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Cannabis users’ brains look younger, big study finds

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 09, 2026
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Circular plots show the FNCs (functional network connectivity) that are significantly larger and smaller in the cannabis group, respectively.

Cannabis users’ brains look younger than their age would predict, according to a brain imaging study of more than 25,000 UK Biobank participants aged 44 to 81. The connectivity patterns associated with cannabis use…

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