Marijuana is a plant, and this research has nothing to do with legalization legislation.
What makes this even remotely political? This may be the definition of apolitical. It is medical research. Marijuana is a plant, and this research has nothing to do with legalization legislation.
This post was edited on 6/25/19 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 6/25/19 at 5:55 pm to Sid E Walker
They make just take the $300 if it's up front and later they can still abort if they choose.
Posted on 6/25/19 at 5:56 pm to Indefatigable
Gubment skrool
Posted on 6/25/19 at 5:57 pm to Possumslayer
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Gubment skrool
With its own massive endowment. I’ll ask you the same question i asked the OP: how do you imagine any type of medical research is conducted?
Hint: lots and lots of ‘government’ schools
This post was edited on 6/25/19 at 5:58 pm
Posted on 6/25/19 at 6:03 pm to Crimson Wraith
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Posted on 6/25/19 at 6:06 pm to Indefatigable
Lay around, smoke a fatty and I imagine there will be snacks and refreshments?
Posted on 6/25/19 at 6:06 pm to Crimson Wraith
I thjnk They are looking for mothers who are already going to smoke pot during their pregnancy... not mother to start doing it.
Posted on 6/25/19 at 6:08 pm to SammyTiger
Some others might want that $300 though. Seems like child abuse to me.
Posted on 6/25/19 at 6:10 pm to Crimson Wraith
Depends on what the study finds.
Posted on 6/25/19 at 6:12 pm to Crimson Wraith
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Some others might want that $300 though. Seems like child abuse to me.
Nobody is going to front hundreds of dollars to buy weed to make $300 at the end of a 9 month study.
This is for women who are already smokers who won't quit when pregnant. They're given $300 to make it worth their while to do all these tests and work.
Posted on 6/25/19 at 6:12 pm to Crimson Wraith
Do that shite in Alabama and you’ll end up in prison.
Posted on 6/25/19 at 6:22 pm to Indefatigable
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How is this political
It’s completely political, politics are the public debate and enforcement of morality
Shining light on the debate is not reserved for politicians, in fact politicians don’t have shite on TD poly board posters
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