Regular marijuana use muddles your brain more than you think: Study

Tech Times ^ | 11 Nov 14 | Rhodi Lee

[elhombrelibre]

Researchers from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas have found evidence that the effects of chronic marijuana use may depend on when a person started smoking pot and for how long.

For the study, which was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Nov. 10, Francesca Filbey from the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas, and colleagues involved 48 adult marijuana users who started to use weed when they were between 14 and 30 years old.

The participants smoked pot thrice a day on average; most admitted that they had been using weed for 10 years. Some participants reported they had been using marijuana for 30 years.

The researchers had the participants take an IQ test and undergo MRI scans. They then compared the results with those of 62 individuals who were nonusers and found that in cognitive tests, marijuana users had lower IQ compared with those who did not smoke pot.

[fr_freak]

And good luck to you in dealing with your drinking problem. God bless.

[elhombrelibre]

You think that because someone points out that pot has health problems, then, the person must have an alcohol problem? I’ve said serveral times on this thread that both drugs pose problems to health. You’re just in denial about dope, which isn’t unusual for people who use it. I would never say that alcohol has no health problems. Again, your problem is with medical science. It won’t support your “pot is harmless” theory.