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Brain Reward Circuit. Credit: NIH Conceptually, there is a structure of the human mind. There are components that makeup that structure. They have functions.…

>> so give me an update, how you doing? >> dr. christian thurston runs one of the biggest youth substance abuse clinics. >> literally, i cried about it. >> marijuana is number one on their list of priorities. they dropped out of life. >> back in the day, i would have been like, my day hasnt started if i didnt get high. >> joe started smoking when he was just 13. by 15, he was smoking more than a dozen times a day. he stopped skateboarding. even dropped out of school. >> i like getting high. i ne...

>> there is no longer any scientific debate that marijuana is not just psychologically addictive. but also physically addictive. >> so give me an update, how you doing? >> dr. christian thurston runs one of the biggest youth substance abuse clinics. >> literally, i cried about it. >> marijuana is number one on their list of priorities. they dropped out of life. >> back in the day, i would have been like, my day hasnt started if i didnt get high. >> joe started smoking when he was just 13. by 15,...

He stopped skateboarding. even dropped out of school. >> i like getting high. i need get high because my brain is telling me. >> adolescents, at about age 13, have a pretty mature brain reward sent are. they can experience reward and pleasure the same way adults can. but the problem with that is that their prefrontal cortex which helps people think ahead, control their impulses, thats not fully developed until age 24. that explains why adolescents are much more vulnerable. >> there is something ...