The Physical And Psychological Effects Of Marijuana
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Marijuana has been used as a drug since the beginning of time, yet there
are still many mysteries about its health effects on humans. Marijuana, or
cannabis sativa, is a preparation of the crushed flowers and buds of
female hemp plant. The existence of the plant has been reported as early
as 1500- ....
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.... have claimed that cannabis destroys brain cells. However,
several other studies found no structural or neurochemical atrophy in the
brain at all. Furthermore, it should be noted that Heath's work was
sharply criticized for avoiding safeguards of bias and reporting "changes"
that occur normally in the mammalian brain. Wu et al. found a correlation
between cannabis use and low sperm counts in human males. This is
misleading because a decrease in sperm count has not been shown to have a
negative ....
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