<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/10224314-88f8-42ae-977f-7d329627ba3f/FFD4EB38-E191-4A4C-BD7F-B42F94317E55/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20030701/heavy-marijuana-use-doesnt-damage-brain" href="http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20030701/heavy-marijuana-use-doesnt-damage-brain" style="font-size: 11px;">www.webmd.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20030701/heavy-marijuana-use-doesnt-damage-brain"><H2>Heavy Marijuana Use Doesn't Damage Brain</H2> <DIV class="subhead_fmt">Analysis of Studies Finds Little Effect From Long-Term Use</DIV> <DIV class="author_fmt"> By <A href="http://www.webmd.com/sid-kircheimer">Sid Kirchheimer</A> <BR />WebMD Medical News</DIV> <DIV class="reviewedBy_fmt"> </DIV> <DIV class="clearBoth_fmt"> </DIV> <H3></H3> <P align="left">July 1, 2003 -- Long-term and even daily marijuana use doesn't appear to cause permanent brain damage, adding to evidence that it can be a safe and effective treatment for a wide range of diseases, say researchers. </p> <P align="left"> </p> <P align="left">The researchers found only a "very small" impairment in memory and learning among long-term marijuana users. Otherwise, scores on thinking tests were similar to those who don't smoke marijuana, according to a new analysis of 15 previous studies. </p> <P align="left"> </p> <P align="left">In those studies, some 700 regular marijuana users were compared with 484 non-users on various aspects of brain function -- including reaction time, language and motor skills, reasoning ability, memory, and the ability to learn new information.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20030701/heavy-marijuana-use-doesnt-damage-brain"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.webmd.com/img/BFF55EAB-3855-4CD1-A63C-9CAB7C53393E" alt="WebMD: Better Information. Better Health." /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FFD4EB38-E191-4A4C-BD7F-B42F94317E55/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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