Pregnant women with anxiety and other mood disorders more likely to report using cannabis

Reinforcing previous data on the subject, a new study of pregnant women in California finds that those who have anxiety and other mental health disorders are most likely to also reporting cannabis use during their pregnancy. Looking at data from nearly 200,000 pregnancies across Kaiser Permanente Northern California health facilities, researchers found that 6% of the women self-reported cannabis use while pregnant. Those who said they used cannabis were, on average, younger than 25, Hispanic, and twice as likely to have anxiety, depression, or both these disorders. Although California's laws permit recreational and medicinal marijuana use, physicians are still contending with how best to talk to women about pot use during pregnancy.