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Originally Posted by Remembergoldenrule
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) advocates for careful consideration of potential immediate and downstream effects of marijuana policy changes on children and adolescents. Marijuana legalization, even if restricted to adults, may be associated with (a) decreased adolescent perception of marijuana’s harmful effects, (b) increased marijuana use among parents and caretakers, and (c) increased adolescent access to marijuana, all of which reliably predict increased rates of adolescent marijuana use and associated problems.1-3 Marijuana use during pregnancy, occurring at increasing rates, raises additional concerns regarding future infant, child, and adolescent development.4-6]
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The same can be said about alcohol, sex, spending money on anything that isn't absolutely necessary for survival, eating fast food. I mean depriving your unborn baby of the things it needs to survive because mommy needs a manicure is not a wholesome way to start their life, right?
And yet - ALL of the above are not only legal, but in most cases (except the sex) advertised and publicly encouraged.