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Friday Fact: Weed wrecks your memory

Friday Fact: Weed wrecks your memory

A massive neuroimaging study led by researchers at the University of Colorado found that huge majorities of young adult marijuana users suffer significant cognitive impairment in everyday life.

By TDR StaffSeptember 4, 20251 min read
Brain surrounded by question marks, for a Friday Fact on marijuana wrecking memory

Sorry . . . what were you saying? Oh, yes: A massive neuroimaging study led by researchers at the University of Colorado found that huge majorities of young adult marijuana users suffer significant cognitive impairment in everyday life. Specifically, 63% of heavy lifetime users and 68% of recent users experienced reduced brain activity, which is associated with performance issues, while doing working-memory tasks (i.e. those that require you to retain and use information to get the job done). This is the largest study of its kind ever done; this isn’t a statistical fluke. Seems like the haze isn’t only coming from all the smoke in users’ eyes.  

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