Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy
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The potentiality of cannabis was found to be readily crossing the placenta and was detected in the breast feed and potentially causing effects in the foetus and the neonate [1]. However the observational studies investigating this issue is facing many challenges due to polysubstance usage and under reported prenatal cannabis usage due to fear of repercussions and social stigma [1,2]. Large amount of data suggests that the attitude of recreational usage of cannabis are hiking up the potential impact on gestational women and their children [3].

A systemic study conducted in 2016 [4] clearly examined the effect of cannabis on birth weight and reported the remarkable effect on birth weight were both mean birth weights and the percentage of infants at low birth weight (LBW; defined as 2.2kg or 5.5 lbs). The study also found that intrauterine exposure to cannabis is associated with a decrease in birth weight among the infants exposed cannabis compared to those who never exposed to cannabis.

Blended discoveries about a relationship in with cannabis use happened in investigations of accelerate work and the manual evacuation of the placenta. No affiliations were found between in utero presentation to cannabis and the accompanying wellbeing results: rupture of membranes, maternal diabetes, duration of labor, premature onset of labor, placental abruption, secondary arrest of labor, use of prenatal care, elevated blood pressure, maternal bleeding after 20 weeks, antepartum or postpartum hemorrhage, hyperemesis gravidarum, maternal weight gain, maternal postnatal issues, hormone concentrations or duration of maternal hospital stay [4].

Budde et al, Leemaqz et al and Warshak et al [5-7] conducted further studies and these studies examined the association between cannabis exposure and the development of outcomes such as anemia, precipitate labor, manual removal of the placenta, etc.,

There are no proper evidences yet to prove that exposure of cannabis is leading to one particular problem this is rising due to the unreported usage of cannabis and poly substance usage. This could be explained by few of the research findings of Leemaqz et al [6] who conducted a study on 313 while Warshak et al [7] conducted a study 4892 pregnant women and all these women who used cannabis during their gestation. But these studies failed to identify any significant association between exposure to cannabis and gestational diabetes or preeclampsia or gestational hypertension.

But Budde etal [5], succeeded to find significant relation between the usage of cannabis and placental abruption.

However most of the studies failed to show a exact evidences of cannabis causing effects in prenatal, neonates and mother but there are finding that supports the a significance that exists a normal gestation and a gestation exposed to the weed, this could happen because of minute changes that are being taken place in the hormonal levels and their genetic makeup.