FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MESA, Ariz. — December 8, 2022
The Marchand Institute noted this week a brilliantly written new report “Twenty-First Century Illicit Drugs and Their Discontents: The Potential Risks that Cannabis Use by Pregnant and Nursing Women Pose to Their Children,” by Paul J. Larkin. This report and opinion on the status of cannabis use by pregnant woman addresses a very concerning topic, and has been published on the website of the Heritage Foundation. We appreciate the insight this paper gives the topic, as well as the fact that our research was properly used to bring forth founded, fact based conclusions. You can read the entire report at this link.
About Dr. Greg Marchand
Greg J. Marchand, MD, FACS, FACOG, FICS, is a dual board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and minimally invasive gynecologic surgeon practising in Mesa, Arizona. He holds the ABOG Focused Practice Designation in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and directs the Marchand Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit research and educational corporation (EIN 42-2857240). He is Program Director of an SLS-accredited fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Robotic Gynecologic Surgery, holds three issued United States patents, and has served as Principal Investigator on eight FDA clinical trials. His systematic reviews are prospectively registered with PROSPERO, reported to PRISMA standards and appraised with the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 tool. He accepts no industry funding for his research.
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