Guess What? Regular Marijuana Use By Teens Really Does Fry Their Brains
Big surprise. A new study has found that regular marijuana use is bad for teens' brains. You think? Frequent marijuana use can have a significant negative effect on the brains of teenagers and young adults, including cognitive decline, poor attention and memory, and decreased IQ, according to this new study, newswise.com reports. “It needs to be emphasized that regular cannabis use, which we consider once a week, is not safe and may result in addiction and neurocognitive damage, especially in youth,” said Krista Lisdahl, PhD, director of the brain imaging and neuropsychology lab at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, at the Web site. Now when I was a teen, everyone smoked weed, and I mean, everyone. You couldn't go to a party, or even a dorm room, without that sweet smoky smell in the air. I must be the only person on the planet who only ever took one puff (and that was with my baby sister!). But I just never had the desire for drugs of any k...