ranoia and lethargy. A condition called Amotivational syndrome take places
after chronic use. It is defined by Dr. Harry Avis (1996), professor of
psychology as, "a condition characterized by a lack of ambition or desire to
succeed, presumed to be the result of smoking marijuana." As reported in The
Medical Journal of Australia, "Marijuana causes birth defects, fetal damage,
lung cancer, long-term impairment of memory, schizophrenia, suppression of
the immune system, and even leukemia in the children of marijuana-smoking
mothers" (Nahas & Latour, 1992). The National Institute on Drug Abuse
(1996) reported that the chemicals found in marijuana smoke suppresses the
neurons in the information-processing system of the hippocampus. This is the
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