Smoking cannabis as a teenager can permanently lower your IQ

Cannabis can lower the IQ of young teenagers and may cause permanent mental impairment, research has shown. The most persistent users suffer an average eight-point decline in IQ between adolescence and adulthood, according to the study of more than 1,000 participants. Scientists believe smoking cannabis from the age of puberty may disrupt developing and vulnerable [...]The post Smoking cannabis as a teenager can permanently lower your IQ appeared first on Mauritius News Ile Maurice.

28 Aug 2012, KotZot