Association of cannabis use during adolescence with neurodevelopment

What The Study Did:

Researchers

examined to what extent cannabis use is associated with thickness in brain areas measured by


magnetic resonance imaging in a study of adolescents.

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Matthew D. Albaugh, Ph.D., of the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine in Burlington, is the corresponding author.

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