Deana's Health Corner

The brain was created by God more superior than the most advanced computer on the planet. With its multi-functions, the brain is far more advance and capable than man made technology, as advanced as that is. However, we still have to be good stewards of this brilliant organ.

Many people take the brian for granted, and therefore, participate in activities that are not helpful to the brain. In fact, some activities are very harmful to it. For example, marijuana use has an adverse impact on brain development, leading to poorer performance on thinking tasks, says a new study.

The research team led by clinical neuropsychology researcher Krista Lisdahl Medina from University of Cincinnati and Susan Tapert, associate professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego found that chronic, marijuana use during adolescence – a critical period of ongoing brain development – causes many adverse affects. These affects include slower psychomotor speed, poorer complex attention and poorer verbal memory and planning .

In addition, the bible warns against altering our mental state through intoxication. We are, instead encouraged to be filled with the Spirit of God.(Eph. 5:18) This puts us in a place where are minds can be renewed and then we’re transformed. (Ro. 12:2) You can go from being a sad person to a happy person, not because you’ve smoked, but because you’ve soaked…in His presence.

Tags: adolescent, brain, health, memory, neuorology

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