Marijuana causes less brain damage than alcohol, CU study finds

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Marijuana causes less brain damage than alcohol, CU study finds



The study involved 853 people aged 18 to 55 and 439 teenagers with a range of alcohol and cannabis use



Feb 14, 2018








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By Josh Magness, McClatchy Washington Bureau




Its a common stereotype that people who smoke weed are a bit foggy-headed and missing a few brain cells.









But a new study from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder found that alcohol is much more damaging to your brain than marijuana. In fact, the study which was published in the journal Addiction suggests that weed use doesnt seem to alter the structure of a persons brain at all....



















https://www.thecannabist.co/2018/02/14/c...hol/99000/

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What's Worse for Your Brain Alcohol or Marijuana?



By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Contributor | <time datetime="February 16, 2018 10:57am ET" itemprop="datePublished"> February 16, 2018 </time>








Alcohol may take a greater toll on the brain than marijuana does, especially for teens, a new study finds.









Specifically, researchers found that chronic alcohol use is linked to decreases in the brain's gray matter which consists of brain cell bodies and synapses in both teens and adults. In adults, alcohol use was also linked to declines in the integrity of the brain's white matter, which is made primarily of the long nerve fibers that zip messages through the nervous system. Cannabis use, on the other hand, was not associated with either gray- or white-matter declines.









"The difference between the alcohol and the cannabis is pretty dramatic," said lead study author Kent Hutchison, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder. [7 Ways Marijuana May Affect the Brain] .......





























https://www.livescience.com/61786-mariju...brain.html