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Chronic marijuana use, which is defined as consuming at least once a week for three (3) or more months, generates changes in the brain. A single marijuana consumption can generate dependency in one out of 10 people who experience it, a risk that increases to 1 in 5 people if it is consumed on several occasions and that is further enhanced when exposure becomes daily, causing 1 in 2 people to become dependent. Regarding acute marijuana consumption, the main organ involved at the specific moment of marijuana consumption is the central nervous system or brain; where marijuana acts directly as a depressant, slowing down all cognitive processes such as learning, memory, perception of reality, the ability to maintain attention; the state of alert, as well as psychomotor coordination, so that situations such as driving or operating complex machinery, which involve multiple brain processes, can be affected and even severely. In this talk, our specialists, Dr. José Mario Gómez, Psychiatrist and Coordinator of the Addictions Group at the University Hospital, and Dr. Marie Francoise Crépy, Toxicologist at the University Hospital of San Vicente Fundación, tell us more about the subject. More information about this and other health topics at http://www.elhospitalblog.com For more information about San Vicente Fundación, visit http://www.sanvicentefundacion.com