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by jp555 4440 days ago
That's still more hypothesis, not conclusion. "Self-completed questionnaire on use of cannabis before and during pregnancy." = Observational study = result can ONLY be a hypothesis.

It's right there in the conclusion "may be associated" = "they do not know if this is true at all".

Next step would be to run a double-blind clinical trial, and have an unknown-half of the subjects smoke pot and compare that to the control to test if their hypothesis is true or not. Until then, it's only conjecture.