Smoking Of Marijuana Damages The Brain

Some studies show that when people have smoked large amounts of marijuana for years, medicine takes its toll on mental functions. Heavy or daily use of marijuana affects the parts of the brain that control memory, attention and learning.


Working short-term memory is necessary to learn and perform tasks that require more than one or two steps.Smoking marijuana causes some changes in the brain, such as those caused by cocaine, heroin and alcohol. Scientists are still learning about the many ways that marijuana affects the brain