Study shows pot & cigarette smoking can help shrink the brain

[WhatInThe]

A recent study from an addiction journal shows that smoking pot and/or cigarettes can help shrink the brain. The amygdala region of the brain affected the most. That region includes emotion regulation and ability to see or realize the risk of a situation or deciion

Smoking weed and tobacco actually shrinks your brain — here are the parts at risk

Smoking tobacco seems to affect the palladium and insula regions of the brain. They also have some control over emotions.

The term 'dope' for recreational drugs is more accurate than people think

 

[Sunkist]

The term 'dope' for recreational drugs is more accurate than people think

 

[Della]

I don't need any help shrinking my brain. I used to use cigarettes to help shrink it, but then I quit so now I need help shrinking the rest of me.

"Research indicates that obesity is associated with reduced brain volume and accelerated brain aging, with obese individuals showing up to 8% less brain tissue."

Thanks anyway.

 

[Murrmurr]

But brains shrink with age, starting in your 30s or 40s, and the shrink-rate increases significantly after age 60.

So, I wonder what age groups the researchers used in their study. The article doesn't say.