Cannabis can both help and hinder memory. How it affects you might come down to inequality
4 years, 8 months ago

Cannabis can both help and hinder memory. How it affects you might come down to inequality

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The good news is that even for young people whose memory is impaired when using cannabis, this isn’t permanent provided they abstain in future. While hundreds of thousands of young people will use cannabis, only a small proportion will go on to use the drug regularly and heavily. Lower potency cannabis carries a smaller risk than higher potency, and unfortunately most young people are unable to access lower potency varieties. These young people could be severely disadvantaged as their cannabis consumption, with or without alcohol, could reduce their ability to study and therefore what they achieve educationally.

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Brain fog after quitting cannabis? Study reveals startling truth about weed and long-term memory loss
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Brain fog after quitting cannabis? Study reveals startling truth about weed and long-term memory loss

Hindustan Times  

If you think quitting cannabis means your brain will bounce back immediately, think again. Their findings, featured in JAMA Network Open, suggest that heavy cannabis users may experience persistent cognitive deficits, particularly in memory, even after they quit. Participants were categorised into three groups based on their lifetime cannabis use: Heavy users Moderate users Non-users Heavy users—who made up about …

More frequent marijuana use may damage brain’s ability to remember an important memory skill
1 month, 3 weeks ago

More frequent marijuana use may damage brain’s ability to remember an important memory skill

CNN  

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. “Working memory is the ability to retain information for a short period of time and use it,” said lead study author Joshua Gowin, an assistant professor of radiology at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz School of Medicine in Aurora, Colorado. “Losing working memory means that retaining that information might …

More frequent marijuana use may damage brain’s ability to remember an important memory skill
1 month, 3 weeks ago

More frequent marijuana use may damage brain’s ability to remember an important memory skill

CNN  

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. “Working memory is the ability to retain information for a short period of time and use it,” said lead study author Joshua Gowin, an assistant professor of radiology at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz School of Medicine in Aurora, Colorado. “Losing working memory means that retaining that information might …

Could cannabis be affecting your brain’s wiring? Study shows it may increase psychosis risk in youth
2 months, 1 week ago

Could cannabis be affecting your brain’s wiring? Study shows it may increase psychosis risk in youth

Hindustan Times  

Could cannabis be messing with your brain’s natural wiring? Research indicates cannabis use exacerbates synaptic deficits in young adults at risk of psychosis. A study published in JAMA Psychiatry highlights how reduced brain connectivity among young adults at risk for psychosis may be exacerbated by cannabis use. This disruption in brain connectivity may help explain the heightened risk of psychosis …

Frazzled due to stress? Study says it can alter your memories
4 months, 1 week ago

Frazzled due to stress? Study says it can alter your memories

Hindustan Times  

Stress can do more than just affecting our mood and ruining the day. A recent study led by Dr. Sheena Josselyn and Dr. Paul Frankland, The Hospital for Sick Children states that stress can alter the way the brain stores and processes memories. But when the brain is exposed to high amounts of stress, endocannabinoids can disturb the gatekeeping neurons, …

Does smoking weed make you dumber?
4 months, 1 week ago

Does smoking weed make you dumber?

ABC  

Tegan Taylor: Even a decade or so ago, cannabis was pretty much you could get it in Amsterdam legally and not very many other places in the world. Norman Swan: However, there's a second study which came out recently this year from very good centres, I mean, the University of Oxford, Yale University, looking at brain structure and function in …

Marijuana and Morpheus: Why does pausing cannabis use spark vivid dreams?
1 year, 4 months ago

Marijuana and Morpheus: Why does pausing cannabis use spark vivid dreams?

Salon  

In a dream that has stuck with him long after waking, Eric was caught in the middle of a flood. That means, during the withdrawal period, people who stop using marijuana may take longer to fall asleep, have more REM sleep and have more memorable dreams that reemerge more intensely and vividly. We suspect that is why people report intense …

Why does marijuana make it hard to remember stuff?
2 years, 5 months ago

Why does marijuana make it hard to remember stuff?

Salon  

Along with Bob Marley and velvet blacklight 420 posters, cannabis is strongly associated with memory loss. However, the evidence surrounding marijuana use and memory can be murky, so even though scientists are sure that cannabis does influence memory to some degree, it's not clear how detrimental or permanent this effect is. "And then you do all the other things that …

10 Common Behaviors That Are Making You More Forgetful
2 years, 9 months ago

10 Common Behaviors That Are Making You More Forgetful

Huff Post  

jayk7 via Getty Images Experts break down the habits that can negatively impact your memory and offer solutions on how to sharpen your mind. Also, there is that shows sedentary habits are linked to thinning in some brain regions that are important for memory.” “Regular exercise ― not necessarily strenuous exercise ― helps reduce the risk of a number of …

Cannabis 'could reverse ageing process' after THC found to improve memory and learning in older mice
6 years, 4 months ago

Cannabis 'could reverse ageing process' after THC found to improve memory and learning in older mice

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The chemical in cannabis that makes people feel ‘high’ appears to …

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS AND DANGERS OF SMOKING CANNABIS?
6 years, 9 months ago

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS AND DANGERS OF SMOKING CANNABIS?

Daily Mail  

Cannabis is an illegal Class B drug in the UK, meaning possession could result in a five year prison sentence and those who supply the drug face up to 14 years in jail. Scientific studies have shown the drug can alleviate depression, anxiety and stress, but heavy use may worsen depression in the long term by reducing the brain's ability …

Cannabis harm to teenagers' brains 'overstated', finds study
6 years, 11 months ago

Cannabis harm to teenagers' brains 'overstated', finds study

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Fears that cannabis causes irreparable harm to teenager’s brains have been …

Study reveals marijuana's damage on brains of under-17s
8 years, 2 months ago

Study reveals marijuana's damage on brains of under-17s

Daily Mail  

Marijuana is far more damaging to young teenage brains than we thought, a new study claims. Teenagers who smoked marijuana as early as age 14 did worse on cognitive tests, decreased verbal abilities and were more likely to drop out of school, according to a new study In the study, conducted by the Université de Montréal in Canada, a team …

How to tell if memory loss is Alzheimer's or old-age
8 years, 8 months ago

How to tell if memory loss is Alzheimer's or old-age

Daily Mail  

The majority of Alzheimer's diagnoses occur in people over age of 65 It could be symptomatic of disease if forgetfulness hampers your daily life You have forgotten where you put your car keys, or you can't seem to remember the name of your colleague you saw in the grocery store the other day. If memory loss these symptoms significantly affect …

Marijuana use shrinks teenagers' brains: Experts
10 years, 7 months ago

Marijuana use shrinks teenagers' brains: Experts

India TV News  

New York: Frequent marijuana use among teenagers can lead to cognitive decline, poor attention and memory and decreased intelligence quotient, psychologists warn. Abnormalities in the brain's grey matter, which is associated with intelligence, have been found in 16- to 19-year-olds who increased their marijuana use. "It needs to be emphasised that regular cannabis use is not safe and may result …

Marijuana May Hurt The Developing Teen Brain
11 years, 1 month ago

Marijuana May Hurt The Developing Teen Brain

NPR  

Marijuana May Hurt The Developing Teen Brain toggle caption Tomas Rodriguez/Corbis The teenager's brain has a lot of developing to do: It must transform from the brain of a child into the brain of an adult. "And, indeed, we see, if we look at actual grades, that chronic marijuana-using teens do have, on average, one grade point lower than their …

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