Do you know the consequences of frequent marijuana use in teens?

It's not hard to find teenagers who smoke weed regularly. The drug, which is still criminalized in Brazil, has as its most popular effects sleeping sensation, increased hunger, redness of the eyes, laughter and a mind without many limits to the imagination.

The most profound and long-term consequences, however, are unknown to most users. A study conducted especially with this focus sought to discover the effects that cannabis has on adolescents who smoke weed every week.

Research by the University of Maryland Medical Team found that those who smoke marijuana regularly during adolescence reach adulthood more likely to develop conditions such as attention deficit disorder and schizophrenia. In addition, they become adults who are more likely to have cognitive difficulties.

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These conclusions were made based on the analysis of people aged 13 to 15 years. The research also included the use of mice that were exposed to low levels of cannabis for a period of 20 days.

As with humans, mice that were exposed to the drug in adolescence had consequences in adulthood. The animals also had changes in the functioning of their brains, precisely in the region responsible for cognition, which is still developing in adolescence.

Of course, marijuana substances are researched and have beneficial effects on people who have some types of disease, but the use in this case is of the substance alone, which is neither "cheap" nor ingested by burning the weed.

Discussing decriminalization is also important, as this could be a way of controlling the drug user and making it more difficult for adolescents who are more susceptible to use and end up harmed by the fact that the substance interferes with a brain. that is still being developed.