Research about the effect on a fetus is sparse; pot has become more potent
Pregnancy was a complicated time for Tasha Taylor. The 33-year-old was already managing her bipolar disorder with a psych medication when she got pregnant. Then Taylor learned the prescription drug could hurt her baby.
She decided to get off the medication, which led to night terrors. She’d wake up shaking from nightmares of her abusive ex-partner. She struggled to eat.
Taylor went on to get a medical marijuana card. The cannabis helped her sleep during her pregnancy and tamped down feelings of mania. She would only take a little before bed, said Taylor, who lives in the small home where her parents raised her on the southeastern edge of Elkins, about a half mile from the cannabis dispensary.
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