Study Says Marijuana Use During Pregnancy Impacts Impulse Control, Aggression in Kids
A new study has discovered that prenatal exposure to marijuana is linked to poorer thinking skills and behaviors like planning, paying attention, and impulse control in early childhood. These skills, the researchers explained, play a crucial role in how children interacted with others and performed at school. The study was carried out by researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, with their objective being to investigate the link between prenatal marijuana exposure and aggressive behavior and executive function at age 5. The researchers used a cohort of 250 children for their study, 50 of whom were White while 155 were African American/Black.…