MMJ: Pregnant and Limitless?

Is there any consensus based on scientific data or professional opinion regarding the need for pregnant women to stop smoking cannabis? Also, how about before becoming pregnant for both the future mother and father? - Sacto Mike

We are talking about cannabis: There is no such thing as “consensus.” Everyone has an agenda. That said, the studies that were done in the 60s and 70s showed cannabis use was not harmful to fetuses. In fact, when Melanie Dreher studied Rastafarian women in Jamaica, she found that the babies of cannabis users were in better shape than the babies of non­cannabis users. Everyone knows cannabis is great for nausea and emesis (fancy words for feeling like you are gonna vomit, and vomiting). As to the health of the egg and sperm, there seem to be no deleterious effects. For a while, cannabis was thought to affect the motility of the spermatozoa, but, and this is anecdotal, my dad sired five smart, healthy, awesome kids while puffing a yang of weed the whole time. My kids are also awesome, and my now ex-wife and I had no problem getting pregnant. I am not a doctor. I am not giving medical advice. But I would say that cannabis use during pregnancy is a personal decision, and counsel moderation in all things. Have fun trying!

I’ve always disagreed with the amount of cannabis one should be “allowed” to possess. No one has ever proposed a set amount of alcohol you can buy or possess. So, why should we propose any “limit”? Alcohol is a dangerous drug. The more one drinks, the more dangerous. What’s the reasoning? I think I know why: To make the ostensibly bitter pill easier to swallow for purposes of public/governmental acceptance, we’re soft­-selling cannabis. Sure, it needs to be legalized, but conflating arcane American moralistic ethos with our demand for legalization is absurd. I know that you know this already but, really, this bullshit of soft­sell does us a disservice. I’d like to think that, by this point in time, we’d have the fortitude to tell it and sell it like it really is. - LB

Strong words. You answered your own question. As it stands now, medical cannabis patients are allowed to possess up to 8 ounces. I feel like a half pound of weed is a pretty good stash. No need to get the squares all riled up.