The NBC News (1/14, Charles) website reports, “Low levels of marijuana use – as few as one or two times – may change the” brains of adolescents, research suggests.
The Burlington (VT) Free Press (1/14, DeSmet) reports investigators “found an increase in gray matter, ‘in the amygdala, which is involved in fear and other emotion-related processes, and in the hippocampus, involved in memory development and spatial abilities.’” The findings of the 46-teen study were published online Jan. 14 in the Journal of Neuroscience.
Related Links:
— “Even a little marijuana may change teen brain, study finds, “Shamard Charles, NBC News, January 14, 2019