fj1200
06-24-2013, 05:41 PM
Uh oh, some bad news for those pothead conservatives among us. You know who you are.
Chronic Cannabis Use May Cause Brain Inflammation (http://news.yahoo.com/chronic-cannabis-may-cause-brain-inflammation-162517422.html)
Chronic marijuana use may cause inflammation in the brain that leads to problems with coordination and learning, a new study in animals suggests.
The study also teased out why this brain inflammation leads to motor and learning problems, and found a surprising answer — cannabis activates immune cells that appear to play a critical role in how a brain region called the cerebellum works.
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More research is needed to determine what kinds of problems these "cerebellar deficits" cause people to have in everyday life, Ozaita said. It's possible that microglial cell activation in the cerebellum causes hard-to-detect problems — such as a slightly delayed reaction time while driving — that researchers wouldn't know about unless they tested for them, he said.
In addition to brain inflammation, smoking cannabis has also been linked to lower IQ (http://www.livescience.com/22711-smoking-marijuana-lowers-iq.html) and an increased risk of schizophrenia.
Chronic Cannabis Use May Cause Brain Inflammation (http://news.yahoo.com/chronic-cannabis-may-cause-brain-inflammation-162517422.html)
Chronic marijuana use may cause inflammation in the brain that leads to problems with coordination and learning, a new study in animals suggests.
The study also teased out why this brain inflammation leads to motor and learning problems, and found a surprising answer — cannabis activates immune cells that appear to play a critical role in how a brain region called the cerebellum works.
...
More research is needed to determine what kinds of problems these "cerebellar deficits" cause people to have in everyday life, Ozaita said. It's possible that microglial cell activation in the cerebellum causes hard-to-detect problems — such as a slightly delayed reaction time while driving — that researchers wouldn't know about unless they tested for them, he said.
In addition to brain inflammation, smoking cannabis has also been linked to lower IQ (http://www.livescience.com/22711-smoking-marijuana-lowers-iq.html) and an increased risk of schizophrenia.