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Cannabis and Pregnancy
- Early Maternal Prenatal Cannabis Use and Child Developmental Delays (JAMA)
- Associations Between Prenatal Cannabis Use and Maternal Health Outcomes (JAMA)
- Prenatal Cannabis Use and Maternal Pregnancy Outcomes (JAMA) (ORIGINAL STUDY)
- Cannabis Exposure and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Related to Placental Function (JAMA)
- Prenatal cannabis exposure, the brain, and psychopathology during early adolescence (NMH)
- Cannabis and Pregnancy – CDC
- Cannabis and Pregnancy – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study (NIH)
Risks vs. Benefits
- Balancing risks and benefits of cannabis use: umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials and observational studies (BMJ)
- Cannabis Frequently Asked Questions (CDC) – (Cannabis Use Disorder + Risks/Benefits)
- Brain Function Outcomes of Recent and Lifetime Cannabis Use (JAMA)
Clarification of Insufficient Evidence
- The medicinal benefits of cannabis are mostly unknown (NASEM)
- The relationship between cannabis use and schizophrenia is complex (NASEM)
Vulnerable Populations
- Adolescents
- Adolescent cannabis use, cognition, brain health and educational outcomes: A review of the evidence (NIH)
- Cannabis Use During Adolescence and Young Adulthood and Academic Achievement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (JAMA)
- The Developmental Trajectory to Cannabis Use Disorder (American Journal of Psychiatry)
- A systematic evidence map of the association between cannabis use and psychosis-related outcomes across the psychosis continuum: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses (Psychiatry Research – Volume 331)
- Cannabis and anxiety and depression in young adults: a large prospective study (NIH)
- Pre-Existing Mental Health Conditions
- Cannabis Use and Symptomatic Relapse in First Episode Schizophrenia: Trigger or Consequence? Data From the OPTIMISE Study (Oxford Academic)
- Age-dependent association of cannabis use with risk of psychotic disorder
- What to know about cannabis and bipolar disorder (Medical News Today)
- Assessing rates and predictors of cannabis-associated psychotic symptoms across observational, experimental and medical research
- Development of cannabis use disorder in medical cannabis users: A 9-month follow-up of a randomized clinical trial testing effects of medical cannabis card ownership