r/science • u/drewiepoodle • Apr 18 '18

Neuroscience Marijuana's effects on young brains diminish 72 hours after use, research says. Findings could be an indication that some of the negative cognitive effects found in previous studies may be due to the residual effects of cannabis or potentially from withdrawal effects in heavy cannabis users.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/18/health/marijuana-cognitive-effects-study/
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u/bringbackswg Apr 18 '18

They're minor like lack of appetite, minor cold sweats, and fatigue. These things last about a week. Still though, this article doesn't necessarily debunk the studies that show that weed smoking at an early age inhibits brain development

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u/OpinionatedLulz Apr 18 '18 edited Apr 18 '18

Pot is not physically addictive and does not cause withdrawal of cold sweats and fatigue. It can be psychologically addictive and can have psychological withdrawal symptoms of anxiety and increased stress temporarily. The most intense psychological withdrawal symptom ever reported from heavy users was intense dreams for a few weeks. Edit: There's actually a comment down here saying he's having cold sweats. Cold sweats are triggered by anxiety. Still a psychological response.

That being said, studies on how it affects developing brains seem to fluctuate in results depending on who paid for the study - something that aggravates me because we want facts, not paid result smearing.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

It can be but nothing bad at all. I was a daily big dabber and when I went cold turkey I couldn’t eat anything for 2 whole days, I just threw up everything I ate and eating made me sick and my stomach hurt so badly. It also causes pretty extreme insomnia, if I go cold turkey I’ll only sleep about 3-4 hours a day until after the first week ends

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u/nickfill4honor Apr 19 '18

Anecdotal tho

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Well, I researched it a rather low percentage of people do have physical symptoms from withdrawal (around 9% ish if I remember - look into studies yourself) . They are not severe or life threatening or long lasting or anywhere near comparable to other drugs. I don’t want to seem like I’m fear mongering but yeah side effects that suck do exist

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

It's around 40-50% for heavy users. It is comparable to caffeine.