{"id":637,"date":"2012-08-28T13:55:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T13:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cannitrol.com\/\/smoking-weed-during-teenage-years-can-lower-intelligence-mother-nature-network-3\/"},"modified":"2012-08-28T13:55:41","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T13:55:41","slug":"smoking-weed-during-teenage-years-can-lower-intelligence-mother-nature-network-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/smoking-weed-during-teenage-years-can-lower-intelligence-mother-nature-network-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking weed during teenage years can lower intelligence &#8211; Mother Nature Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/smoking-weed-during-teenage-years-can-lower-intelligence-mother-nature-network-3\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"7\" style=\"vertical-align:top;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGdsfEFxtxo15ZoNwbouTy_OmQgSg&amp;url=http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/the-hot-button\/teenage-pot-smoking-may-lower-iq-for-life\/article4503763\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/nt1.ggpht.com\/news\/tbn\/9Uj0GLocxyR86M\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><br \/><font size=\"-2\">Globe and Mail<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"j\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:0.8em;\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"lh\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEOg9fyC0u5y7t6nNu24UFEjuY4uw&amp;url=http:\/\/www.mnn.com\/health\/fitness-well-being\/stories\/smoking-weed-during-teenage-years-can-lower-intelligence\"><b><b>Smoking weed<\/b> during teenage years can lower intelligence<\/b><\/a><br \/><font size=\"-1\"><b><font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Mother Nature Network<\/font><\/b><\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\">Roughly 5 percent of the participants started using marijuana as teenagers. 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