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man, you sure do sound angry. maybe you do NEED to smoke. at least most stoners are peaceful and not so violent sounding...

Actually, I am angry. At the fact that there are so many selfish people in the world. Who put their own interests ahead of the innocent lives they've created. Because they've grown accustomed to living one way doesn't mean it's the best way or the right way or even necessarily mean they are happy living that way. Ever hear of using drugs for an escape mechanism? Why do you think these people can't or won't give it up? THEY are the ones who are angry with somthing and THEY are the ones who are not happy with their lives. I was unhappy at that time, and yes, marijuana does make you mellow and forget about all your problems...temporarily...but guess what? It creates a whole new set. Believe me, I know this. It's not healthy, It's not legal, and it's not worth it. How the f**k some people don't understand this is beyond me. Selfish and STUPID. That's all that kind are.

Oh and by the way....Whoever said that marijuana is all natural and organic and won't hurt you blah blah blah....Um, I have bought pot in years past with everything under the sun added to it. Many growers add chemicals to the plants when they are growing to ensure a larger crop. That's not the worst of it, I have smoked weed with coke, opium, you name it in it without knowing it until after. They want you to get hooked, so you buy more. Hello. What better way than adding stuff to it. Also, we are not talking about the pot of the 60's here...we are talking about 2005 and there are insanely higher levels of THC in it now. You obviously are not knowledgeable about what you are putting in your body. Seeing as how that is the case, I suggest you stop. It never hurt anyone to be intelligent. : )

P.S. That is the only thing I'm angry about in life, is the fact that people are so infinitely stupid and don't realize that kids are a gift that we are entrusted with. I love my kids and my husband more than anything and I have never been happier with my life than I am right now. So, a violent, angry person....no, I am not. Disgusted with other people....perhaps.

i have the same question i had a friend that smoked weed during pregnancy and her kids are fine i had another friend who smoked it while breastfeeding and during pregnancy and she said her kid at first had collic then thats when she started to smoke weed while breastfeeding and the colic went away

just my own 0.02 cents,

my mom smoked weed when she was pregnant with me. i am not rich, but i make pretty good money. also, i got A's and B's all through school, and i have always been smart as hell. i started reading when i was 4, and i as reading to my entire kindergarden class when i was 5. soooo, if weed made me this intelligent, i'm glad my mom toked up.

Uh...ok. Keep telling yourself that marijuana made you smart. That's got to top the charts of stupid things I've read on this board. You consider yourself highly intelligent because you have a job and were reading to your kindergarten class? Guess what...most of us were. At least I was. I started to read when I was 4 also. I was also doing 5th grade level math in 2nd grade. I was always several grade levels ahead of most in reading as well, and won 4 spelling bees. Oooh...I must be a genius!!! My Mom must have smoked weed!!!! Oh, wait...she didn't. Because she wasn't an idiot. And she didn't raise one. Idiots raise other idiots you know, you being the case in point. My sister is much more intelligent than I am, she's a math whiz, she speed reads, got straight A's through school and was Saluditorian in her class. She went on to hold a nearly 4.0 average in college and now owns her own business and does accounting from her home. Guess what my mother did for the first 10 weeks of the pregnancy? She refinished furniture. We are talking 1966 here, before all of the ventilation systems and high tech masks were around. But, if I were to think the way you think, I would assume that breathing in Naptha, ether, turpentine, etc etc etc are actually good for the baby!!! They will be a genius when they grow up!! Wrong. Because she was also born with a congenital heart defect. She only had 15% blood flow to one side of her heart. Oh, and guess what else, they thought it was only a slight murmer until she was 33 years old and collapsed, rushed to the hospital and had open heart surgery to install and artificial valve and a pacemaker so she could obtain 85% blood flow to her heart. Coincidence? I think not. My whole point here people, is you just never know what is going to happen. None of us are God, and is it really worth it to find out the hard way when it is too late?

hello my name is Dr phillphs smoking marijuana can acutally affect your baby.Because when you inhale it.It goes down into your babys air in the umbilical cord and goes into the baby's blood message me back on what you are doing about it. Yours sincerley Dr phillps dizziedevil12@msn.com

julie, you are hilarious, i just have to say. thank you for the entertainment! now i'll go smoke a blunt for my 133 point IQ and see if i get any smarter...lol...toke on my fellow smokin mommaz...oh yeah, dr. phil here has me cracking up too!

thank you nm, as usual. some ppl are just ignorant...its too bad that the rest of society is deprived of the oxygen idiots use up.

