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27 August 2012 Last updated at 16:53 ET

Young cannabis smokers run risk of lower IQ, report claims

Dominic Hughes

Health correspondent,
BBC News

Prof Terrie Moffitt, researcher: "Those who started using cannabis regularly when they were in secondary school had lost, on average, about eight IQ points"Continue reading the main story

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Young people who smoke cannabis for years run the risk of a significant and irreversible reduction in their IQ, research suggests.

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