Weed Feed: Marijuana More Damaging to Teen Brains Than Alcohol, New Study Finds
http://locoweedfeed.com/weedfeed/2018/oct/8/weed-feed-marijuana-more-damaging-teen-brains-alco/
“More Damaging to Teen Brains Than Alcohol”
So why is a teen smoking weed or drinking booze again?
I’m not surprised. People’s brains aren’t fully developed until they’re in their mid-twenties. And there are plenty of stories about people who are prone to schizophrenia smoke pot and then actually go full hog schizophrenic. I did research on the topic there was a serial killer in California with that problem.
I've been pointing this out for a long time on this forum, and received a lot of flak from the pro-marijuana lobby here.
The effects of alcohol are "generic" and the deleterious effects take years to reach the point where they become noticeable. Components of marijuana, on the other hand, attack very specific cell types in the brain, causing immediate and most likely irreversible brain damage even after light use. The damage is especially pernicious because marijuana's harmful effects are the most pronounced in developing brains. And brains develop until about age 25--which is years after legal adulthood is reached.
And yes, the risk of lung cancer is great. No different that cigarettes. Actually it is potentially worse because the user holds his breath after toking to increase the absorption of the drug exposing the lungs longer.