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Smoking cannabis in your teens IS linked to depression in later life as it 'damages brain' | Daily Mail Online[h=2]Smoking cannabis in your teens IS linked to depression in later life: Major study reveals drug 'damages children's brains' and 60,000 adults in UK could have avoided mental health disorder if they had turned down marijuana[/h]
- Largest study of its kind found that 7% of adult depression could be prevented
- Drug has also been linked to suicidal thoughts and attempts
- Researchers say tackling the use of millions of under 18s should be a priority
In the largest research of its kind, experts from Oxford University and McGill University estimated that over half a million adults in the UK and US could be saved from mental health disorders by avoiding the drug as a teenager.
The teams have now warned that cannabis, legal in several US states and used by millions of young people is a significant public health risk with 'devastating consequences'. They have urgently called for officials to make tackling use of the drug a priority.
I'm telling you, in 20 years Big Marijuana will be the next "Big Tobacco" lawsuits, we'll see MTV running "Just say no ads" and billions in payouts to lawyers...