Ashley is nearing the end of her pregnancy, and finally feeling a bit more comfortable. In her first trimester, the 29-year-old chef from Saint John, NB, felt like she?d been put in a different body. She was anxious, nauseated and?worst of all for someone who cooks for a living?she suddenly had no appetite. Instead, she started grazing like a college student, subsisting mostly on nuts, berries, and cheese and crackers.
?I really just wish I could smoke a joint right now,? she told me one day over tea. She wanted some relief from her symptoms and felt weed would help, but she wasn?t sure how safe it would be.

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More women are starting to use marijuana during pregnancy, says new studyThere are plenty of expectant parents like Ashley who are wondering whether it?s OK to use cannabis during pregnancy?or use products containing its components, like cannabidiol (a.k.a., CBD, a non-psychoactive or less psychoactive element of cannabis) or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the primary psychoactive constituent of cannabis). And others are already experimenting with it to combat some of the less glowy symptoms of pregnancy.
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada warns against using cannabis while pregnant. George Carson, a Regina-based OB/...