Cannabis can throw you off-balance
Whether you smoke it, vape it, or take an edible, weed can affect nearly every part of your brain, from how you feel and make decisions to your motivation, memory, and coordination.
Weed’s impact on different parts of your brain
Amygdala
How you feel
The THC in weed can make you feel more stressed about things that wouldn’t normally bother you by affecting your amygdala, the part of your brain that controls emotions.
🌀 anxious 🌀 stressed 🌀 paranoid
Prefrontal Cortex
The decisions you make
The more you use weed, the more it can affect your prefrontal cortex, the part of your brain that helps you make decisions. It can make you feel unsure and second-guess your choices.
🐢 distant 🐢 disconnected 🐢 isolated
Basal Ganglia
What motivates you
The THC in weed can sink your drive to make plans, work out, and get things done. It throws off your reward system in the basal ganglia, the part of your brain responsible for motivation.
🥱 dull 🥱 “meh” 🥱 unmotivated
Hippocampus
The memories you keep
Remembering good times with friends can get harder because the THC in weed affects your hippocampus, the part of your brain that stores memories.
🌊 brain fog 🌊 memory loss 🌊 focus problems
CB1 Receptors
How you regulate emotions
Weed tricks your brain into craving more THC, and over time that craving disrupts the parts of your brain that control your mood, making you need more just to feel okay.
🚩 less sensitive to THC 🚩 more dependent
🚩 more addicted
Cerebellum
How you stay balanced
Your balance and coordination can take a hit because the THC in weed affects your cerebellum, the part of your brain that controls movement.
🏄🏽 slower reaction time 🏄🏽 less balance
🏄🏽 less coordination
Amygdala
How you feel
The THC in weed can make you feel more stressed about things that wouldn’t normally bother you by affecting your amygdala, the part of your brain that controls emotions.
🌀 anxious 🌀 stressed 🌀 paranoid
Prefrontal Cortex
The decisions you make
The more you use weed, the more it can affect your prefrontal cortex, the part of your brain that helps you make decisions. It can make you feel unsure and second-guess your choices.
🐢 distant 🐢 disconnected 🐢 isolated
Basal Ganglia
What motivates you
The THC in weed can sink your drive to make plans, work out, and get things done. It throws off your reward system in the basal ganglia, the part of your brain responsible for motivation.
🥱 dull 🥱 “meh” 🥱 unmotivated
Hippocampus
The memories you keep
Remembering good times with friends can get harder because the THC in weed affects your hippocampus, the part of your brain that stores memories.
🌊 brain fog 🌊 memory loss 🌊 focus problems
CB1 Receptors
How you regulate emotions
Weed tricks your brain into craving more THC, and over time that craving disrupts the parts of your brain that control your mood, making you need more just to feel okay.
🚩 less sensitive to THC 🚩 more dependent
🚩 more addicted
Cerebellum
How you stay balanced
Your balance and coordination can take a hit because the THC in weed affects your cerebellum, the part of your brain that controls movement.
🏄🏽 slower reaction time 🏄🏽 less balance
🏄🏽 less coordination
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