Smoking Cannabis Ages The Brain By 3 Years - Study Reveals

A new research report has revealed that smoking cannabis (marijuana) ages the brain by an average of nearly three years.

According to New York Post, Marijuana was found to ramp up brain aging by 2.8 years making it worse for the mind than bipolar disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Schizophrenics’ brains were found to age by an even greater average of four years.

Boozing was also shown to age the organ by 0.6 years, the research adds.

Brain aging is defined as reduced blood flow through the organ.

Lead study author, Dr. Daniel Amen, founder of Amen Clinics, said: “The cannabis abuse finding was especially important, as our culture is starting to see marijuana as an innocuous substance. This study should give us pause about it.”

Reduced brain blood flow has previously been linked to strokes and dementia.

The researchers analysed 62,454 brain scans from 31,227 people.

Scans were collected during both rest and concentration and taken from people aged between nine months and 105 year old to determine factors that contribute to brain aging.

Researchers analysed the blood flow through 128 regions of each brain to determine how old they thought the individual was.

Once they learned the person’s actual age, they were able to measure the rate of accelerated aging.

The findings were published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.





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