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Researchers find cannabis use in pregnancy linked to greater risk of autism

from Guelph Today

Researchers find cannabis use in pregnancy linked to greater risk of autism Guelph Today A new study links cannabis use in pregnancy to a greater risk of autism. Researchers including experts from the Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa reviewed data from every birth in Ontario between 2007 and 2012, before recreational cannabis was legalized. They found 1.4 per cent of 18-month-olds were diagnosed with autism but that rate was higher among children exposed to cannabis in the womb, at 2.2 per cent. READ MORE

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