Background: Breastfeeding is associated with substantial benefits for both the child and
mother. Most guidelines state that women who use illicit drugs should not breastfeed …

Marijuana is one of the most widely used recreational substances in the United States, with
high rates of use during peak childbearing years. Medical marijuana use is also becoming …

Little is known about the risks associated with marijuana use by mothers during the
breastfeeding period. A search of CINAHL, Cochrane, Embase, ProQuest Nursing, and …

OBJECTIVE To describe maternal knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to marijuana
use and breastfeeding, and determine their association with knowledge about potential …

With recent legalization of marijuana in numerous US states, the risk of marijuana exposure
via breast milk is a rising concern. This review analyzes the available human and animal …

Background Little is known about breastfeeding initiation and duration in the context of
postpartum marijuana use and safety beliefs. Research Aims (1) To describe characteristics …

Objective Our primary objective was to understand breastfeeding individuals' decisions to
use cannabis. Specifically, we investigated reasons for cannabis use, experiences with …

In the early 2000s, several states legalized marijuana for medicinal uses. Since then, more
and more states have either decriminalized or legalized marijuana use for medical or …

Background: In the United States, 5% of breastfeeding mothers report using cannabis.
Frequent cannabis use results in higher delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in breast milk …

The following is a commentary on the recently pub-lished guidelines for breastfeeding in
women with substance use disorders. 1 Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (A9THC) is the major …