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Over time, the marijuana gateway hypothesis has been studied more and more. In one published study, the use of marijuana was shown not a reliable gateway cause of illicit drug use. [67] However, social factors and environment influence drug use and abuse, making the gateway effects of cannabis different for those in differing social circumstances.
Weed affects your ability to make decisions, control emotions, remember important data, plan, organize and solve problems, a new study found, and that impact may last well past your initial high.
The research team, headed by Igor Grant, found that cannabis use affects perception but does not cause permanent brain damage. Researchers looked at data from 15 previously published controlled studies involving 704 long-term cannabis users and 484 nonusers. The results showed long-term cannabis use was only marginally harmful on memory and ...
The brain converts heroin into morphine, which binds to molecules on cells in the brain and body called opioid receptors that affect how we perceive pain and rewards. This explains the surging ...
The THC exposure resulting from cannabis use affects fetal brain development and the male offspring of cannabis users are, as a result, more susceptible to psychotic illness. [457] As of 2015, 70% of American women thought that consumption of cannabis once or twice per week while pregnant is harmless.
Regular marijuana use may affect how quickly a person processes things in front of them, according to a study published in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology.
Reports of the effects of cannabis on time perception can be found first in arts and literature, and then in medical reports and studies. Notable discussions of the effects occur in "Le Club des Hachichin" (1846), a work by French poet Théophile Gautier, and in Les Paradis Artificiels (1860), a work by Charles Baudelaire.
While inhaling or swallowing too much weed probably won’t do you in, an overwhelming or bad high can impair your judgment in a risky way and make you feel like you’re in mortal danger. You can ...