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Title: Marin Mom Says Smoking Marijuana Makes Her A Better Parent
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sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
URL Source: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/20 ... juana-makes-her-better-parent/
Published: Nov 4, 2017
Author: Betty Yu
Post Date: 2017-11-06 14:52:03 by Gatlin
Keywords: None
Views: 787
Comments: 27
MILL VALLEY (KPIX) — You could call it mother’s little helper. A new survey found that 20 percent of parents use pot. Emma Cunningham is one of them. She’s mom to 10-year-old Julian and 12-year-old Dylan. Keeping up with them isn’t easy, so she says to stay on her game she uses marijuana – regularly – and she isn’t shy about it. “It makes me present and calm and I have two boys, and they fight and they argue with me and so instead of reaching for a glass of wine here and there in the evening when I come home from work I can go downstairs, outside my door and vape,” said Cunningham. Forty-five-year-old Emma lives in Mill Valley, and she’s been smoking marijuana more than 20 years. First as a way to heal aches from a car accident in her 20s. She found that she needed more of it, when she became a stay-at-home mom for 5 years. Emma now works as an executive coordinator and office manager at Eaze – the San Francisco-based marijuana delivery startup. “It doesn’t make me less of a parent because I’m honest about the one thing I need to help me get through the day or get through an evening,” she said. “It’s not all the time but it is most of the time and I think it makes me a better person and a better mom just by being honest about it – because it’s natural.” And what does her husband think? “He’s very proud of me – he’s proud that I’m open and honest,” Cunningham said. A recent study on the “Modern Marijuana Consumer” by Eaze found that one in five cannabis users in California are parents. And of those – 63 percent consume it daily. Emma always keeps her products in a locked bag, and out of sight from her children. She vapes and smokes flower but says she never uses in front of them. She does talk about it openly with her sons. “Much like medication that most of us take – Advil, any medication, it substitutes that for me and I would prefer if I had a headache to partake in marijuana than I would popping pills,” she said. Anna Lembke is chief of Stanford University’s Addiction Medicine Program. “I’d just like to reach out to her and say there are better, safer, more effective ways for her to achieve the same thing,” said Lembke. By using marijuana daily in this way not only is she exposing herself to physical harm because of smoking… but she probably is likely after 20 years of using marijuana at the very least physiologically dependent on it and probably addicted.” The CDC says it has strong evidence that marijuana use can lead to addiction, and breathing and memory problems. “I take her at her word that she feels that it is helping her be more calm and more present but I think especially when it comes to mood altering substances, it’s very important to check in with others to access the objectivity of our own subjective experience,” said Lembke. Using marijuana hasn’t come without judgement for Emma. “A few of the moms were just appalled,” said Cunningham. Others pulled me aside, because they were curious about using marijuana. She says she wants to help erase the stoner stigma. Poster Comment: “Better parenting with marijuana, it’s possible, it’s definitely possible, learn your strains and know that it’s okay if you need a little extra help,” said Cunningham.
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#1. To: Gatlin, misterwhite, GrandIsland (#0)
Of course it does. She is much better parent, that you guys would ever be. Uptight self-righteous pricks ;)
My guess is that's the only job she could get.
A North Texas woman is behind bars accused of killing her two young daughters. “The only thing she told us was that she had smoked some marijuana early in the evening,” Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said. Of course it does … Except maybe the marijuana she smoked made here more relaxed as she pulled the trigger each time to kill her two beautiful children….ya think?
This claim: says something very different that this: If it's supposed to be, it's obviously flawed logic. In no way would I believe the first claim. The second, I could.
