Prenatal Marijuana Use Could Cause Sleep Problems In Children

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Researchers found children whose moms used marijuana while pregnant suffered from somnolence symptoms — or excessive sleepiness. RELATED: Study Links Marijuana And Pregnancy Use To Infant Health Risks Participants’ mothers were given an exhaustive questionnaire upon entrance into the ABCD study. Using cannabis while pregnant could cause your child sleeping problems later in life, according to a new study by University of Colorado Boulder researchers. The ABCD study launched in 2015 and will become the largest long-term study to explore early brain development in the United States. Marijuana use remains federally illegal and researchers wondered if actual prenatal cannabis use had been higher among the ABCD dataset.

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Researchers found children whose moms used marijuana while pregnant suffered from somnolence symptoms — or excessive sleepiness.

Using cannabis while pregnant could cause your child sleeping problems later in life, according to a new study by University of Colorado Boulder researchers. The research doesn’t establish a causality between prenatal marijuana exposure and developmental sleep problems, but it does represent another possible development issue caused by pregnant women consuming marijuana.

“As a society, it took us a while to understand that smoking and drinking alcohol are not advisable during pregnancy, but it is now seen as...

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