Teen cannabis use linked to slower memory and thinking growth
A study from UC San Diego involving over 11,000 participants suggests that adolescent cannabis use is linked to slower development in memory, attention, and processing speed. Researchers found that cognitive gains in cannabis-using teens tended to plateau compared to their non-using peers.
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have found that teenagers who start using cannabis may develop memory and thinking abilities more slowly than teens who do not use it. The findings were published in Neuropsychopharmacology and were based on data from more than 11,000 participants in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, the largest long-term investigation of brain development among young people in the United States.
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