February 3, 2017
Marijuana helping (mostly liberal) women give birth to mentally impaired babies
By Ed Straker
Liberals are much more likely to smoke marijuana than conservatives. Therefore, it's safe to assume that the vast majority of pregnant women who smoke marijuana are liberals, and they are more likely to give birth to retarded babies.
As states legalize marijuana or its medical use, expectant mothers are taking it up in increasing numbers .... Marijuana’s main psychoactive ingredient — tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC — can cross the placenta to reach the fetus, experts say, potentially harming brain development, cognition and birth weight.... In Pittsburgh, 6-year-olds born to mothers who had smoked one joint or more daily in the first trimester showed a decreased ability to understand concepts in listening and reading..... Most troubling, children of mothers who used marijuana heavily in the first trimester had lower scores in reading, math and spelling at age 14 than their peers.
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