Using cannabis daily reshapes the brain's normal operating state, which persists beyond intoxication and biases the person to continue to use. The brain adapts to what it's given.

I’ve heard countless times that “Cannabis doesn’t really get me high anymore. I just use it to feel normal.” For years, I thought the answer was straightforward: tolerance to the drug. That’s also true—but it is an incomplete answer.

A fascinating new study by Katharina Lege and colleagues at Maastricht University will be published on July 15th. It suggests something else may be happening. Tolerance does not mean the brain has recovered. It means the brain has adapted to cannabis.

  • Amnesigenic@lemmy.mlEnglish
    14·
    19 days ago

    Study not published yet, no specifics on methodology in the article, worthless

    • Wren@lemmy.todayOPMEnglish
      21·
      18 days ago

      The study is being published in three days and the article has eighteen references. That’s far from worthless.