I need to correct my earlier post about mothers who engage in behaviors that are - well, "questionable" is a good word, or "politically incorrect." I did not mean to imply that Dr. Wight would or does deny care to anyone! I though I'd read a message on Lactnet that "someone" at a hospital had threatened to deny care to mother who used pot. If such a message was posted, it was not referring to Dr. Wight. I agree with Dr. Wight that there is a need for real research data on the relative safety or danger of THC (and a lot of other things) to the breastfeeding baby. There's a widespread anti-marijuana mindset that is not based on solid research, as she so rightly pointed out. If we had good research data, we might feel more comfortable in either strongly discouraging or ignoring mothers' use of this particular substance. Or even encouraging it, dare I say? We really don't know. And that's my point - we don't know, so "beliefs" will prevail until real data is compiled. And again, I'm personally more concerned about risks from ANY smoke that gets into mothers' lungs than the source of the smoke. My parents both died early from smoking-related illnesses, and I'm probably more sensitized to "healthy lungs" issues than others. My lungs were probably damaged from growing up in a house with several smokers, and I deal with the consequences today. When my parents were young, they didn't know that cigarette smoking was dangerous and got "hooked" on the practice through aggressive marketing. They were duped by advertising. The research confirmation of dangers from cigarette smoking would only be widely publicized decades later, long after their children (me and my siblings) reached adulthood. YES, this is a breastfeeding-related post because the same marketing techniques are used to sell infant formula. Linda J. Smith, BSE, FACCE, IBCLC Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre Ltd 6540 Cedarview Ct, Dayton OH 45459 ph 937-438-9458 www.BFLRC.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html