![Cannabis Use in Adolescence May Alter Development of Cerebral Cortex Cannabis Use in Adolescence May Alter Development of Cerebral Cortex](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/marijuanaleafcloseup-1440.jpeg?itok=gtCNutIC)
More than a third of 12th graders report having used marijuana, also called cannabis. And 78 percent of first-time marijuana users are between the ages of 12 and 20 years. Concerningly, cannabis use…
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![Cannabis Use in Adolescence May Alter Development of Cerebral Cortex Cannabis Use in Adolescence May Alter Development of Cerebral Cortex](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/marijuanaleafcloseup-1440.jpeg?itok=gtCNutIC)
More than a third of 12th graders report having used marijuana, also called cannabis. And 78 percent of first-time marijuana users are between the ages of 12 and 20 years. Concerningly, cannabis use…
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![In Young Men, 15% of Schizophrenia Might Be Prevented If Cannabis Use Disorder Is Not Present, Study Finds In Young Men, 15% of Schizophrenia Might Be Prevented If Cannabis Use Disorder Is Not Present, Study Finds](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/marijuanaleafcloseup-1440.jpeg?itok=gtCNutIC)
A large study involving the health records of 6.9 million people in Denmark over 5 decades has found “strong evidence” of a linkage between cannabis use disorder (CUD) and schizophrenia, in both men…
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![Large Genome Study Finds a ‘General Addiction Risk Factor’ Commonly Inherited Across Multiple Substance-Use Disorders Large Genome Study Finds a ‘General Addiction Risk Factor’ Commonly Inherited Across Multiple Substance-Use Disorders](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/geneticstringssusbtanceabusedisorder-1440.jpeg?itok=PLmgcMJq)
In recent years, studies involving large numbers of individuals have identified numerous locations in the human genome where commonly occurring variations in DNA sequence are associated with…
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![Study Suggests Why Cannabidiol (CBD) Can Help To Reduce Epileptic Seizures in Severe Cases Study Suggests Why Cannabidiol (CBD) Can Help To Reduce Epileptic Seizures in Severe Cases](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/abstractfuturisticlinesdotsgridintertwiningweb2-1440.jpg?itok=zIKONMUS)
While there are many different kinds of epileptic seizures, and a diversity of known causes, they share one thing in common: seizures are the result of imbalances in the brain between excitation and…
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