MTM-Interview with Dr. Daniel Bruzzini...THC in Pregnancy

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Marijuana is legal in much of the US, but pregnancy is where the “it’s fine” story can fall apart fast. We sit down with neonatologist Dr Daniel Bruzzini, a baby ICU doctor who sees the hardest outcomes up close, and we ask the question families keep circling: what does prenatal cannabis exposure actually do to a mother and her baby?

We unpack how marijuana policy shifted over time, why state legalization doesn’t automatically equal medical safety, and why major organisations like the American Academy of Pediatrics and ACOG advise against marijuana in pregnancy and breastfeeding. We also talk about what’s happening on the ground, including dispensaries recommending cannabis for pregnancy nausea, and why that advice collides with what NICU teams and obstetric data are reporting.

Then we get practical and specific about health risks: carbon monoxide and toxin exposure, THC’s long half-life, today’s higher-potency products, and how THC can cross the placenta during critical windows of fetal development. Dr Bruzzini explains the links to birth defects, fetal growth restriction, prematurity, and long-term neurodevelopment concerns like attention, memory, and executive function. We also look at the economic impact of NICU care and why prevention conversations with children and grandchildren matter, especially in high-risk communities.

If you care about maternal health, infant development, or evidence-based pregnancy advice, this conversation will give you language, data, and urgency. Subscribe, share this with someone in childbearing years, and leave a review so more families can find it.

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