According to the latest experiments, Harvard University (USA) has confirmed marijuana can alter the human brain, especially for marijuana smokers before age 16.
Marijuana. (Internet photo)
Using state-of-the-art devices to scan the brain, US scientists have discovered activated areas in the brains of marijuana smokers before the age of 16 while not finding the condition in the brain. brains people who do not use marijuana or those who use marijuana after age 16.
Smoking marijuana before the age of 16 has degraded the brain's ability to concentrate, losing the ability to abstract thinking and the ability to draw experiences to avoid repeating mistakes even though these mistakes are often made.
The use of marijuana as soon as possible changes nerve cells in the brain, which causes cognitive functions to decline, causing the brain to " harden cognition. " child.
Experiments by US scientists also show that marijuana users before the age of 16 make twice the number of mistakes made by marijuana users after this age when performing the functions of executing orders or make decisions because the brain has been hurt.
The results of this study have dismissed the notion that marijuana use can be legalized in many Western countries.