The call for marijuana legalization continues amidst experts' advice concerning marijuana use side-effects. Long-term adverse effects towards the brain are being highlighted by medical experts as means of stopping the public from cannabis smoking.

As the Canadian government moves to approve the legalization of weed through their Cannabis Act, some experts are urging for the rejection of such act. One of the highlighted reasons behind the objection is the health effects of long-term use of weed to the youth.

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Based on animal research and human studies, exposure to cannabis could cause long-term and permanent adverse changes in the brain function, according to Drug Abuse. Cognitive impairment has been highly observed among test subjects, which was highly dependent on the age of the person using marijuana.

The said impairment to cognitive and memory function of the brain has been highly associated to the THC, component of marijuana. Such substance affects memory formation processes information.

Apart from affecting the brain and its essential function. Other bodily side-effects may also manifest with constant use of weed.

Dry mouth is one of the typical changes that weed smokers would normally experience. Such adverse change is often referred to by people familiar with cannabis as cotton mouth; this would mean that a person is going through an uncomfortable feeling from lack of saliva production, according to Leaf Science.

Dizziness is also one of the common experiences when a person smokes cannabis. In 1992 study, 60 percent of test subjects complained of moderate to severe dizziness after consuming high-potency marijuana joint.

Apart from mental and physical changes, the long-term effect of marijuana use also includes lack of motivation. Recreational marijuana users reported a feeling of being unmotivated at work and in school. Such claim was then strengthened by a 2003 survey, which stipulates a loss of motivation by almost 53 percent of the surveyed population.

Watch here below other ling-term adverse effects of marijuana use: