Marijuana - Medical and Recreational
Home Drug Testing: Information for Parents
Marijuana Use During Pregnancy & Breastfeeding FAQs
Counseling Parents and Teens About Marijuana Use in the Era of Legalization of Marijuana
Medical Marijuana Resources
- Medical Marijuana Law Presentation Maine Med Assn
- AAP Annual Leadership Forum - Passed Resolutions 2018
- Changing the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Schedule of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), Cannabidiol and Combinations to Promote Research
- Difficulties conducting research of marijuana treatments (Schedule I category substance) to determine efficacy and safety, support towards research and development of pharmaceutical cannabinoids, suggestions to change to Schedule II substance
- Use of Medical Marijuana in Children in State Law
- Dangers of marijuana to the developing brain, issues that professionals with limited knowledge of chemical content or dosing are prescribing the liquid extract to infants, children and teens, challenges of no randomized clinical trials, recognition of both benefits and drawback of cannabinoids
- Changing the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Schedule of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), Cannabidiol and Combinations to Promote Research
Recreational Marijuana Legislative Documents
- AAP Annual Leadership Forum - Passed Resolutions 2018
- The AAP Setting the Standards for Marijuana Regulations
- Dangers of Marijuana to the developing brain, necessity for advocating for product regulations close to those of tobacco and alcohol, strict penalties and restrictions, and child safe packaging
- Visible Education by Settings Serving Pediatric Patients, Newborns, and Pregnant Women Against Exposure to Marijuana of Fetuses, Infants, Children, and Adolescents
- Necessity of early education (effects of marijuana use during pregnancy/around children and adolescents), physical changes in the brain and risks associated with marijuana use, delayed/altered development of fetus/newborns
- The AAP Setting the Standards for Marijuana Regulations