Chapter 8: Pregnancy, Neonatal issues, and Childhood

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Pregnancy and Neonatal Development; The Effects of Prenatal use of Cannabis on Childhood and Adolescence Health; Cannabis Dispensaries are at odds with Health Experts Advice to Pregnant Women; The Lead Toxicity experience versus the Marijuana experience; Unintentional Cannabis ingestion in Young Children

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