"Long-term heavy use of marijuana may cause two important brain structures to shrink, Australian researchers said on Monday.Brain scans showed the hippocampus and amygdala were smaller in men who were heavy marijuana users compared to nonusers, the researchers said. The men had smoked at least five marijuana cigarettes daily for on average 20 years.The hippocampus regulates memory and emotion, while the amygdala plays a critical role in fear and aggression.The study, published in the American Medical Association's journal Archives of General Psychiatry, also found the heavy cannabis users earned lower scores than the nonusers in a verbal learning task -- trying to recall a list of 15 words."http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080602/lf_nm_life/marijuana_brain_dc
"Long-term heavy use of marijuana may cause two important brain structures to shrink, Australian researchers said on Monday.
Brain scans showed the hippocampus and amygdala were smaller in men who were heavy marijuana users compared to nonusers, the researchers said. The men had smoked at least five marijuana cigarettes daily for on average 20 years.
The hippocampus regulates memory and emotion, while the amygdala plays a critical role in fear and aggression.
The study, published in the American Medical Association's journal Archives of General Psychiatry, also found the heavy cannabis users earned lower scores than the nonusers in a verbal learning task -- trying to recall a list of 15 words."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080602/lf_nm_life/marijuana_brain_dc
Lol, yeah. I wonder what 20 years of heavy boozing will do.
>heavy cannabis users earned lower scores than the nonusers in a verbal learning task -- trying to recall a list of 15 words.OH MAN THATS HORRIBLE! WE BETTER KEEP THAT SHIT BANNED!!!1
>heavy cannabis users earned lower scores than the nonusers in a verbal learning task -- trying to recall a list of 15 words.
OH MAN THATS HORRIBLE! WE BETTER KEEP THAT SHIT BANNED!!!1
>>6816Incidentally, it affects a different part of the same (Papez) circuit related to memory, the mammillary bodies.
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