Education Life: This Is Your Brain On Drugs

By ABIGAIL SULLIVAN MOORE, NY Times: Science
Wed, 10/29/2014 - 3:00am

New studies show that the effects of marijuana on young people may be greater than we thought. One has found brain differences even in casual smokers.

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