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The effects of recreational use of marijuana in adolescent brain health: A review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

G. Kurnijuanto  and
T. Kantohe
G. Kurnijuanto*
Affiliation:
Faculty Of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, Indonesia
T. Kantohe
Affiliation:
Faculty Of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, Indonesia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Marijuana is widely used among people, recreationally and medically. However, recent studies have shown that Marijuana has negative effects on brain structures and functions.

Objectives

To discuss the effects of Marijuana use on brain development in adolescence.

Methods

The method that is used in this study is literature review, through analyzing and summarizing the data that were collected from PubMed, epidemiology articles from BNN and CDC, and other online journals to understand the effects of Marijuana on the brain development in adolescence. There were 25499 articles that were filtered and screened resulting in 10 articles that were used as data of this literature review.

Results

Marijuana effects on the brain are divided into structural changes and functional changes. Structural changes are seen in the brain hemispheres, amygdala, hippocampus, and nucleus accumbens. While functional changes are seen in behavioral and cognitive changes in everyday life and even psychotic disorders.

Conclusions

Marijuana use has shown negative effects on the human body, organs that are rich in cannabinoid receptors, especially the Brain. Therefore, Marijuana use among adolescents may disrupt their developing brain, and cause adolescents to have structural and functional changes in the brain.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

MarijuanaadolescentBrain
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S132
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