Tag: Becker’s Hospital Review

Daily or near-daily use of marijuana has increased among pregnant women to 3.4 percent in 2017, and past month usage has nearly doubled, to 7 percent, since 2002. Current national guidelines advise women who are pregnant not to use cannabis which has been linked to a variety of birth defects. A new study surveyed both […]

As many veterans continue to self-medicate using cannabis to ease post-traumatic stress disorder and other war-induced health problems, the Department of Veterans Affairs has discontinued its research into the drug, Politico reported Nov. VA physicians are unable to prescribe cannabis or issue medical marijuana cards in the 36 states where it is legal given that […]