Studies Say That Teenage Marijuana Use Not Likely To Lead to Emotional Disorders in the Future

A recent marijuana study has presented some alarming results but not in the way you might think. This study actually shows that teens and adolescents who use marijuana earlier in life do not necessarily have a higher risk for things like depression or psychosis or asthma, as earlier studies have shown.

“What we found was a little surprising,” explains lead study author Jordan Bechtold. “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.”

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center study followed 408 young men from the age of 14 until the age of 36. While the study did indicate that just shy of one-quarter of all participants were chronic marijuana users—smoking regularly, every week—they were not, surprisingly, more likely to experience the aforementioned negative side effects than their counterparts by the age...

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