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New York, March 12 (IANS) Teenagers who are heavy marijuana users have poor long-term memory, says a new study. The longer the individuals were chronically using marijuana, the more abnormal the shape of their hippocampus, the study reported. The hippocampus is important to long-term memory (also known as episodic memory), which is the ability to remember autobiographical or life events. "The ...

 

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