Heavy marijuana use shrinks your brain but compensates by making more connections

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 03:30 in Psychology & Sociology

The first comprehensive investigation into the effects of long-term marijuana use has revealed that while the drug appears to shrink a certain part of the brain in heavy users, their brains will actively compensate for it by increasing connectivity - especially if they started using it young.

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