Psychiatric News (3/10) reports, “At age 45, people who reported using cannabis weekly or more frequently over the past year showed greater cognitive decline than those who never used cannabis,” investigators concluded after having “analyzed data from the Dunedin Longitudinal Study, a birth cohort of participants (93% white) born between April 1972 and March 1973 in Dunedin, New Zealand.” Each participant was “assessed regularly starting at age three until age 45.” The findings were published online March 8 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
Related Links:
— “Long-Term Cannabis Use Associated With Cognitive Deficits in Midlife, Psychiatric News, March 10, 2022