Mother says pot brownie paralysed daughter

According to Allison Buchanan, her daughter, Danieel, unknowingly purchased the brownie from a student at her school in Brooklyn.

After sharing the pot-laced brownie with two friends, the 17-year old was rushed to hospital with high blood pressure and an elevated heart rate.

Allison says that when her daughter was discharged, she was unable to walk, sit or feed herself.

The doctors who looked after Danieel believe she may have suffered an allergic reaction to marijuana, as this was the only drug found in her system.

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And if that’s not enough to deter would-be smokers, a new study found that smoking marijuana as a teenager can harm your long-term memory.

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Researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine looked at 97 people and found that people who smoked pot every day for about three years performed worse on long-term memory tests.

“We focused on the brains of young adults who were teenagers when they began abusing cannabis,” says study author Matthew J. Smith.

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His findings revealed that people in their 20s, who smoked marijuana as teenagers, scored 18 per cent worse on long-term memory tests compared to those who had never smoked pot.

According to Smith, marijuana interferes with receptors in the brain that can damage brain chemistry and possibly impact the brain structure causing memory issues.