I was going to headline this story, "What Would We Do Without Medical Experts?", but apparently, we do need them, just to remind some people

i forgot

Using marijuana may affect your ability to think and plan, study says

Studies have long shown that getting high can harm cognitive function. Now, a new review of research, published Thursday in the journal Addiction, finds that impact may last well beyond the initial high, especially for adolescents.

"Our study enabled us to highlight several areas of cognition impaired by cannabis use, including problems concentrating and difficulties remembering and learning, which may have considerable impact on users' daily lives," said co-author Dr. Alexandre Dumais, associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Montreal.

"Cannabis use in youth may consequently lead to reduced educational attainment, and, in adults, to poor work performance and dangerous driving. These consequences may be worse in regular and heavy users," Dumais said.

Weed's impact on the brain can be particularly detrimental to cognitive development for youth, whose brains are still developing, said Dr. Megan Moreno, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, who was not involved in the study.

"This study provides strong evidence for negative cognitive effects of cannabis use, and should be taken as critical evidence to prioritize prevention of cannabis use in youth," Moreno said. "And contrary to the time of Cheech and Chong, we now know that the brain continues to develop through age 25.

"Parents should be aware that adolescents using cannabis are at risk for damage to their most important organ, their brain."

Also of interest, perhaps, is this possible explanation for the huge popularity of socialism in our under-40s:

[S]tudies have shown that "early and frequent cannabis use in adolescence predicts poor cognition in adulthood.”