{"id":10897,"date":"2015-04-12T19:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T19:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=10897"},"modified":"2017-09-21T12:28:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T12:28:05","slug":"hungarian-scientists-prove-devastating-effect-cannabis-use-has-on-the-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2015\/04\/hungarian-scientists-prove-devastating-effect-cannabis-use-has-on-the-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungarian Scientists Prove Devastating Effect Cannabis Use Has On The Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Several independent scientific study\u2019s using the latest Brain Scan technologies have confirmed without a doubt that marijuana abuse causes great harm and devastation to the human brain.<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">Some of the the most recent studies reported are:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow\u2019s studies: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_detailpage&amp;v=RSDnLSU3owc\"><span lang=\"en-US\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_detailpage&amp;v=RSDnLSU3owc<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Lancet Study \/ Kings College \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/r.search.yahoo.com\/_ylt=A0SO8zhjSe1UndMA1cVXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzNTNoZWUxBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMgRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkA1FCQUNLMl8x\/RV=2\/RE=1424865764\/RO=10\/RU=http%3a%2f%2fwww.newsmax.com%2fNewsfront%2fmarijuana-psychosis-cannabis-study%2f2015%2f02%2f16%2fid%2f624979%2f\/RK=0\/RS=eYEPlm.Bx5hZ0Q9jAnYz_nMZztA-\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Skunk Versus Mental Illness<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (KOKI): <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/neuro\/journal\/v18\/n1\/full\/nn.3892.html\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Hungarian Scientists Prove Devastating Effect Cannabis Use Has On The Brain<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">And now we have another important scientific study regarding the damage that marijuana abuse does to the human brain; by the Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (KOKI).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Hungarian Scientists Prove Devastating Effect Cannabis Use Has On The Brain<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2015\/04\/hungarian-scientists-prove-devastating-effect-cannabis-use-has-on-the-brain\/cannabis-1038x576\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13602\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13602 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cannabis-1038x576-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cannabis-1038x576-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cannabis-1038x576-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cannabis-1038x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Smoking cannabis dramatically reduces the number of molecules ensuring the fine-tuning of brain functions and can significantly interfere in the two-way communication between neurons, according to the <\/span><b><span lang=\"en-US\">result of research spanning several years<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"en-US\"> carried out by the <\/span><b><span lang=\"en-US\">Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Hungarian Academy of <\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"en-US\">Sciences (KOKI<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"en-US\">),<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">published in the world\u2019s most highly acclaimed neuroscience journal, Nature Neuroscience.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"> <span lang=\"en-US\">A statement issued by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences reminds that a study arriving at the same conclusion, authored by Hungarian neuroscientists Istv\u00e1n Katona and Tam\u00e1s Freund, deputy chairman of the Academy (MTA) and head of the Institute of Experimental Medicine), had already been published in the U. S. Journal of Neuroscience in 1999.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"> <span lang=\"en-US\">According to the latest results of Mr. Katona\u2019s team, <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>recreational <\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>cannabis gravely interferes<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><b> with the two-way communication between neurons. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"> <span lang=\"en-US\">The discovery, revealing the gravity of the effect cannabis use has on a molecular level, <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>shocked<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><b> both the researchers and their colleagues<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, Mr. Katona said, adding that decision-makers must seriously consider the permitted THC content of cannabis products during increasingly widespread legalisation of the drug.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\"> <span lang=\"en-US\">Research has shown that the <\/span><b><span lang=\"en-US\">number of receptors<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"en-US\"> in synapses receiving endocannabinoid molecules <\/span><b><span lang=\"en-US\">decreased dramatically, by <\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"en-US\">around 85 per cent<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"en-US\">, after<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> a six-day THC treatment, with total regeneration taking as long as six weeks, the MTA statement reads.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"> <span lang=\"en-US\">The primary authors of the study published in Nature Neuroscience are junior MTA researcher Barna Dudok, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Barna, leader of the Nikon-KOKI Microscope Centre and Italian guest researcher Marco Ledri.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Source:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/cikk\/hungarian-scientists-prove-devastating-effect-cannabis-use-brain-18287\"><span lang=\"en-US\">http:\/\/hungarytoday.hu<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/neuro\/journal\/v18\/n1\/full\/nn.3892.html\"><span lang=\"en-US\">http:\/\/www.nature.com<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"en-US\"> March 2015<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several independent scientific study\u2019s using the latest Brain Scan technologies have confirmed without a doubt that marijuana abuse causes great harm and devastation to the human brain. Some of the the most recent studies reported are: NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow\u2019s studies: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_detailpage&amp;v=RSDnLSU3owc Lancet Study \/ Kings College \u2013 Skunk Versus Mental Illness Institute of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,30,68,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brain-and-behaviour","category-cannabis-marijuana","category-drug-use-various-effects","category-europe-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}