Entries by National Families in Action

CALIFORNIA: Prenatal Marijuana Use By Pregnant Women Up 25% During COVID

September 29, 2021 in , , , , /by

Kaiser Permanente Northern California researchers studied 100,005 pregnancy records of 95,412 women before and during the COVID pandemic. They found that prenatal marijuana use increased 25 percent (from 6.75 percent to 8.14 percent) during the pandemic. Rates of Prenatal Cannabis Use Among Pregnant Women Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Kelly C. Young-Wolff, PhD, MPH1; G. Thomas Ray, MBA1; Stacey E. Alexeeff, PhD1; et […]

Marijuana And Other Drugs Can Kill Babies In First Year Of Life

July 14, 2021 in , , , , , /by

Drug-related deaths among US infants For the first time, researchers find that during the first year of life, even infants can die from exposure to addictive drugs, either directly or indirectly. They defined “drug-involved deaths” as those deaths due to underlying or contributing causes. Drugs most frequently mentioned on death certificates included methamphetamine, opioids, opioid […]

Understanding How Much Big Tobacco Is Driving Nicotine & Marijuana Vaping

February 25, 2021 in , , , , , , , /by

Not only does Big Tobacco continue to find ways to lure children into buying new nicotine products, it is moving in on the marijuana industry to scale pot sales up to or beyond the level of diminishing tobacco sales. Most people are unaware of the growing relationship between marijuana and tobacco companies. But that doesn’t […]

Here are the states with the lowest levels of marijuana use among kids 12-17 years old

January 17, 2021 in , , , , , /by

Last week, we reported that 3.2 million 12- to 17-year-olds used marijuana in the past year, according to the new 2018-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Of those, 39 percent live in the 15 recreational legalization states and the District of Columbia, while 61 percent live in the other 35 states. We got […]

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