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Teen cannabis use 'NOT linked to depression or lung cancer in later life'

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 08:45

Using marijuana as a teenager does not appear to be linked to health problems such as depression, psychotic symptoms or asthma later in life, a study has revealed.

Researchers found no difference in the mental or physical health of adults who had smoked cannabis as a teenager, and those who had not.

'What we found was a little surprising,' said lead researcher Dr Jordan Bechtold, of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

'There were no differences in any of the mental or physical health outcomes that we measured regardless of the amount or frequency of marijuana used during adolescence.'

Using cannabis as a teenager does not appear to be linked to physical or mental health problems later in life, according to new research (file photo) 

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