{"id":2496,"date":"2020-11-25T19:13:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T19:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/?p=2496"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:55:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:55:40","slug":"does-smoking-weed-kill-brain-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/cannabis-and-your-body\/does-smoking-weed-kill-brain-cells","title":{"rendered":"Does smoking weed kill brain cells?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For more than a century, rumors have persisted about the supposed dangers of smoking marijuana. From the War on Drugs<\/a> to cultural commentaries in film and media, smoking weed has often gotten a bad rap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here we'll debunk the myths about smoking weed and dive into the research to discover whether cannabis use can kill brain cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\tOrigins of the myth of marijuana killing brain cells<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The age of prohibition in the twentieth century coincided with some wild misconceptions about smoking weed and its effects on consumers. The two most prominent contributors to ongoing misconceptions about marijuana harming the brain are Reefer Madness<\/em> and the fried egg campaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reefer Madness<\/strong> is a 1936 film that experienced a resurgence in the 1970s and depicted excessively violent events linked to marijuana use. The melodramatic scenes show young adult cannabis smokers descending into various forms of madness and hallucinations until the dire advisory flashes on the screen at the end, \"TELL YOUR CHILDREN.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t

\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"reefer\n\t\t\t<\/a>Photo by: Gina Coleman\/Weedmaps<\/cite>
Reefer Madness is a 1936 film that experienced a resurgence in the 1970s and depicted excessively violent events linked to marijuana use.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t