2020
Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study – ongoing
Cannabis and the Adolescent Brain – Jan. 2020
College students using more pot in legal states; binge drinking less – Jan. 2020
National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens – Updated Jul. 2020
2019
A Deep Dive into Adolescent Development – June 2019
A Population-Based Analysis of the Relationship Between Substance Use and Adolescent Cognitive Development – Feb. 2019
Early, heavy, and chronic cannabis use does have substantive negative effects on the brain – Oct. 2019
Growing up high: Understanding the impacts of adolescent cannabis use on mental health and brain development – Aug. 2019
Growing Up High PDF – Jun. 2019
Impact of neuroimmune activation induced by alcohol or drug abuse on adolescent brain development – Oct. 2019
Is the Adolescent Brain at Greater Vulnerability to the Effects of Cannabis? A Narrative Review of the Evidence – August 2020
Marijuana use among adolescents is associated with deleterious alterations in mature BDNF – Jan. 2019
2018
Cannabis Involvement and Neuropsychological Performance: Findings from the Human
Connectome Project – Oct. 2018
How Marijuana May Damage Teenage Brains in Study Using Genetically Vulnerable Mice – Dec. 2018
One Month of Abstinence from Cannabis Improves Memory in Adolescents, Young Adults – Science Daily Oct. 2018
Synthetic Cannabinoids: Spice, K2 and similar marijuana-like substances – Dec. 2018
What are the effects of increasing cannabis potency on adolescent health? – Lancet 2018
2017 or later
Adolescent Brain Development and Drug Abuse – June 2008
Adolescent Cannabis Use and Psychosis: Epidemiology and Neurodevelopmental Models – 2010
Adverse Effects of Cannabis on Adolescent Brain Development: A Longitudinal Study – March 2017
Biology of Addiction: Drugs and Alcohol Can Hijack Your Brain – Oct. 2015
Cannabis Exposure May Lead to Psychosis – Jan. 2015
Cannabis Use and Later Life Outcomes – Jun. 2008
Insights into Human Behavior from Lesions to the Prefrontal Cortex – Sept. 2014
Longitudinal Development of Human Brain Wiring Continues from Childhood into Adulthood – July 2011
Longitudinal Changes in White Matter Microstructure After Heavy Cannabis Use – May 2015
Marijuana and the developing brain – Nov. 2015
Persistent Cannabis Users Show Neuropsychological Decline from Childhood to Midlife – July 2012
Recreational marijuana use impacts white matter integrity and subcortical (but not cortical) morphometry – Jun. 2016
Teens who smoke pot at risk for later schizophrenia, psychosis – Mar. 2011
The Addictive Brain: All Roads Lead to Dopamine – April 2012
The effects of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol on the dopamine system – May 2017
Why Teens Are Impulsive, Addiction-Prone And Should Protect Their Brains – Jan. 2015
Youth and marijuana: Youth are at special risk for harm – Jun. 2016