The Board's most important responsibility is participating in the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which conducts our nation's monetary policy; the seven governors comprise the voting majority of the FOMC with the other five votes coming from Reserve Bank presidents.
THC is known to pass from the mother to the developing fetus through the placenta24. This means that the fetus is affected by any amount of marijuana taken by the pregnant woman, placing it at a greater risk of complications occurring.
1 How can marijuana affect the baby? 2  Studies of marijuana in pregnancy are inconclusive, because many women who smoke marijuana also use tobacco and alcohol. 3  Smoking marijuana increases the levels of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in the blood, which reduces the oxygen supply to the baby. How can marijuana affect the baby? 2  Studies of marijuana in pregnancy are inconclusive, because many women who smoke marijuana also use tobacco and alcohol. 3  Smoking marijuana increases the levels of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in the blood, which reduces the oxygen supply to the baby.