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Heavy Marijuana Use Shrinks Brain Parts

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Posted: Tue., June 3, 2008, 07:39 am
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Topics: Mental Health, amygdala, Australia, hippocampus, Marijuana, pot, News
     

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long-term heavy use of marijuana may cause two important brain structures to shrink, Australian researchers said on Monday.

Brain scans showed the hippocampus and amygdala were smaller in men who were heavy marijuana users compared to nonusers, the researchers said. The men had smoked at least five marijuana cigarettes daily for on average 20 years.

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