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Could drinking and smoking weed during pregnancy contribute to autism?
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Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 48 years experience
Maybe: Some of the toxins you inhale with every cigarette will enter your blood and travel thru the umbilical cord to baby.It is well documented that the newborn of a marijuana smoker will have a smaller skull volume ; the question of related learning problems has been difficult to sort out. Reliable data based on single agent exposure is not readily available.
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Literature I is still in inconclusive . See:
www.health.am/ab/...between-smoking-during-pregnancy-autism
Study explores links between smoking during pregnancy, autism -PregnancyTobacco & Marijuana - Study explores links between smoking during pregnancy, autism. Also see:
psychcentral.com/news/2012/01/15/...and-autism/33690.html
Smoking during pregnancy is not directly linked to autism spectrum
Nov 18, 2013
Last updated May 11, 2018
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