Even Casual Marijuana Use Can Alter the Brain, New Study Shows

Even casual marijuana use can alter the brain, new study shows
The participants who did not use the drug had not smoked marijuana in the past year and had only ever used it five times or less, according to the study. In the marijuana subjects, the parts of the brain that regulate emotion (the amygdala) and …
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Study finds brain changes in young marijuana users
These changes, Gilman said, may be evidence that the brain is forming new connections that encourage further drug use, “a sort of drug learning process.” The study did not address whether the brain changes are permanent. The results are similar to …
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Casual cannabis use alters brain, warn scientists
Experimenting with cannabis on a casual basis damages the brain permanently, research has found. It is far from being a "safe" drug and no one under the age of 30 should ever use it, experts said. People who had only used cannabis once or twice a week …
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