Brain Function

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Mental Illness

Studies show that cannabis has effects on cognition and brain function, including motor control (another public safety hazard when it comes to operating motor vehicles, among other things). Studies also link cannabis use to mental illness. The following articles have more information on the effects of cannabis on the brain.

Aug 15, 20231 min read

Cannabis Use Disorder and Risk of Psychotic & Nonpsychotic Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Disorder

A prospective, population-based cohort study using Danish nationwide registers included all individuals born in Denmark before December...

Apr 25, 20231 min read

How Weed Became the New OxyContin

Cannabis "has become a hardcore drug, like cocaine or methamphetamines." Just as with other hardcore drugs, chronic cannabis use leads to...

Jan 21, 20231 min read

Long-Term Outcomes of Adolescent THC Exposure on Translational Cognitive Measures

This rat study revealed that exposure to high-dose THC in adolescence resulted in cognitive vulnerabillity in adulthood. Specifically,...

May 14, 20221 min read

Public Service Announcement: A Warning of the Real Danger of Marijuana

Key Findings: "The brain is a very fatty tissue and TCH is stored in the brain, long after it can no longer be measured in the...

Jan 10, 20221 min read

Comparative Effects of Smoking Marihuana or Placebo on Human Motor and Mental Performance

Key Findings: A double blind study of subjects smoking both a marijuana cigarette and a placebo showed a significant decrement of motor...

Nov 8, 20201 min read

Marijuana and Violence

Key Finding: The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center examined 28 incidents of mass attacks that took place between...

Nov 8, 20201 min read

Association of Depression With Past-Month Cannabis Use

Studies have shown that cannabis may worsen depression, yet popular media increasingly presents cannabis as beneficial to mental health....

Jun 9, 20201 min read

Cannabinoids are neurotoxic with chronic exposure

"Chronic administration of cannabinoids will induce neuronal death", while acute doses can protect from brain trauma, as hypothesized by...

Jun 9, 20201 min read

Neurological Perspective on the Harmful Effects of Smoking

Due to the alarming effect of cannabinoids on public health, several population-based studies (findings from each analysis conducted...

Apr 10, 20201 min read

Higher Indoor CO2 Levels: Good for Growing Cannabis, Bad for Human Cognition

A Harvard School of Public Health study found higher CO2 levels used to grow Cannabis have a direct and negative impact on human...

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