Tag Archives: marijuana

See Your Brain, Change Your Life

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Justin

  Brain on marijuana   Over this past weekend I forgot a package at a grocery store.  The clerk who helped me at the store recognized me from my shows and called to tell me she had my package.  When … Continue reading →

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What doubles the risk of developing psychosis?

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

Did you smoke pot as a teenager or young adult? I hate to break it to you, but you may have doubled your risk of developing psychotic symptoms. One study from Dutch researchers concluded that pot-smoking during adolescence is indeed … Continue reading →

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Case of the Week: Jeff and the stoned mouse

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

Recently, I saw a 21-year-old man, let’s call him Jeff, who was smoking a lot of pot.  Jeff also suffered with anxiety, depression (had a suicide attempt last year), obesity, and was failing in college. He came into my office … Continue reading →

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What marijuana does to your teen’s brain

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

Many people like to believe that smoking marijuana is a harmless habit. Even some parents who find out their teenage children have been smoking pot feel a sense of relief that at least “it’s just pot. It’s not like it’s … Continue reading →

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Case of the Week: Jose—why did he nearly beat a teenager to death?

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

In one very sad case from Healdsburg, a city about an hour north of San Francisco, a 16-year-old boy named Jose  senselessly attacked another teenager, Dillon, because of the color of the sweater he wore.  Referred to as the Red … Continue reading →

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