{"id":3201,"date":"2022-04-04T11:13:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T01:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/effect-of-marijuana-on-brain-health\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:02:05","slug":"effect-of-marijuana-on-brain-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/effect-of-marijuana-on-brain-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Effect of Marijuana on Brain Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Published in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practiceupdate.com\/explore\/channel\/neurology\/sp7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neurology<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>TAKE-HOME MESSAGE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In this AHA Scientific Statement, numerous effects of marijuana on brain health are described. These include the&nbsp;effects of:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1) prenatal cannabinoid exposure as well as abnormal fetal neurotransmission in preclinical models and its impact on neuroanatomic&nbsp;areas associated with cognition and emotional regulation;<\/p>\n<p>2) marijuana use on human cognition focusing&nbsp;on possible structural and functional changes in areas involved in cognition, potential detrimental effects of early cannabis&nbsp;exposure on cognition, and multidomain impact of acute marijuana intoxication; and<\/p>\n<p>3) marijuana use on cerebrovascular disease risk, highlighting an association between cannabis use and increased risk of stroke.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Overall, cumulative evidence suggests that consumption of marijuana may have detrimental effects on brain health, challenging widely accepted beliefs that marijuana is innocuous.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practiceupdate.com\/author\/john-ostrominski\/5833\">John&nbsp;W.&nbsp;Ostrominski,&nbsp;MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practiceupdate.com\/c\/132201\/3\/7\/?elsca1=emc_enews_top-10&amp;elsca2=email&amp;elsca3=practiceupdate_neuro&amp;elsca4=neurology&amp;elsca5=newsletter&amp;rid=MzM1MDQ1Nzg2NDU3S0&amp;lid=20849385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"button\">For complete research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Published in&nbsp;Neurology) TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In this AHA Scientific Statement, numerous effects of marijuana on brain health are described. 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