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by Alex3917 4712 days ago
Caffeine is actually much more dangerous for babies than either crack or alcohol. After caffeine the second highest drug-related risk factor may actually be not smoking weed; that is, mothers who don't smoke enough weed during pregnancy may have a much higher rate of infant mortality:

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/100/1/79
2 comments
Killah911 4712 days ago
> mothers who don't smoke enough weed

I don't see any part where the talk about the "amount" of drugs consumed?

There were rougly 1600+ babies who were used as control and ~338 who tested positive for "weed". Some of the things that aren't broken down is the distribution for infant mortality. Perhaps there were outliers in the control group such as premature babies, which, if taken into account might explain some of the differences in mortality rates.

Very funny though, with actual data to back up some part of your claim, made me think... :)

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Alex3917 4712 days ago
> I don't see any part where the talk about the "amount" of drugs consumed?

What I meant is that if cannabis does confer some sort of protective benefit, then by definition the benefits would have to come from use that was above some minimum level, and perhaps also below some maximum level.

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thundara 4710 days ago
FTA

> Mortality rates between the drug-positive group or specifically, the cocaine-positive, morphine-positive, or cannabinoid-positive groups were not significantly different from the drug-negative groups (P < .3)

A number of 8.9 to 15.7 deaths per 1k live births doesn't necessarily imply a protective factor, especially when considering all the variable factors and a much smaller sample size compared to the drug negative group.

Also, caffeine isn't mentioned once on there, sure you don't mean cocaine?

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