Drug and alcohol review · 2024
Reasons pregnant people use cannabis to self-treat health conditions during pregnancy: Results from a US population-based survey.
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Zaugg Claudia, Terplan Mishka, Mailman Kieran, Roberts Sarah C M
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INTRODUCTION: Little is known about reasons pregnant people self-treat health conditions and pregnancy-related symptoms with cannabis.
METHODS: We administered a cross-sectional survey to 3571 pregnant and recently pregnant people from US population-based panels. Participants who used cannabis at some point during pregnancy were asked which health conditions or symptoms they used cannabis to treat and reasons they used cannabis for self-treatment. We explored differences in reasons for self-treatment by sociodemographics.
RESULTS: Nine-hundred forty-six participants indicated they used cannabis during pregnancy. Fifty-seven percent (n = 578) of those who used cannabis during pregnancy indicated they used cannabis exclusively for health purposes; 39% (n = 347) indicated they used cannabis for health and recreation. The most common reasons for self-treatment were believing cannabis was safer and more effective than other medications or treatments. Some participants reported not having health insurance or a health care provider as reasons for self-treatment. Black and Hispanic people, and people with household income under $25,000, were more likely than White people and people with household income between $25,000-$49,999 to report barriers to other medications or treatments as reasons for self-treatment. People with high school education were more likely than people with more education to report viewing cannabis as safe and effective for self-treatment.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Most pregnant people self-treating health conditions or symptoms with cannabis are doing so because they consider it safer and more effective than other medications or treatments. Some people, particularly people of colour and low-income people, may also self-treat because they face barriers to other treatments.
METHODS: We administered a cross-sectional survey to 3571 pregnant and recently pregnant people from US population-based panels. Participants who used cannabis at some point during pregnancy were asked which health conditions or symptoms they used cannabis to treat and reasons they used cannabis for self-treatment. We explored differences in reasons for self-treatment by sociodemographics.
RESULTS: Nine-hundred forty-six participants indicated they used cannabis during pregnancy. Fifty-seven percent (n = 578) of those who used cannabis during pregnancy indicated they used cannabis exclusively for health purposes; 39% (n = 347) indicated they used cannabis for health and recreation. The most common reasons for self-treatment were believing cannabis was safer and more effective than other medications or treatments. Some participants reported not having health insurance or a health care provider as reasons for self-treatment. Black and Hispanic people, and people with household income under $25,000, were more likely than White people and people with household income between $25,000-$49,999 to report barriers to other medications or treatments as reasons for self-treatment. People with high school education were more likely than people with more education to report viewing cannabis as safe and effective for self-treatment.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Most pregnant people self-treating health conditions or symptoms with cannabis are doing so because they consider it safer and more effective than other medications or treatments. Some people, particularly people of colour and low-income people, may also self-treat because they face barriers to other treatments.