When a teenager smokes cannabis are they permanently damaging their brain and dulling their intellect for a lifetime?
The dangers of smoking cannabis, and the potential health benefits, have been a source of controversy for many years. The latest study on the drug suggested heavy and prolonged cannabis smoking as a teenager resulted in a permanently lower IQ.
But how could cannabis have this effect on the brain and why might teenagers be particularly susceptible?
I have never doubted this article and I sure many teenagers out there smoking cannabis already know that about the risks related but choose not to care about these risk factors. Most definitely something associated with being “cool” or peer pressure.
The discussions of cannabis abuse are often shielded by outdated views that THC is a natural plant by-product. What is not included in the research on brain function is the more popular trend of chemical and genetic enhancement of marijuana plants leading to a more potent drug and potentially harmful neuro-toxins. A market review of what is found in cannabis is desperately needed to protect our youth (and our adults).