Pre conception use of cannabis and cocaine among men with pregnant partners

Munch, Elisabeth Lobben; Handal, Marte; Skovlund, Eva

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“…Information about the father’s age was retrieved from the MBRN [31]. Information about education was self-reported by the mother, and information about symptoms of anxiety and depression was retrieved from the father questionnaire.…”

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Cannabis Use during Pregnancy and Risk of Adverse Birth Outcomes: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

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Background: With recent changes in legislation regulating recreational and medical cannabis use around the globe, increased use in pregnancy is to be expected. Objectives: To investigate the association between cannabis use during pregnancy and birth outcomes. Method: Data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa), a prospective pregnancy cohort, were used. Participants were recruited from all over Norway between 1999 and 2008: 9,312 women with 10,373 pregnancies who reported use of cannabis before or in pregnancy. Women reported on their illegal drug use before pregnancy and at pregnancy weeks 17/18 and 30 and at 6 months postpartum. Linear regression was used to estimate crude and adjusted effects of prenatal cannabis exposure on birth outcomes. Results: In 10,101 pregnancies, women had used cannabis before pregnancy but not during pregnancy. In 272 pregnancies, women had used cannabis during pregnancy, and among these, in 63 pregnancies, women had used cannabis in at least 2 periods. In adjusted analyses for potential confounders, only cannabis use during at least 2 periods of pregnancy showed statistically significant effects on birth weight. The effect was observed in the complete cohort (B = −228 g, 95% CI = −354 to −102, p < 0.001) and for the subgroup where information about the child’s father was available (B = −225 g, 95% CI = −387 to −63, p = 0.01). Our results may indicate that prolonged use causes more harm, whereas short-term use did not indicate adverse effects on birth outcomes. Conclusions: There was a statistically significant and clinically relevant association between the use of cannabis during pregnancy and reduced birth weight. Clinicians should screen not only for cannabis use but also for the length and intensity of use as part of a comprehensive substance use screening.

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“…Research on health among expecting parents tends to focus on women. Elisabeth Elisabeth Lobben Munch, Svetlana Skurtveit, Marte Handal, and Eva Skovlund (2020) note that lifestyle affects sperm development, which in turn can have an impact on foetal development. In their survey study, Munch and colleagues examine lifestyle factors among expectant fathers who reported cannabis and cocaine use in the months before conception ( Munch et al, 2020 ).…”

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2020

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs is a publicly funded journal. As such, it follows a platinum open access model (sometimes referred to as sponsored or diamond), allowing immediate access to online content without subscription fees or license payments. In addition, authors are not charged to publish. The journal is fortunate enough to have all the costs of publishing met by its sponsoring organisations. In addition to our owner, the Nordic Welfare Centre (NVC), our main sponsors have been the social and health departments and ministries in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and, from 2020 we are also involved in new cooperation with Systembolaget in Sweden and the University of Helsinki in Finland. We also receive journal support from the Nordic Research Councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS). All economic support is applied for annually, and as long as our sponsors are public institutions the content is available open access to the public.

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Psychoactive drugs and male fertility: impacts and mechanisms

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Akhigbe

2023

Reprod Biol Endocrinol

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Although psychoactive drugs have their therapeutic values, they have been implicated in the pathogenesis of male infertility. This study highlights psychoactive drugs reported to impair male fertility, their impacts, and associated mechanisms. Published data from scholarly peer-reviewed journals were used for the present study. Papers were assessed through AJOL, DOAJ, Google Scholar, PubMed/PubMed Central, and Scopus using Medical Subjects Heading (MeSH) indexes and relevant keywords. Psychoactive drugs negatively affect male reproductive functions, including sexual urge, androgen synthesis, spermatogenesis, and sperm quality. These drugs directly induce testicular toxicity by promoting ROS-dependent testicular and sperm oxidative damage, inflammation, and apoptosis, and they also suppress the hypothalamic-pituitary–testicular axis. This results in the suppression of circulating androgen, impaired spermatogenesis, and reduced sperm quality. In conclusion, psychoactive drug abuse not only harms male sexual and erectile function as well as testicular functions, viz., testosterone concentration, spermatogenesis, and sperm quality, but it also alters testicular histoarchitecture through a cascade of events via multiple pathways. Therefore, offering adequate and effective measures against psychoactive drug-induced male infertility remains pertinent.

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Pre conception use of cannabis and cocaine among men with pregnant partners

Cited by 3 publications

References 24 publications

Cannabis Use during Pregnancy and Risk of Adverse Birth Outcomes: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Cannabis Use during Pregnancy and Risk of Adverse Birth Outcomes: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Public funding of science publishing: Why we are open access

Psychoactive drugs and male fertility: impacts and mechanisms

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