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Posted on 04/28/2026 10:41:29 AM PDT by dennisw
Teens who use marijuana may be at greater risk of permanent brain damage later in life, a study has revealed.
About 18 million Americans report using marijuana daily or nearly every day, and use is on the rise, largely due to recent decriminalisation across the US. From 1992 to 2022, for example, daily and near-daily use saw a 15-fold increase.
About one in seven of those users are teenagers, whose brains are still undergoing rapid changes in areas responsible for judgement, decision-making and memory.
Now, the largest-ever study of American teenagers has found regular cannabis use restricted vital growth in memory, attention, language and processing speeds over time, despite normal development when they were younger.
However, as they moved into later adolescence, their development in these areas slowed compared with their peers.
Experts from the University of California San Diego believe the culprit is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, which was linked to worse memory in teens compared with cannabidiol (CBD), which is not intoxicating.
It is thought THC may lead to shrinkage of the hippocampus – the brain’s memory centre – and changes in white matter, which controls how different parts of the brain communicate with each other.
The researchers said while the deficits were small, the brain develops so quickly during adolescence that even subtle shifts could affect school performance and daily life.
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Sadly . TRUMP is Pushing POT HERE in the US on our KIDS ?
Any comment Trump WH ?
My nephew was 14 years old when he started smoking pot. His brain never matured past that age. He never took responsibility for his life and he acted like a dumb ass kid up to time he died at 50. Marijuana is not a benign drug, it’s a venomous snake in the grass and it will bite.
Me, too. GMTA
Works for me.
I thought this was going to be booger picking.
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Oh thank gawd I’m not the only one whose 1st thought was exactly that
Lol
It was thought with a chuckle for sure.
I saw my buddies 7 year old son doing that once
and asked him if he was digging for gold
or just checking for brains up there,,
,,he didn’t think it was as funny as I did though.
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Kinda like that song; He’s My Brother In-law.
“He tries to blame it all on Vietnam
But he wasn’t there, he was twelve in seventy-four”
bttt
Way more than 18 million people do that.
The other side effect nobody talks about is gynecomastia, aka “man boobs”. Caused by plant estrogen.
CC
“They always told me it was masturbation.”
Father: “Son, if you continue to masturbate you’ll go blind!”
Son: “Dad, I’m over here”.
CC
He was in Vietnam. He was just getting high before that.
They can be a God sent blessing.
Just half a dose allowed my mother to sleep.
She had severe scoliosis and in her 80s was in constant pain.
She would take half a tablet before bed and she could relax enough to fall asleep.
Unfortunately when her doctor retired her new doctor was too afraid of the regulators to prescribe valium.
So, in her final years she got very little sleep.
Since alcohol can cause brain damage (my oldest sister was diagnosed with alcohol-induced dementia), why would anyone think that the regular use of marijuana, or other drugs, wouldn’t cause brain damage too?
If someone started smoking it in 1964 who was so bright they needed something to shade the abundant stupidity around them, wouldn’t it be okay to smoke a little every once in awhile?
Asking for a friend
Study suggests? Hasn’t this been definitively proven yet?
Pretty much everyone I knew who smoked pot in high school ended up messed up. We were the class of 1980...
Steve A, whose dad owned a car dealership, has done two stints in prison and had substance abuse issues his whole life. He is gone.
Heather B, who came from a wealthy family, is a total loon/cat lady who has been married four times, is waaaaay overweight, and is estranged from her children and grandchildren.
Randy C came from a very Catholic working class family. He was super talented and played a mean sax. Did some studio work with Spyrogyra. Couldn’t hold onto a woman and never married. Died alone at 59 from what was explained as “ongoing mental and physical health issues.”
I could go on, but you get the point.
Now, the big question is, were they messed up and so they smoked pot, or did smoking pot mess them up? Chicken...egg...
That chit will give you dain Bramage.
It is a shame. Youngsters fall into this trap too easily.
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