ABSTRACT
Our objective was to examine the recommendations that Canadian dispensary employees
are giving to women regarding cannabis use for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP)
since the legalization of recreational cannabis in 2018.
We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional study of licensed cannabis dispensaries
in 2019, wherein a mystery caller stated they were 8 weeks pregnant and experiencing
nausea and vomiting and asked for recommendations about cannabis. Our research was
modeled after the primary study done in Colorado by Dickson and colleagues in 2018.
An overwhelming majority of dispensaries (93%) in our study recommended against the
use of a cannabis product for NVP, which contrasted significantly to the findings
of the Colorado study, in which 70% of dispensaries recommended a cannabis product.
These findings suggest that Canadian dispensary employees have been adequately educated
about the dangers of cannabis use during pregnancy and are helpful from a public health
lens.
RÉSUMÉ
L'objectif était d'examiner les recommandations que les employés de dispensaires canadiens
donnent aux femmes relativement à la consommation de cannabis pour soulager les nausées
et vomissements pendant la grossesse depuis la légalisation du cannabis récréatif.
En 2019, nous avons mené une étude transversale nationale des dispensaires autorisés.
Pour ce faire, une appelante mystère affirmait être enceinte de 8 semaines et souffrir
de nausées et de vomissements, puis demandait des recommandations sur la consommation
de cannabis. Notre recherche a été conçue d'après l’étude primaire effectuée au Colorado
par Dickson et coll. en 2018.
La très grande majorité des dispensaires étudiés (93 %) ont déconseillé la consommation
de produits du cannabis pour soulager les nausées et vomissements, ce qui contraste
de façon significative avec les observations de l’étude menée au Colorado, où 70 %
des dispensaires recommandaient la consommation de produits du cannabis. Ces observations
portent à croire que les employés de dispensaires canadiens ont reçu des renseignements
adéquats relativement aux dangers de la consommation de cannabis pendant la grossesse
et qu'ils sont d'une bonne aide du point de vue de la santé publique.
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Publication history
Published online: August 24, 2020
Footnotes
Disclosures: The authors declare they have nothing to disclose.
All authors have indicated they meet the journal's requirements for authorship.
Presented at the Society for Maternal–Fetal Medicine's 40th Annual Pregnancy Meeting, February 3–8, 2020, Dallas, TX (poster); and the Seventh Canadian Perinatal Research Meeting, February 12–15, 2020, Banff, AB (poster). Presented at the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada's Annual 22 Clinical and Scientific Conference held virtually June 9–12, 2020 (oral).
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