LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational purposes and also for a warning. Lighthouse Trails has published three booklets on the physical and spiritual dangers of marijuana and psychedelics. (See links below.)
“Study of more than 11,000 teens finds cannabis use tied to slower gains in memory, focus and thinking speed as well as worse memory over time during key years of brain development.“
By Lizelda Lopez
UC San Diego
Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found that teenagers who begin using cannabis show slower gains in thinking and memory skills as they grow. The study, published on April 20, 2026 in Neuropsychopharmacology, analyzed data from more than 11,000 participants in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, the largest long-term study of brain development in U.S. youth. Click here to continue reading.
Related Information:
Psychedelic Seduction: Drugging the World and the Church by Richard and Linda Nathan
Drugs, Meditation, & “A Fully Developed Spirituality” by David Dombrowski
“The Cross and the Marijuana Leaf” by Linda Nathan
