Canadian researchers exploring why women use cannabis during pregnancy and lactation found their motivation appears to be very much in line with consumption before learning about their pregnancies, namely to controlling for things such as pain, anxiety and nausea.
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“Our findings have very little resonance with evidence on motivations for cannabis use identified in non-pregnant populations, suggesting that motivations for use during pregnancy and lactation are unique,” explains Dr. Meredith Vanstone, a co-author of the study out of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
The reasons cited by study participants “more closely match those identified in studies of medical cannabis use, such as for controlling pain, anxiety,
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