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The piece is built for fear mongering but I'm curious how the developing brain of an adolescent will be changed from constant marijuana use and compared to if it had never happened. I'm guessing how the drug is used would also be important in the longterm outcome because someone using it to help with anxiety might benefit compared to a developing brain under a lot of anxiety.

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overview of studies https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930618/ Every measurement of brain function decreased significantly with marijuana use, long term abstention seemed to clear up some problems, though physical changes in brain did not go away in users who started as adolescents, there were long term permanent changes to brain function.

Thanks for replying with that research. I'll check it out and I'm not sure why my comment is being downvoted for curiosity.

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