Lovily Johnson, 22, was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree child abuse in connection with her son's death. Johnson spent time with friends that day and smoked marijuana, court records show. http://www.mlive.com/news/grand- rapids/index.ssf/2017/07/room_infant_died_in_reached_90.html Of course it does …
As I said, you are a uptight self-righteous prick
Your foolish pothead inconsequential opinion is absurd and is of no significant importance. Nothing a self-confessed pothead can say about smoking marijuana making a mother a better parent can be held in belief or in the acceptance of something as true. As I now say, I will continue to present the negative aspects of marijuana for open consideration by all: Stillbirth. Pregnant women who smoke marijuana have over two times the risk for stillbirth compared to women who do not smoke marijuana during pregnancy9. Tobacco smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke during pregnancy also increase risk for stillbirth. Growth. Effects have been reported for decreased birth weight and small gestational age; findings vary depending on study design and whether other prenatal drug use is taken into account10-14. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Marijuana use by the mother during pregnancy has not been associated with SIDS15. Studies report conflicting results due to the difficulty in documenting maternal and paternal substance use and other factors. Neurobehavior. Most studies report some subtle effects on the brain functioning of newborns exposed prenatallyto marijuana. Effects may include a poor ability for the infant to regulate itself, and poor habituation (the ability fora baby to quickly decrease its sensitivity to noise, light, etc., and thus avoid overstimulation). Other effects includehigher levels of irritability, excitability, and increased startle response and tremors11,16-18. Meta-analysis. A recent summary of 24 studies on the effects of marijuana use during pregnancy reported some increase in maternal anemia, decrease in infant birth weight, and an increase in placement of newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit compared to babies whose mothers did not use marijuana during pregnancy. In terms of study design, most of these studies relied on self-report of marijuana use during pregnancy, and no information was available on potency, dose, timing, or frequency of use. While none of the studies included women who used other illicit drugs, most included women who used alcohol and/or tobacco during pregnancy. Thus it is not clear to what extent outcomes were related to marijuana use alone, or a combination of marijuana, alcohol, and tobacco19. What are the Possible Long-term Effects on Children as They Grow Up? Behavior, cognition, and academic achievement. Research indicates that prenatal marijuana exposure is associated at 10 years of age with inattention and impulsivity20 and with subtle learning and memory deficits21. Prenatal marijuana exposure does not appear to affect overall IQ, but it has been associated with underachievement in reading and spelling at age 10 years22. Executive function. Executive function is a higher order neurological process that includes the ability to organize stored information and integrate it with new incoming information, plan, weigh options, anticipate consequences, follow step-by-step directions, solve problems, and be cognitively flexible. Regions of the prefrontal area of the brain are responsible for executive functioning, and development of these regions continues after pregnancy and into late adolescence, so some aspects of executive functioning may be affected by prenatal marijuana exposure while others are not3. Longitudinal studies show that prenatal marijuana exposure is associated with deficits in some important aspects of executive functioning in adolescents, for example problem-solving skills requiring sustained attention and visual memory, analysis, and integration23-27. Mother-child attachment and interaction. A baby learns to develop healthy, positive, emotional attachments with others by interacting with a mother who notices, understands, and responds to the baby's signals and ways of communicating. Successful mother-baby attachment requires back-and-forth, two- way interaction. However, if the infant’s brain function has been affected by prenatal drug or alcohol exposure, the baby may not be able to read the mother’s expressions and signals accurately, or be able to respond appropriately. He or she may have difficulty focusing and keeping attention, or may become overstimulated, irritated, and hard to console. At the same time, when a busy new mother with competing demands uses marijuana to relax or relieve pain, the effects on the mother (for example, disorientation or drowsiness) may distract her even further. Depending on the mother, and her reaction to the marijuana and other substances she may be using, her ability to be mentally and emotionally available to her baby may be compromised. In other words, whether a baby’s neurologic system is impaired by prenatal substance exposure, or the mother’s attention and functioning are affected by ongoing substance use, the critical work of mother-baby attachment and emotional development may be influenced.
