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I think its funny how they define "casual" drug use as an average of 11 joints a week. In other news drinking a fifth of whiskey every week is also not healthy.
Adding to earlier evidence that marijuana may be linked to lasting neurological changes, a new study in the Journal of Neuroscience today finds that even casual pot smoking may have an effect on the size and structure of certain brain regions. The new research reports that for each additional joint a person smokes per week, the greater the odds of structural changes to areas involved in motivation, reward, and emotion. Though it seems like the country has embraced pot as a relatively harmless option in recent years, the authors of the study say that their findings suggest otherwise, especially for young people whose brains are still developing.
“This study raises a strong challenge to the idea that casual marijuana use isn’t associated with bad consequences,”
Although a majority of people in the country support legalization of marijuana, not everyone is so convinced. Last year, Breiter’s team showed that everyday pot smoking in teenagers was, even two years after stopping, linked to brain abnormalities and to poorer working memory. “With the findings of these two papers,” Breiter said, “I’ve developed a severe worry about whether we should be allowing anybody under age 30 to use pot unless they have a terminal illness and need it for pain.”
Marijuana has been around since 6000 BC give or take. It was used as a medicine initially, then used for many other things. Thank god people are again realizing the healing effects of it. Why don't we learn from our ancestors. This study was probably done by pharmaceutical companies. If people realize that marijuana heals then there would be no need for their prescription drugs...which I might add are addictive and abused. And very expensive. They would be out of business.
Marijuana has been around since 6000 BC give or take. It was used as a medicine initially, then used for many other things. Thank god people are again realizing the healing effects of it. Why don't we learn from our ancestors. This study was probably done by pharmaceutical companies. If people realize that marijuana heals then there would be no need for their prescription drugs...which I might add are addictive and abused. And very expensive. They would be out of business.
Out of business? So, you are saying Marijuana cures all diseases?
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Even Recreational Marijuana May Be Linked To Brain Changes
