Heavy Cannabis Use During Pregnancy Linked to Slower Brain Growth in Babies: McGill Study

Heavy Cannabis Use During Pregnancy Linked to Slower Brain Growth in Babies: McGill Study
Heavy cannabis use during pregnancy can lead to delays in fetal brain development that last into adulthood, a new McGill University study has found. AAP Image/Jane Dempster
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Heavy cannabis use during pregnancy can lead to delays in fetal brain development that last into adulthood, a new study has found.

McGill University researchers used MRI techniques for brain imaging to track the effects of prenatal cannabis exposure in mice. The results were published in the Molecular Psychiatry journal in September and reported in a Nov. 18 news release from McGill.