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The Brain Doesn’t Age the Way We Were Told — At Least Not If You Smoke Weed

Researchers looked specifically at participants aged 40 to 70 (average age 54.5) and asked a question nobody had really nailed down: what does lifetime cannabis use actually do to the brain once you’re past the age everyone loves to study — the twentysomething brain that’s still finishing construction?

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