Friday, March 13, 2015

Cannabis Can Lead to Brain Abnormalities in Teen and Adults

Cannabis is listed among Marijuana drugs. It's chemical compound hallucinogen effects brain of young and teen adults quickly. It can lead to short or long term memory loss along with other brain abnormalities. US FDA has already warned parents to keep their children away from Cannabis and its bi-products.

Scientists from Northwestern University has examined 97 volunteers. Person were a mix of healthy and mentally ill. Researchers team monitored closely these kids for more than a month. It included young teen from 16-17 which are using Cannabis or Marijuana regularly.


Hippocampus is famous journal related to drug free world. It published these records. Reports shows that more than 18% participants faced long term memory loss. Drug's chemical directly effects hippocampus. It is brain part which is responsible to stores long term memory.

Dr. John Csernansky enlightened more on brain structures. He said that daily doze of cannabis effects brain's routine parts which assist in day to day tasks. It also affects relationships because mental disturbance create a pattern which make hard to identify close relationships.

Memory loss is more severe for schizophrenia patients. Research showed that loss of memory chance is 26% high for schizophrenia. The bad news for United States is that the use of Cannabis and Marijuana is legalized in District of Columbia, Washington DC and 23 other states. While Iowa is still fighting to limit its use for medicine purpose only.

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