Of course it does. Read the following you contemptuous self-proclaimed pothead and tell everyone why you definitely feel that a mom smoking marijuana makes a better parent. WYOMING, Mich. — Six-month-old Noah Johnson, who died last week from suspected child abuse, was born with marijuana in his system and weighed only 12 pounds when his decomposing body was brought to a Grand Rapids hospital. Those are some of the revelations contained in documents from child protective proceedings involving the young mother charged with his death. Lovily Johnson, 22, was arraigned Monday on charges of felony murder and first- degree child abuse. Investigators say Noah was left buckled in a car seat for two days. During that time, he was “knowingly and intentionally deprived’’ the necessities of life, court records show. The mother did not call 911 and instead asked her father to drive her and Noah to Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital the afternoon of July 19, court records show. “Noah’s body was in advanced stages of decomposition,’’ court records show. “His stomach was obviously bloated, his eyes were glossy, and he was emitting a strong, foul odor. Noah had blood on his genitals and buttocks.’’ When Wyoming police returned to Johnson’s apartment on McKee Avenue SW that evening, the temperature was 90.5 degrees in the room where Noah had been left. Lovily Johnson told investigators she left her son alone for about 12 hours on July 17. She fed him a bottle in the morning, but did not change his diaper, court records show. She spent time with friends and smoked marijuana, investigators wrote in court documents. She was also gone for about eight hours on July 18 and did not check on Noah when she returned home that afternoon. She left the house again and did not return until the morning hours of July 19, according to court records. “Ms. Johnson admitted smoking marijuana during that time,’’ an investigator wrote. “She did not check on Noah when she returned home.’’ [The number of abused and neglected children in Michigan has risen to its highest level in more than 25 years. Tap to read more.] She left the morning of July 19 to run errands, stopping at Family Fare, a gas station and a bank. “She returned home that afternoon, checked on Noah and found him unresponsive. Ms. Johnson contacted her father for a ride to the hospital. She did not call 911.’’ The disturbing details are contained in a petition by the state to take custody of Johnson’s two-year-old daughter. A Kent County referee on Friday granted that request. The girl, who was born in March, 2015 and Noah, who was born on Jan. 6, tested positive for marijuana via a meconium screen, court records show. That led to Child Protective Services complaints alleging abuse on Johnson’s part. Another Child Protective Services complaint was filed against Lovily Johnson earlier this month, alleging improper supervision of Noah. That came after Wyoming police responded to Family Video at 3556 Byron Center Avenue SW on a report of a child left alone in a vehicle for 20 minutes. “Officers located Noah in a vehicle belonging to Ms. Johnson’s boyfriend,’’ court records show. “The vehicle was unlocked, not running and the windows were slightly rolled down.’’ The responding officer stated that Johnson “did not appear to care the child was in the vehicle and unsupervised and she kept defending why she needed multiple DVDs.’’ Police located in the vehicle a large glass marijuana smoking pipe, a skull-shaped glass marijuana water smoking pipe, a plastic bag with suspected marijuana, a digital scale and a metal marijuana grinder. The day after her son’s death, Lovily Johnson admitted to suffering depression. “She reported previous suicide attempts and was observed with linear scars on her left forearm,’’ court records show. “Ms. Johnson reported that hospital staff requested she go to Pine Rest on three occasions and she refused to go each time.’’ Johnson has a probable cause hearing scheduled for Aug. 2 in Wyoming District Court. If convicted of felony murder, she faces mandatory life in prison. First-degree child abuse is punishable by any term up to life.
A-Hole is one of the sites pro drug liberals... just like his buddies, Hondope, Decktard, T-paper and Ba ba ba... Buck the stupid F***
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
To: Gatlin A-Hole I simply fail to understand how anyone with any intelligence at all can read the numerous media articles and court records where mothers were smoking marijuana to the extent they neglected their child and the child suffered or died....then say, “of course a mom smoking marijuana makes her a better parent.” [Paraphrasing]
I am glad that your mutual adoration club is gathering. But where is Mr Whitie?
I thought about it, but there is so much wrong with what she's doing I didn't know where to begin.
You need to support your buddies, so they don't feel alone in this pothead infested forum.
I provide inspiration. Looks like Gatlin stepped up. Now if I can talk Roscoe into coming back we'd really kick some ass.
I thought he kicked the bucket at the same time the "Rear" Admiral did? Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
He's still licking his wounds from all the beatings he got here. I'm glad that pot is the catalyst that brings you close to the Dem, socialist and fag supporting posters. I bet you and Meguro would be pot loving pals, if Stone would let that freak of nature pole smoker rub elbows with you.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Seriously? A majority of Republicans support marijuana legalization For the first time in nearly 50 years of Gallup polling on the question, a majority of American Republicans say they support marijuana legalization. Respond to my original point... you'd rub elbows with ANYONE (BLM, OWS, Dems, Socialist, ANTIFA, FredMertz, A-hole, Meguro) that supports legal drugs... wouldn't ya?
