I think it is always bemusing for those of us outside of the US when this discussion comes up because we have such a different response in the health system. In Australia, routine testing for drugs does not occur, no one blinks an eyelid if a mother says she uses cannabis and no one would dream of suggesting that a mother who uses cannabis should not breastfeed. Cannabis use is illegal here though, I wonder why the different response?
Karleen Gribble
Australia




On 18/04/2015, at 1:26 AM, Elizabeth Brooks wrote:

> YO.  I just tried (without success) to Google up the name of a doctor in
> CO, who gave a greast presentation about marijuana use and BFg at a
> conference in that state in late 2014.  One of her strong messages:
> Marijuana today is much more potent than what the Hippies of the 70s were
> smoking.  To say that parents and children survived that period and came
> out OK does not adequately assess the risks of THC use today.  AND, a lot
> of pot sold in CO and other legalization states is in edible form. It
> doesn't get you as high, as quickly -- so users tend to eat MORE.  And end
> up with MORE THC in their system.
> 
> I did, however, come across this interesting piece about *how* to talk to
> patients about their marijuana use if breastfeeding.  The original poster
> and others may find it helpful.
> https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/MJ_RMEP_Pregnancy-Breastfeeding-Clinical-Guidelines.pdf
> 

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