{"id":5449,"date":"2019-07-09T14:50:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T19:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=5449"},"modified":"2019-07-09T14:50:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T19:50:29","slug":"attempts-to-compensate-for-damage-hides-marijuana-effects-in-the-short-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/attempts-to-compensate-for-damage-hides-marijuana-effects-in-the-short-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Attempts to Compensate for Damage Hides Marijuana Effects in the Short Term"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t

Source:\u00a0<\/strong>Alice G. Walton, “The Brain May Compensate For Heavy Pot Smoking — Until It Can’t Anymore<\/a>,” Forbes<\/em>, 11 Nov 2014.<\/p>\n

“The research, published in\u00a0Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em>, found that an area in the front of the brain called the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is smaller in people who smoke three joints a day than people who never touch the stuff. But what’s interesting about the new study is that it also found greater connectivity in the white matter throughout the brain, suggesting that the brain is trying to compensate in some way \u2013 at least for a while. After years of heavy pot use, the study also found, the brain can no longer continue this compensation, and the effects begin to disappear.”<\/p>\n

“In previous research, we have observed that changes in the orbital frontal cortex are correlated with greater use of marijuana and behavioral difficulties in participants’ personal and professional life.”<\/p>\n

“What we did find is that the younger an individual was when they started using marijuana the greater the brain changes appeared to be.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source:\u00a0Alice G. Walton, “The Brain May Compensate For Heavy Pot Smoking — Until It Can’t Anymore,” Forbes, 11 Nov 2014. “The research, published in\u00a0Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that an area in the front of the brain called the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is smaller in people who smoke three joints a day…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[372,540],"class_list":["post-5449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","tag-drugs","tag-marijuana"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":83761,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/marijuana-impacts-memory\/","url_meta":{"origin":5449,"position":0},"title":"Marijuana Impacts Memory","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Source:\u00a0Julia Milzer, \"Largest Study Ever Done on Cannabis and Brain Function Finds Impact on Working Memory,\" University of Colorado, 28 January 2025. \"The researchers found that 63% of heavy lifetime cannabis users exhibited reduced brain activity during a working memory task, while 68% of recent users also demonstrated a similar\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":36294,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-makes-marijuana-work-does-it-lead-to-using-other-drugs\/","url_meta":{"origin":5449,"position":1},"title":"What makes marijuana work? Does it lead to using other drugs?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have some questions about marijuana. What are the ingredients in pot that produce that \"high\", mind-altering feeling that users crave and the \"munchies\"? Does pot use eventually lead to the use of more hardcore drugs, such as cocaine, heroin, LSD, etc.? I would venture to guess that regular\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5445,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/accumulative-marijuana-use-impacts-short-term-memory\/","url_meta":{"origin":5449,"position":2},"title":"Accumulative Marijuana use impacts short-term memory","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Christopher Ingraham, \"What happens when you get stoned every single day for five years,\" Washington Post, 1 Feb 2016. \"If you smoke a lot of weed \u2014 like a\u00a0lot of it \u2014 it can potentially do permanent damage\u00a0to your short-term memory.\" \"The study found that people who smoked marijuana\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":57690,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/dangers-of-recreational-marijuana\/","url_meta":{"origin":5449,"position":3},"title":"Dangers of Recreational Marijuana","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Source:\u00a0Dr. Liji Thomas, MD, \"Dangers of recreational\/medical cannabis use,\"\u00a0News Medical and Life Sciences, 26 October 2022. More people are using marijuana and starting at a younger age. \"Now that many American states have legalized cannabis, the already high rate of cannabis usage is increasing from ages as young as 16\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":61249,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/marijuana-causes-long-term-changes\/","url_meta":{"origin":5449,"position":4},"title":"Marijuana Causes Long-Term Changes","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Source:\u00a0[\"Marijuana Causes Long-term Brain Changes,\" Amen Clinics, 2015 February 06]. \"Dr. Kabran Chapek ... says, 'I'm not surprised when someone with anxiety tells me that they use marijuana or alcohol to help them sleep, or calm their nerves. It's predictably people with over activity in their brains and problems like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":36097,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/marijuana-smoking-isnt-healthy\/","url_meta":{"origin":5449,"position":5},"title":"Marijuana Smoking Isn’t Healthy","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Kathleen Doheny, \"Recreational Marijuana: Are There Health Effects?\" WebMD, 11 December 2012. Lung Damage \"'Putting smoke in your lungs is not good for the lungs,' says Roland Lamarine, HSD, professor of public health at California State University, Chico. ... 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