Re: MAPS: Breastfeeding and drug use

[RickMAPS@xxxxxxx]

One study claimed that LSD is gone from breast milk in about 24 hours (sorry I
don't have the reference. It was from some time ago so maybe more sensitive
assays have been developed since then).
  
A study of the effect of MDMA on fetus development, though not about
breastfeeding, may offer some clues. The following is from the MDMA Protocol,
with  discussion written by Dennis McKenna:   An important consideration for
the human users of MDMA concerns possible adverse effects on the fetus.
Relatively few studies have addressed this issue, however, a recent paper by
St. Omar, et al. 1991 has done so.  Groups of pregnant rats were administered
varying doses of MDMA on alternate gestational days 16-18.  Gestational
duration, litter size, neonatal birth weights and physical appearance at birth
were unaffected by MDMA treatment.  Pregnancy weight gain was significantly
reduced by MDMA.  Progeny growth, maturational parameters, surface righting
reflex, swimming performance, forelimb grip strength, milk induced behavior,
passive avoidance behavior, figure 8 maze activity, and the density of 5-HT
uptake sites, 5-HT, and 5-HIAA levels were unaffected by MDMA treatment.
Olfactory discrimination was enhanced in both male and female progeny, and
negative geotaxis was delayed in female pups.  In the dams, MDMA caused
significant reductions in 5-HT and 5-HIAA levels in discrete brain areas.  It
was concluded that prenatal exposure to MDMA causes only subtle behavioral
changes in developing rats, while the dams are at risk for the characteristic
spectra of serotonergic changes.

St Omer VE; Ali SF; Holson RR; Duhart HM; Scalzo FM; Slikker W Jr (1991) 
Behavioral and neurochemical effects of prenatal methylenedioxymethamphetamine
(MDMA) exposure in rats.
Neurotoxicol Teratol (UNITED STATES) 13 (1) p13-20.   

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I recently asked a similar question at MAPS, and was given these Urls to
check out.

they're more Marijuana bassed, but i do remember seeing some references to
LSD.

I hope this helps.

Fergus  : )

Sweetlight Books: www.csuchico.edu/pot/holysmoke.html
(this did work when I tried it. F)
This is the last URL I had for them (contact person: Guy Mount)
If the URL is obselete, try doing a search for "Sweetlight Books"
or call 916-529-5392.

You could also try:
www.wamm.org
www.rxmarihuana.com

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