{"id":23680,"date":"2022-10-09T17:23:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T15:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=23680"},"modified":"2022-10-14T07:23:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T05:23:11","slug":"is-marijuana-bad-for-your-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/10\/is-marijuana-bad-for-your-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Marijuana Bad for Your Brain?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States categorized marijuana as a Schedule 1 substance in 1970, which was the harshest classification imaginable and meant that it was fully banned and had no accepted medicinal use. The medicinal advantages of marijuana are now generally recognized, but this does not provide an answer to the question of whether marijuana usage for recreational purposes is harmful to the brain or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video to find out whether marijuana is really bad for your brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Is marijuana bad for your brain? - Anees Bahji\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nlcr1jd_Tok?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is the view on marijuana in your country?<\/li><li>Should marijuana be made legal? 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