The effect of weed on the brain of teenagers

When a person smokes cannabis, one of the plant's chemicals, THC, passes from the lungs into the bloodstream and then into the brain. If the brain is exposed to a large amount of THC but is still immature, the part responsible for controlling emotions can never reach its full potential. This can have long-term consequences and implications for a person's measurable intelligence, learning, and judgment. But there are other reasons why teens shouldn't consume weed. Support us - we're on Patreon! 🎁 https://bit.ly/3MqY00D THANK YOU to our patrons (UPDATE: 09/NOV/2022) This video was created with the sponsorship of www.weed.com and the support of our patrons: Andrea Basillio Rava, Angela, ArkiTechy, Artur, azad bel, Badrah, Cedric.Wang, David Markham, Delandric Webb, Denis Kraus, Digital INnov8ors, Dr. Matthias Müller-Mellin, Duane Bemister, Esther Chiang, Eva Marie Koblin, Fatenah G Issa, Floris Devreese, Frari63, Gatsby Dkdc, Ginger, Harmoniac Design, I CAN GERMAN AND IT WAS EASY!, Isabelle, Jana Heinze, Jannes Kroon, Jeffrey Cassianna, Joanne Doyle, Johan Klassen, John Burghardt, Jonathan Schwarz, Justin Keith, Karen Lewis, Kenneth Natvig, Khadijah Sellers, Leonel, Linus Linderoth, Liskaya, Marcel, María, Mathis Nu, Matthias Ruck, Mezes. Macko, Michael Brown, Mindozone, Natalie O'Brien, Nicki, Okan Elibol, Paul Hopkins, Peter Bishop, Petra, Raymond Fujioka, Robert Cook, scripz, Sebastian Huaytan Meder, Si, Stefan Gros, Stephen Clark, Stuart Bishop, Susan Schuster, Tetiana Gerasymova, Tristan Scifo, Victor Paweletz, Yvonne Clapham and all the others. Thank you! To join them, visit www.patreon.com/sprouts COLLABORATORS Screenplay: Jonas Koblin Illustrator: Pascal Gaggelli Voice: Christian "Beppo" Peters Coloration: Nalin Arrangements: Peera Lertsukittipongsa Sound design: Miguel Ojeda Production: Selina Bador Checking the facts: Ludovico Di Chanaz Translation: Gunnar Selm SOUNDTRACKS Cheeky Plum Fairy - Shaun Frearson Magical Keys - Studio Le Bus Dig deeper with these videos, games, and resources: Watch this 16-minute documentary: High School: Marijuana in an American Public High School. At this high school in Portland, smoking weed has almost become the norm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BApEKGUpcXs Learn more about teen brain development with this short explainer video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpfnDijz2d8 SOURCES Understanding the brain of adolescents https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content?ContentTypeID=1&ContentID=3051 Long-term cannabis users show neuropsychological deterioration from childhood to midlife https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1206820109 Continued cannabis use and risk of onset and persistence of psychotic symptoms: cohort study with 10-year follow-up https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d738 Onset of cannabis use in adolescents and early-onset psychosis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25774457/ EXERCISE IN THE CLASSROOM Ask all students to anonymously write on a piece of paper if they have consumed weed in the past month. Then collect each piece of paper and ask students to estimate how many of them did. Before announcing the results, play the video and have a class discussion about the potential risks and disadvantages of THC for the growing brain. End the lesson by announcing the survey results. OUR CHANNELS English channel / sproutsvideos German Channel / sproutsdeutschland Spanish Canal / sproutsespañol And many more: www.sproutsschools.com SPROUTS TEAM Screenplay: Jonas Koblin Illustrations: Pascal Gaggelli www.instagram.com/pascal.draws/ Production: Selina Bador Production Assistant: Bianka Voice: Christian "Beppo" Peters Coloring: Nalin Expert: Cynthia Borja Editing: Peera Lertsukittipongsa Proofreading: Susan Translation: Gunnar Selm MUSIC www.premiumbeats.com LICENSE Creative Commons CC-BY-NC More information here: https://sproutsschools.com/ Original: "Sprouts Germany" Original: German. All translations in this video have been done by the alugha AI.

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