People who are hospitalized because of marijuana use are more likely to develop dementia over a five-year period, research shows.
The study, which ran in Jama Neurology, found that individuals in this camp had a 72% higher chance of undergoing dementia-related brain shifts, United Press International reports.
“Individuals with cannabis use severe enough to require hospital-based care were at increased risk of a new dementia diagnosis compared with those with all-cause hospital-based care or the general population,” researchers concluded in their abstract . “These findings have important implications considering increasing cannabis use among older adults.”
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