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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
By Vanessa Chalmers Health Reporter For Mailonline
Published: 11:00 EST, 13 February 2019 | Updated: 13:20 EST, 13 February 2019
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
Smoking cannabis in your teenage years raises the risk of depression and suicide in later life, a landmark new study has found.
Researchers from the US and UK have revealed the drug could impair a child's brain to the extent it triggers mental health disorders later in life.
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...
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
By Vanessa Chalmers Health Reporter For Mailonline
Published: 11:00 EST, 13 February 2019 | Updated: 13:20 EST, 13 February 2019
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
Smoking cannabis in your teenage years raises the risk of depression and suicide in later life, a landmark new study has found.
Researchers from the US and UK have revealed the drug could impair a child's brain to the extent it triggers mental health disorders later in life.
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...