Cannabis and Old Age

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This is an interesting one. As someone approaching 60, I have to agree.

This Denmark Study Says You Should Get Your Grandpa High, Maybe

If you’re old enough to remember the DARE program, you probably remember the litany of unhinged rhetoric they used to try and convince you that smoking cannabis was not a good time and does not make you a cool dude. Among those was the claim that over time, cannabis makes you dumber and...

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Another study here that confirms lifetime cannabis use was positively associated with regional brain volume in CB1-rich regions, including the caudate, putamen, hippocampus, and amygdala. Greater lifetime use was also linked to better performance in learning, processing speed, and short-term memory. Individuals reporting use limited to adolescence also showed larger regional volumes and better cognitive performance than non-users. Sex differences in cannabis effects on brain volume and cognition were also observed.

https://www.jsad.com/doi/10.15288/jsad.25-00346