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Marijuana Effects On The Brain: Study Finds Smoking Weed Can 'Distort' Memories, Create False ...

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 04/22/2015 - 13:03

When it comes to telling stories, heavy marijuana users might be all fiction. Researchers have found that regular pot consumers have a harder time remembering details from the past and were more likely than non-marijuana users to report things as they imagined them, not as they actually were. The effects of heavy marijuana use on memory were similar to the memory issues that arise as humans age, according to a new study published this week in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.

The study builds on previous research that showed smoking marijuana can impair short- and long-term memory. “These findings indicate that cannabis users have an increased susceptibility to memory distortions even when abstinent and drug-free, suggesting a long-lasting compromise of memory and cognitive control mechanisms involved in reality monitoring,” researchers working in Spain’s Sant Pau and Bellvitge hospitals wrote. When in need of an accurate eyewitness – such...

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