The once-amazing Motherisk site is now owned by a weed company
UPDATED to include comment from SickKids
Once a trusted resource for expecting parents, Motherisk.org now appears to be owned by a for-profit cannabis-related blog and pushes the use of CBD oil.
Since its launch in 1985, the Motherisk program, run by SickKids Hospital in Toronto, has aided countless people in helping them understand what you should or shouldn’t expose your baby to while pregnant or breastfeeding by providing them with research-based safety information. However, SickKids closed the program back in April 2019 due to lack of funding, and in a worrisome turn of events, the original site, Motherisk.org, has since been taken over by CBD Clinicals.
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The Motherisk helpline saved me when I was pregnant?I can?t believe it?s goneThe concern is that people who haven’t heard of the closure may still try to go to the site for help or recommend others to use it. That would be a bad idea. If you go to motherisk.org, you are rerouted to a page on the CBD Clinicals site that discusses the use of CBD oil?a topical oil sourced from cannabis plants said to have countless benefits?for new and expectant mothers. None of the original information from the old Motherisk, such as specifics on various ingredients and medications to avoid, is a...
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