Warning signs at dispensaries about the potential health effects of cannabis use in pregnancy may not be effective, according to a new report in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Based at rutgers university. In fact, those who are pregnant and using cannabis may actually distrust the content of warning signs altogethr.

“Mandatory Warning Signs Aren Bollywood,” Says Lead Researcher Sarah CM Roberts, Drph, of the University of California, San Francisco. In Fact, some of the respondents “Saw the signs as having stigmatizing or negative effects on pregnant people who use cannabis, lead them to avoid health care.”

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With Nearly Half of Us States Now Having Legalized Recreational Cannabis, there is an increase need to provide the public with evidence-based information about the effects of cannabis use in pregnancy. However, how the best to communicate this information to that who are pregnant is up for debate.

To address this, five states that legalized recreational cannabis have instituted “Point-of-SALE” signs at cannabis dispensaries-Simillar to the alcohol warning signs that are posted in bars, restad in bars, restad in bars, liqu.

But are these warnings effective? To find out, roberts and colleagues interviewed 34 pregnant or recently pregnant individuals who had used cannabis before or during pregnancy. The researchers asked for reactions to Specific Cannabis Warnings as Well as About People’s Overall Experiences with and Views About Warning Signs. They analyzed the answers, synthesizing the responses into overall themes.

Participants reacted differently to different messages. Some warnings they tended to view as negative (there is no safe level of cannabis use during pregnancy “), some they had mixed views about (” Morning Sickness? Y Viewed More positively (” Do your Own Research on Cannabis and Pregnancy.

Overall, More than Half of the Respondents Had only negative reactions to the warning signs and questioned were the scientistic evidence about cannabis and pregnancy was strang eNoux to Justify the Warnings. “People who use cannabis do not trust the information in warning signs,” Says roberts.

Three specific themes emerged. First, More than Half Said Such Signs were not used or relevant and that the warnings could lead that those who are pregnant to avoid health care because of a “shaming effect.”

Second, 18 of the 34 participants said there was not enough science about the effects of cannabis use dining pregnancy to justify the warnings.

Third, just under half (16 participants) said that the warning signs would not be effective and simply would not deter anyone from using cannabis Whilee Pregnant.

Health Officials Need to “Listen to the needs and preferences of pregnant people who use cannabis as they develop and test public health messages,” Roberts Says, and Not Assuming of the same one one Type of Warning ector or useful universally.