developing infant

"Breastfeeding parents need to be aware that if they use cannabis, their infants are likely consuming cannabinoids via the milk they produce, and we do not know whether this has any effect on the developing infant," said Courtney Meehan, a WSU biological anthropologist who led the project and is the study's corresponding author.

“A large body of research,” they wrote, “demonstrates that early childhood adversity and stress, such as conditions infants are exposed to in detention, can have significant detrimental impacts on the developing infant brain, with long-lasting and negative consequences on children’s learning and behavior.”

Other priorities mentioned in the notice include promoting career guidance for young women, strengthening the judicial mechanism for plaintiffs to bring discrimination cases, developing infant and child care services, and increasing support for female employees who go back to work after giving birth.

The students also hadn’t heard that marijuana exposure via breast milk might harm the developing infant — and this I understood: Even though several studies have shown evidence that THC concentrates in breast milk, only two studies, to my knowledge, have explored the effects of THC-fortified milk on infants.

Isn't the health of a vulnerable developing infant more important than the vanity & psychological affirmation & ego needs of the adult in question?