Now, during my pregnancy, I didn’t touch cigarettes, alcohol or coffee or even a single tylenol. I even gave natural birth without any drugs, because I think alot of medically aproved drugs ARE dangerous. BUT, if it were legal and available, I would have used marijuna to treat a very poor appetite that I was suffering from during pregnancy.

There are powerful interests who do not want marijuana/hemp legalized. Hemp prohibition has been tied not only to the obvious pharmaceutical interests (how can the pharmaceutical industry make money off homegrown?), but to industries such as the petro-chemical, chemical and logging industries as well, since hemp has many industrial purposes.

But, look at everything that the pharmaceutical-medical industry DOES give to children. Pathogen-tainted vaccines full of mercury, aluminum, and formaldyhyde which are proven to be very harmful to neurological development and may be linked to cancer. Thimerosol, which has been linked to autism. Likewise, things like fluoride in our water, or drugs like ritalin and prozac, disposable chemical-laden diapers (which can causes asthamatic attacks, possible male infertility and environmental harm), and formula use. For a great deal of the last century, hospitals were marketing the use of formula, even corn syrup, for babies. Now, the sad thing is that unlike marijuana, formula use actually DOES correlate to lower IQs.

The sad thing in this post is authoratarian women thinking that children should be removed from their mothers. It's very hateful, angry, sad, and destructive thinking. Its very fear based. I'd ask those women who feel this way to analyze where their info that informs their opinion comes from, and to think about who's interests marijuana prohibition serves..

well, since my husband isn't home, i won't be fucking anything at the moment, but when he gets home, i'll send him your wishes....

how do you get off thinking you're a better mom? because you have 3 under 6?? i have 6 under 7! and you "help" with homework? that means you send them away for 7 (or more) hours during the day,,, how nice for you! i homeschool... do you have any idea what that entails? and my kids score above average on their achievement tests so i certainly am not slacking! my kids are also extremely well behaved, so much so that i can take all 6 out by myself and have no problem. and i ALWAYS receive compliments. and you're telling me to get in the real world? are you kidding me?! i've been there sister. the only reason i am not volunteering at a crisis center is b/c i am HOME taking care of my KIDS. i don't send them off to an institution all day so i can have free time, which, if i was the bad parent you accuse me of being, don't you think i'd do????? oh, and i brought oral sex up b/c it is illegal in many places, so since we were discussing breaking the law, i threw that in. have 3 more children and keep them all HOME and then tell me that you're a better mother than i am! and EMILY, i do not vaccinate or circumcise, i use cloth diapers (many of which i make myself), and i nurse! wanna tell me what a bad mother i am again julie? you're just jealous b/c you can't compare. toke on, sounds like you're high strung.

First off, I wonder if Angel has been back to this site since the topic has went crazy. I bet she didn't think she would make such a stir! Well, I got on the net tonight to find that same info...I myself have decided to wait it out. I am not going to smoke until I am finished breastfeeding, my son's birthday is near Halloween. SO.... I did come across a little info before I reached this site.... In women who rarely used maryjane, 0.8% of the dose that the mother had was secreated into their babies milk. In mothers who smoked regularly, it was like 8:1 ratio of mother:baby dose. SO, if you smoke every day, even only a little, the THC is stored in your fat, and breastmilk is a lot of fat...then your baby will be getting a (in my opinion) significant dose for a baby. You know, about the research...why rely on research that is mostly inconclusive to start with and doesn't even have any long-term research...I myself believe that I as a parent should do my best to give my child the biggest possible advantage in life and if that means being more safe than sorry then I am glad I took those precautions, b/c WHO KNOWS? Obviously from all this, a person can at least gather that nobody KNOWS. And what if....don't stick yourself with doubt that you didn't do all that you possibly could for your child. I don't know anyone's circumstances, and I am not stating that I believe that either choice would be better for a person other than myself. I just think that Angel knows what to do. If you have to ask the question to begin with....then you obviously feel that it is wrong in some way. Don't go on what I or anyone else says. Ask yourself the question, and actually listen to yourself and not any other influences in your life; do what YOU know is right. Whatever you choose, stand behind your choice and be confident in it. If you can't be confident in your choice, it may be the wrong choice. BEST TO YOU AND YOUR BABY ANGEL.

