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Daniel Amen: “Marijuana increases the risk of dementia.”

Featuring: Daniel Amen, Founder and CEO of Amen Clinics | National

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Published | Video Starts at 47:09

And it means if you're blessed to live to 85, you have a one in two chance of having lost your mind. And Marijuana increases the risk of dementia. Really? Yeah. There's studies now, and its use is skyrocketing in older people. So in Canada, there was a study where 15 years ago, 5% of people over 50 used marijuana. (47:09–47:14)

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Asserts that marijuana use increases the risk of developing dementia.

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