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Scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse have done extensive research on how marijuana affects your brain and your body.

What do you have to lose?

Movement & Coordination - Hey - who put that curb there? But officer, that tree jumped out in front of me... without my license I'll have to take the bus my dealer's place.

Illustration of a brain

Thinking & Judgment - I did what??? Where did I leave my little sister??

Memory & Learning - What the heck is a hypotenuse? Reptile or mammal?

Lungs - But I thought bongs filtered out harmful chemicals (You're wrong!) Hack. Hack. Cough. Cough. Infection. Cancer.

Illustration of lungs and heart

Heart - My heart is healthy! (You're wrong again. Checked your blood pressure (up) or heart rate (up) recently?)

When someone smokes marijuana, THC travels through the body to the brain where it influences the activity of nerve cells. These cells are located in areas of the brain which are related to pleasure, memory, thought, concentration, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement.

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