The surgeon general issued an advisory cautioning young people and pregnant people against using marijuana, warning it poses risks to developing brains.
Surgeon General Jerome Adams' advisory was the first his office issued on marijuana since 1982, and it comes as more states legalize the drug for recreational or medical use."We need to be clear: Some states' laws on marijuana may have changed, but the science has not and federal law has not," HHS Secretary Alex Azar said.
Cannabis use in pregnant people more than doubled in the past 15 years, from 3.4 percent to 7 percent, and use is more common during the first trimester,the study said
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