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Does smoking pot every day have long term effects? what are those effects?
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Yes: Cognitive impairment, reduced testosterone levels, cancer and heart disease risk. Depression and anxiety with any reduction in use lasting weeks into abstinence. Oh, and physical withdrawal.
Answered 1/28/2013
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