ok, a ? for those who keep saying that they want to avoid a "just in case" scenario.... do you vaccinate????????? there's a HUGE "just in case" scenario for ya! sooooo many babies get sick off of vaccines and even die. check out the SIDS rate linked with vaccines. here's a link for ya; thinktwice.com. even driving in the car is a "just in case" scenario. and EVERYTHING passes into the breastmilk so it isn't a question of whether it passes thru or not, it's a question of how, if at all, if affects the baby. if you take a tylenol it passes thru the breastmilk, but that doesn't mean that it is dangerous, kwim? mj is a non-toxic substance and causes NO bodily harm. what are you afraid of it doing to the baby?? in any case, make your own decisions, but don't be IGNORANT. and if you're really high and mighty about what goes into your kids, check out that site on vaccines.... i'd rather smoke an ounce of pot in one sitting than inject those poisons into my precious little ones!!!!!!!!!

one thing i wanted to bring up in my post is the possibility that perhaps, in certain sitauations, the use of marijuana either in pregnancy, breastfeeding or for stess/postpartum depression MIGHT be helpful.. For instance, if a mother has morning sickness or a poor appetite, the baby might get some marijuana, but the mother's treatment would mean the fetus/baby would also get valuable nutrients from the mothers improvement in appetite. Or, a mother suffering from depression/stress MIGHT give the baby THC in the milk, but her relief and relaxation might be preferable to stress hormones in the milk and to a baby coping with the very negative effects of a depressed, overstressed mother.
For some mothers who suffer some mental problems that might be treated with marijuana, perhaps marijuana is a safer alternative than suffering from the condition or the corporate-pharmaceuticals.
Perhaps, a the baby would far more benefit from having a mother who occasionaly uses marijuana for stress relief, even if that means they may have some THC in the breastmilk...(mind you, that the breastmilk with THC and the breastfeeding relationahsip is still much healthier than most formulas that are loaded with chemicals and lack essential nutrients)... of course, we don't know because it hasn't been studied. Which sucks. why hasn't it been studied? follow the money. IIt hasn't been studied because pharmaceutical companies can not make profits off of it, since it would be easy to grow and they couldn't corner markets (they couldn't copyright it, either). So, there is no funding for research.
Very young children will suffer stress and mental illness along with their parents because in their reality they are not separate from "mom"....there is a symbiosis. All I am sayins, is in certain situations, it might be beneficial AND preferable for a mother to be treated with marijuana. For instance, if I were suffering from postpartum depression (which was starting to negatively impact not only me but my child), I"d like the choice of using marijuana instead of prozac, for instance.
I don't know the answer to this, but I think it would be something that should be explored. Marijuana is a naturally occuring plant used by many cultures and in many times for medicinal and spiritual purposes. Although I am not a marijuana user, I think that it is a plant that could offer many solutions to ecological, social, health problems and be a good, sound, renewable industrial product that could be lighter on the environment. Unfortunately, the science on marijuana is weak and propagandistic, and people will not sit and think about hemp/marijuana rationally and historically and demand real answers. I think that the government (corporations) doesn't want it, also, because it would cause a bout of self-sufficiency and more localized economies.

Unforunately, we are all slaves to propaganda about marijuana because corporate money sponsors alot of our (dis)information (in schools, newspapers, television, government, talk radio). I would urge people to really be skeptical of information that they have received through these venues, and to learn to do research (including following money trails and reading lots of different books). Television, now that IS a dangerous drug.

well said emily, well said. thank you. i have OCD and benefit greatly from mj. i was able to cut back on my ssri's b/c of it. the ssri's give you side effects like sweats, tremors, and nauseua. mj has no side effects. hmmm...

6 kids under 7 and smoking drugs? where is social services