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Like most other drugs, marijuana the parts of your brain involved in making plans, solving problems, and making decisions. So in the short-term, you could increase your chances of doing something dangerous while high--like driving and getting into an accident. In the longer term, you could become addicted. How? Because repeated drug use changes the brain (and the body), even if it takes a while. One NIDA researcher took a survey of people who had used marijuana regularly for many years. The marijuana users reported less satisfaction with their lives and more physical and mental health problems, which they attributed to the marijuana. They also had worse academic and job outcomes and lower salaries than a group of people from similar backgrounds who did not smoke marijuana. Some people are more likely than others to have problems when they do drugs, including getting addicted. We still don't know all the reasons why, but genetics and a bunch of other factors--age of first use, other mental health problems, stress, family difficulties, peers that use drugs--all affect the chances of someone getting addicted or having other problems from drug use. Read more about it.