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Does Marjuana Kills Brain Cells?
Hello, I am writing to find out if Marjuana Kills brain cells, Is this true Would it make you stupid or 'Dumb'. Say if you did a test And did the same test again would the score be lower. That is just a example but I'm sure your on the same page as me here. Thanks
Mon, 9 Jun 2014
Hello, I hope to be able to answer your question.
To put it simply, just about everything kills brain cells... Sneezing kills brain cells.
The really important question is whether it changes neurophysiology or neuropsychology. The answers to those questions is YES. In the long term marijuana use can lead to alterations in short term memory. In addition marijuana while not physically addicitve can be psychologically addictive and lead to "addict type" behavior of trying to obtain an illegal substance.
I hope this helps
To put it simply, just about everything kills brain cells... Sneezing kills brain cells.
The really important question is whether it changes neurophysiology or neuropsychology. The answers to those questions is YES. In the long term marijuana use can lead to alterations in short term memory. In addition marijuana while not physically addicitve can be psychologically addictive and lead to "addict type" behavior of trying to obtain an illegal substance.
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