Young marijuana users respond differently to social exclusion

March 2, 2016 blogger Medicial Marijuana, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal

Young adults who regularly use marijuana display altered brain activation patterns during social exclusion, research indicates. In a recent study, participants played a computerized game of catch while undergoing a non-invasive brain scan. They recruited 42 young adults (ages 18-25), about half of whom regularly used marijuana. Unknown to the study participants, the other ‘players’ in the game were computers and were programmed to exclude them for a portion of the game.

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