VIDEO – TOO MUCH OF ANYTHING… –
May 8, 2023 – “There could be changes to the overall neuroplasticity and neurocircuitry … changes to serotonin, changes to dopamine, histamine, all these things are responsible for executive functioning and for how we perceive the world,” he continued. “When cannabis oversaturates the system it can trigger higher levels of anxiety, cognitive delays, memory loss.”
Teen are also more likely to develop a problem with the drug.
According to a report by the National Institute on Drug Abusepublished in March 2021, those aged 12 to 17 are more apt than those aged 18 to 25 to become addicted to marijuana within a year after using it for the first time.
The Danish study determined that while cannabis use disorder is not responsible for most schizophrenia cases in Denmark specifically, marijuana consumption has contributed to a rise in schizophrenia in the last 50 years.
Researchers say one possible reason is that cannabis is both more accessible and more powerful than ever.
They found that the amount of THC — the major psychoactive component in marijuana — in weed in the US rose from 10% in 2009 to 14% in 2019.
