Jenelle Evans Reportedly Admits To Smoking Weed While Pregnant
Jenelle Evans may be pregnant with her second child, but according to a new report, the Teen Mom 2 star has continued to smoke marijuana.
On Feb. 14, Radar Online obtained shocking text messages, verified to be from Evans' cell phone, which featured conversations between the pregnant reality star and one of her friends.
“We can smoke and chill on a huge f**king blunt lol,” Evans told her friend in a text message dated Feb. 10, 2014.
The next day, Evans suggested they smoke while driving down Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, where she was in town filming the Teen Mom 2 season five reunion. “Let’s drive and smoke I don’t want to be here... Just down the strip and back or something I need to get away.”
According to the pal, Evans has five or six bongs in her possession which she uses to smoke weed, claiming that doing so eases her morning sickness.
“She told me that if she doesn’t have weed she will throw up due to her pregnancy,” the insider told Radar. “So she always has a lot of weed on her at a time.”
And when she runs out of the drug, Evans drives two hours to refill her supply.
“I have been over at her house before when Nathan asked Jenelle to take fireball shots with her,” the source told Radar. “Jenelle smelled it and claimed she almost threw up because she is pregnant. Nathan told her a couple shots wouldn’t affect the baby, but calm Jenelle’s nerves.”
Evans' drug use while pregnant will likely have a negative impact on her baby. According to The Baby Center's Gerald Briggs, smoking marijuana while pregnant often affects the growth of a child, as well as the development of its nervous system. Some children of marijuana-smoking mothers have problems focusing and struggle with solving problems. Children can also grow up having problems with short-term memory, concentration, and judgment.
In one study, it was found that children of marijuana-smoking mothers had a higher risk of leukemia than those with drug-free mothers.
In addition to all these potential side effects, a child can be put in an even greater risk because of the possible lacing of the marijuana they are smoking.