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
You mean like 51% of Republicans do? lol... yeah, ok. Don't bother showing proof of your bullshit... I don't need to see another poll showing Shitlary will easily win within 24 hours of the election. There is a slight rise in marijuana legalization support in the (R)'s... but all these heroin overdoses have set you drug lovers back 25 years. Personally, I love it. Just like AIDS was brought about by Mother Nature... fentanyl will wipe out natures WEAK... that just can't survive without living in servitude to a substance I loath weakness. I encourage natural selection to eliminate those too weak to get high on life ONLY or too weak to not act upon any freak of nature sexual urges. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Was the graph too difficult to decipher? I guess they didn't teach you how to read those when you got your GED. No wonder you became a cop. fentanyl will wipe out natures WEAK... Wow...cheering the deaths of THOUSANDS of Americans. What a pathetic little man you are. Do you have a graph showing how many heroin addicts support fentanyl? Lmmfao I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Like you? How much alcohol do you consume you drunken sot? Does booze count as "getting high on life"? Stupid assclown! How about a graph that shows the average IQ of cops? Hint - it's below 100. Nah. Alive and well, writing books and opening his own web site.
What was the question? "Would you rather have legal marijuana or be diagnosed with cancer?"
Mom Says Smoking Marijuana Makes Her A Better Parent
#2. To: Gatlin (#0)
Emma now works as an executive coordinator and office manager at Eaze – the San Francisco-based marijuana delivery startup.
#3. To: A Pole (#1)
Mom Says Smoking Marijuana Makes Her A Better Parent
Marijuana didn’t help much here to make Sarah Henderson a better parent….now, did it?
#4. To: Gatlin (#0)
A new survey found that 20 percent of parents use pot.
A recent study on the “Modern Marijuana Consumer” by Eaze found that one in five cannabis users in California are parents.
#5. To: A Pole (#1)
Mom Says Smoking Marijuana Makes Her A Better Parent
Marijuana didn’t help much here to make Lovily Johnson a better parent….now, did it?
#6. To: Gatlin (#5)
#7. To: A Pole (#6)
As I said, you are a uptight self-righteous prick
The Possible Effects of Marijuana Use during Pregnancy on the Infant
#8. To: A Pole (#1)
Mom Says Smoking Marijuana Makes Her A Better Parent
Mich. mom says she smoked pot, ignored son while he died in car seat
#9. To: Gatlin (#8)
#10. To: GrandIsland (#9)
#11. To: Gatlin, misterwhite, GrandIsland (#10)
To: Gatlin A-Hole
#12. To: A Pole (#11)
But where is Mr Whitie?
#13. To: misterwhite (#12)
I didn't know where to begin.
#14. To: A Pole, Gatlin (#13)
You need to support your buddies, so they don't feel alone in this pothead infested forum.
#15. To: misterwhite (#14)
Now if I can talk Roscoe into coming back we'd really kick some ass.
#16. To: misterwhite. A Pole, Gatlin (#14)
Now if I can talk Roscoe into coming back we'd really kick some ass.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#17. To: Deckard, A hole (#16)
#18. To: GrandIsland (#17)
I'm glad that pot is the catalyst that brings you close to the Dem, socialist and fag supporting posters.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#19. To: Deckard (#18)
#20. To: GrandIsland (#19)
that supports legal drugs
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#21. To: Deckard (#20)
(Edited)
#22. To: GrandIsland (#21)
(Edited)
Don't bother showing proof of your bullshit.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#23. To: Deckard (#22)
#24. To: GrandIsland (#21)
I encourage natural selection to eliminate those too weak to get high on life
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#25. To: GrandIsland (#23)
Do you have a graph
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#26. To: CZ82 (#15)
I thought he kicked the bucket at the same time the "Rear" Admiral did?
#27. To: Deckard (#18)
For the first time in nearly 50 years of Gallup polling on the question, a majority of American Republicans say they support marijuana legalization.
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