Established Causal Links
- Neonate Death Due to Marijuana Toxicity to the Liver and Adrenals
“We report a death of an 11-day-old white female neonate due to acute marijuana toxicity. She died of extensive necrosis and hemorrhage of the liver and adrenals due to maternal use of marijuana.”
“This case is unique in that other possible causes of death can be eliminated. With growing use of marijuana by pregnant women and increases in newborn drug screening of umbilical cord homogenate, more cases of neonatal death due to acute marijuana toxicity could be discovered.”
* What’s important with this case is that it establishes a direct causal link between marijuana and death.
The absence of this link has been used by the marijuana industry and it’s representatives to deny all the dangers legitimate research has revealed. However, it has now been proven.
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Published just a few weeks ago in February 2021, another piece in the National Library of Medicine* establishes a Casual Link between Cannabis and Pediatric Cancer.
- A geospatiotemporal and causal inference epidemiological exploration of substance and cannabinoid exposure as drivers of rising US pediatric cancer rates - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33632159/
“Age-adjusted US total pediatric cancer incidence rates (TPCIR) rose 49% 1975-2015 for unknown reasons. Prenatal cannabis exposure has been linked with several pediatric cancers which together comprise the majority of pediatric cancer types.”
“TPCIR rose while all drug use nationally fell, except for cannabis which rose … Cannabis legalization was associated with higher TPCIR.”
“Data confirm a close relationship across space and lagged time between cannabis and TPCIR … making confounding unlikely and establishing the causal relationship … Cannabis-liberal jurisdictions were associated with higher rates of TPCIR and a faster rate of TPCIR increase.”