The Spanish Teens Hooked on Hash
It all starts with a furtive joint in the schoolyard handed round among nervous giggles and coughs. Later, when these teenagers have become frequent users, they will tell you: “Cigarettes are much worse for you than marijuana. It’s straight from a plant so it’s more natural.”
They’re partly right. Marijuana is natural, but that doesn’t make it harmless. Scientists at the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have just sounded the alarm over the risks to mental health and cognitive skills in adolescents outlined in research that has just been published in the medical journal JAMA Psychiatry. Effects of Cannabis Use on Human Behavior highlights the link between neuro-psychological damage from cannabis and starting to smoke the drug at an early age.
According to the NIDA, substances such as cannabis can damage the structure and connectivity of adolescents’ central nervous system, which in turn can lead to loss of concentration and...
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