Smoking marijuana goes back to the brain for 3 years, according to a study

Mexico is on track to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, last November, it took a fundamental step in presenting before the Senate, the initiative of the general law on the regulation and control of cannabis.

This law would establish general guidelines for the regulation of cannabis during seeding, cultivation, harvesting, production, labeling, packaging, promotion, advertising, sponsorship, transportation, distribution, sales and marketing.

It also proposes the establishment of the Mexican Institute of Regulation and Control of Cannabis this would give up to five years licenses for the seeding, cultivation, harvesting, production, processing and sale of marijuana for commercial purposes. As expected, this law could be approved by mid-2019.

The argumentation of the law indicates that "The prohibitionist policy adopted by Mexico during the last two badenios and concretized in this armed conflict called" war against drug trafficking ", generated two consequences which explains his failure: the hardening of violence in every corner of the country and the criminalization of vulnerable sectors of society because of activities related to cannabis ".

For years, countless studies have been conducted on the effects of marijuana use on the behavior of individuals and their brains. Most reports agree that there is still much to study and discover about the impact of cannabis on health.

Some of the data that has been proven on the use of marijuana are: this causes dependence at some point in life, in 9% of the people who tried it. It reduces various aspects of cognitive function, including memory. In addition, it can reduce the volume of the hippocampus, critical region for memory, but only after intense and prolonged consumption.

Data on cognitive impairment and specific brain changes are inconclusive. There is always a debate about reversible changes.

According to a study conducted by Dr. Daniel Amen, and that was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, He says smoking marijuana is aging the brain for about three years on average.

The report explains that it has been discovered that marijuana accelerates brain aging in 2.8 yearswhich aggravates bipolar disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The brains of schizophrenics have aged more rapidly, 4 years on average.

Brain aging is defined as a reduction of blood flow in the body. Reduced cerebral blood flow has already been badociated with stroke and dementia.

"The discovery of cannabis abuse was particularly important because our culture is beginning to see marijuana as a harmless substance." This study should allow us to pause. "Amen said.

The researchers badyzed 62,454 brain scans of 31,227 people. They were taken from people aged nine months to 105 years to determine the factors that contribute to aging of the brain.

They also badyzed the blood flow in 128 regions of each brain to determine the age at which they thought. Once they knew the real age of the person, they could measure the rate of accelerated aging.

Paradoxically, a recent study presented at the Society for Neuroscience conference showed that rodents treated with THC, the active substance in marijuana, had a significant reduction in the size of brain plaques badociated with Alzheimer's disease.

The brains of these mice had a 20% fewer beta-amyloid plaques (substance that accumulates in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease) and showed fewer signs of damage from inflammation. They also scored better on tests related to their memories.

In addition to this recent discovery, there are studies that highlight The benefits of moderate consumption of this herb, for example, the US National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine has examined more than 10,000 investigations to really determine the medical benefits of cannabis. The results were presented in a 400-page report.

Most conclusive results indicate marijuana is effective for the treatment of chronic pain, lreduction of nausea after chemotherapy and reduction of symptoms of multiple sclerosis.

The report also notes that moderate use of marijuana helps you sleep, relax, be more creative, eat, reduce nausea, antispasmodic and anticonvulsant.