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But new studies are popping up which show that chronic cannabis use can help mitigate the effects of repeated head injuries. The latest of these is promising; the study was subsidized by the Research Funds from the Indiana University Office of Vice President for Research as well as the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.