
288- Marijuana and the ADHD Brain: How to Identify and Treat Cannabis Use Disorder
ADHD Experts Podcast
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The Effects of Cannabis on ADHD
Cannabis activates the brain's reward system and it releases levels of dopamine that are higher than what is typically observed. With ADHD that dopamine is one of those pretty dominant neurotransmitters that are implicated in ADHD. So if you have a brain that's sort of low in dopamine or is a bored brain basically that something like cannabis could be very rewarding to people with ADHD. There's no evidence currently that shows that cannabis is helpful for ADHD in the long term.
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