Mum stands by choice to use cannabis to ease medical issues during pregnancy.

Clarissa Morales,21, is a full-time mother who is currently pregnant with her second baby. She was prescribed medical marijuana by her healthcare provider to treat her mental health problems and pain from an existing back fracture.

Clarissa initially stopped smoking when she was pregnant with her first child, but started using infused edibles when her mental health deteriorated. When she got pregnant again she experienced severe nausea and vomiting due to hyperemesis gravidarum, and she found smoking was the only thing that kept the nausea at bay as well as her mood.

Although she is aware of the potential dangers of smoking while expecting, she believes that treating her existing ailments and morning sickness is ultimately worth it. Clarissa says that she looked at various studies about the neurodevelopmental outcomes after prenatal marijuana exposure and tried other methods, but nothing worked. She believes that cannabis has helped her to safely bring her daughter into the world as she had never kept a pregnancy for so long.

Clarissa calls marijuana ‘plant medicine’ and she says it’s something that she takes to help her ailments. However, her lifestyle has caused shockwaves of controversy online, where she has been slammed for putting her baby’s health at risk.

However, Clarissa is currently doing well and her baby is progressing as expected. When asked if her marijuana usage affected her daughter, she claimed that while she was born at a low birth weight, her severe morning sickness was responsible.

Dr Alexis Missick of UK Meds commented: ‘During pregnancy or while breastfeeding, no level of cannabis use is known to be safe. Developmental disruption of a foetus has been associated with maternal marijuana usage in many published studies into marijuana exposure during pregnancy.’

Clarissa hopes that by sharing her story, she can show the thought process that led to her judgement. She wants to emphasise that she is not using marijuana for recreational purposes, but to help her with her existing ailments. Ultimately, she believes that the reward of treating her ailments and morning sickness is more beneficial than the risk.

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