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Does Marijuana Cause Permanent Brain Damage in Adults?

Written by thcscout on June 12, 2023. Posted in Facts. No Comments on Does Marijuana Cause Permanent Brain Damage in Adults?

How much cannabis is too much for those who start smoking as adults?

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What if you start before age 25? See my last video: Does Marijuana Cause Permanent Brain Damage in Teens? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Does-Marijuana-Cause-Permanent-Brain-Damage-in-Teens).

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Want an herb that can help your brain? Check out Benefits of Rosemary for Brain Function (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/Benefits-of-Rosemary-for-Brain-Function) and Best Aromatherapy Herb for Alzheimer’s (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/Best-Aromatherapy-Herb-for-Alzheimers).

The cannabis issue reminds me of a similar clash of politics and commercial interests in the cell phone debate. If you’re interested, check out my videos Does Cell Phone Radiation Cause Cancer? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-cell-phone-radiation-cause-cancer) and Cell Phone Brain Tumor Risk? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Cell-Phone-Brain-Tumor-Risk). I continue that video series with the next installment coming up next: Do Mobile Phones Affect Brain Function? (D:NutritionFactsnfvol 41nutritionfacts.orgvideoDo-Mobile-Phones-Affect-Brain-Function).

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Smoking Marijuana vs Using a Cannabis Vaporizer

Written by thcscout on August 22, 2018. Posted in Facts. No Comments on Smoking Marijuana vs Using a Cannabis Vaporizer

Cannabis vapor has less tar, but may contain more ammonia. What happens to respiratory symptoms when regular users of joints, blunts, pipes, and bongs switch to a vaporizer?

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In case you missed the previous video, check out Effects of Smoking Marijuana on the Lungs (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/effects-of-smoking-marijuana-on-the-lungs).

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Effects of Smoking Marijuana on the Lungs

Written by thcscout on August 17, 2018. Posted in Facts. No Comments on Effects of Smoking Marijuana on the Lungs

There is unequivocal evidence that regular cannabis smoking causes acute lung inflammation, but what are the long-term consequences?

What about using a vaporizer? Find out in my next video, Smoking Marijuana vs. Using a Cannabis Vaporizer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Smoking-Marijuana-vs-Using-a-Cannabis-Vaporizer).

I have a whole treasure chest of cannabis videos that are going to be dribbling every month or so until the end of 2019. If you want to see them all now, I put them all in a digital DVD (https://drgreger.org/collections/downloads/products/cannabis-what-does-the-science-say-digital) you can download or stream right now (https://drgreger.org/collections/downloads/products/cannabis-what-does-the-science-say-digital).

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Is Marijuana Addictive?

Written by thcscout on February 20, 2018. Posted in Facts. No Comments on Is Marijuana Addictive?

The evidence clearly indicates that long-term marijuana use can lead to addiction, but are there negative consequences?

Stay tuned for Does Marijuana Cause Health Problems? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Does-Marijuana-Cause-Health-Problems) next, but I have a whole treasure chest of cannabis videos that are going to be dribbling every month or so until the end of 2019. If you want to see them all now, I put them all in a DVD (https://drgreger.org/collections/downloads/products/cannabis-what-does-the-science-say-digital).

Here’s the last two I did: The Institute of Medicine Report on the Health Effects of Marijuana (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Institute-of-Medicine-Report-on-the-Health-Effects-of-Marijuana) and Researching the Health Effects of Marijuana (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Researching-the-Health-Effects-of-Marijuana).

Speaking of parallels with the tobacco industry, check out:
• Animal Protein Compared to Cigarette Smoking (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/animal-protein-compared-cigarette-smoking)
• American Medical Association Complicity with Big Tobacco (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/american-medical-association-complicity-big-tobacco/)
• Big Food Using the Tobacco Industry Playbook (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/big-food-using-the-tobacco-industry-playbook/)
• Collaboration with the New Vectors of Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/collaboration-with-the-new-vectors-of-disease/)
• How Smoking in 1956 is Like Eating in 2016 (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-smoking-in-1956-is-like-eating-in-2016)

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