In Michigan, where medical and adult-use marijuana has been legal since 2008 and 2018, respectively pregnant women who consume cannabis to treat their illnesses are still in trouble.
An example is Josey Scoggin, a mother from Kalamazoo who uses a wheelchair and has legally used medical marijuana since she was 14 due to a genetic disability. “I was terrified that not only were they going to take my baby, but they were going to ban me from breastfeeding. My own experience, in 2016, was terrifying."
