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Association of Cannabis Use During Adolescence With Neurodevelopment

Published on - JAMA Psychiatry

Authors: Matthew Albaugh, Jonatan Ottino-Gonzalez, Amanda Sidwell, Claude Lepage, Anthony Juliano, Max Owens, Bader Chaarani, Philip Spechler, Nicholas Fontaine, Pierre Rioux, Lindsay Lewis, Seun Jeon, Alan Evans, Deepak d'Souza, Rajiv Radhakrishnan, Tobias Banaschewski, Arun Bokde, Erin Burke Quinlan, Patricia Conrod, Sylvane Desrivières, Herta Flor, Antoine Grigis, Penny Gowland, Andreas Heinz, Bernd Ittermann, Jean-Luc Martinot, Marie-Laure Paillère Martinot, Frauke Nees, Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos, Tomáš Paus, Luise Poustka, Sabina Millenet, Juliane Fröhner, Michael Smolka, Henrik Walter, Robert Whelan, Gunter Schumann, Alexandra Potter, Hugh Garavan, Deepak D’souza

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Animal studies have shown that the adolescent brain is sensitive to disruptions in endocannabinoid signaling, resulting in altered neurodevelopment and lasting behavioral effects. However, few studies have investigated ties between cannabis use and adolescent brain development in humans.