New Study Shows Marijuana Users have Low Blood Flow to the Brain (IMAGE)

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New Study Shows Marijuana Users have Low Blood Flow to the Brain

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This shows a sample case of a visual 3-D rendering of a baseline SPECT scan of a longstanding marijuana user compared to a control subject. The marijuana user has multiple perfusion defects with lower perfusion shown as scalloping and gaps in perfusion of the temporal and parietal areas.

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<i>Journal of Alzheimer's Disease</i>

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