Examining associations between marijuana use during pregnancy, childhood outcomes

What The Study Did: Researchers investigated whether cannabis use during pregnancy was associated with various childhood outcomes, including cognition, social problems and brain structure.

Authors: Sarah E. Paul, B.A., and Ryan Bogdan, Ph.D., of Washington University in St. Louis, are the corresponding authors.

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(doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.2902)

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