Longtime marijuana users perform worse on tests

[IGBT]

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Published: March 21st, 2006 01:00 AM




Long-term heavy users of marijuana perform significantly worse on tests of mental agility and physical dexterity than short-term users or nonusers, even when they have abstained from smoking for more than 24 hours, new research shows.
Scientists, led by Lambros Messinis, a neuropsychologist at University Hospital in Petras, Greece, tested three groups.

They were 20 long-term users who had smoked four or more marijuana cigarettes a week for at least 10 years, 20 short-term users who had smoked a similar amount for 5 to 10 years and, finally, 24 people who had used marijuana no more than 20 times in their lives and not in the prior two years.

 

[myusername]

Cliffs? I'm too high to read all that

 

[Maleficus]

yawn, tommorow their will be a study that proves the exact opposite, this is the song that never ends.

 

[jimbob200521]

Marijuana bad for you? Who knew. :roll:

 

[toekramp]

******, i already forgot what i was going to reply

 

[IAteYourMother]

how is this surprising?

 

[PHiuR]

Originally posted by: jimbob200521
Marijuana bad for you? Who knew. :roll:

^ but at the same time...most of us still eat fast food.

 

[minendo]

I've got the beer, who wants to supply lawn chairs and popcorn?

 

[MixMasterTang]

I'd be interested to see who participated in the study. There are people who have probably smoked 4 times a week for the last 10 years with higher end jobs that are probably very inteligent, but I doubt you are going to get them to participate in a study. But on the other hand the burn outs that just smoke all the time who get offered 50 bucks to come participate in a study about marijuana are gonna jump at it. Then you have the short-term (5-10) year smokers who are probably mostly college students who would do anything for 50 bucks.

 

[JDrake]

If you drink too much water you can die.
/thread

 

[jimbob200521]

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: jimbob200521
Marijuana bad for you? Who knew. :roll:

^ but at the same time...most of us still eat fast food.

Touche!

 

[Cattlegod]

studies like this are kinda questionable. i mean, the typical person who smokes pot is retarded anyway to do it in the first place. maybe stupid people tend to smoke pot rather than pot makes people stupid.

imho, i would throw out this study, doesn't prove anything until they prove one way or another what i have said above.

 

[imported_hscorpio]

Originally posted by: MixMasterTang
I'd be interested to see who participated in the study. There are people who have probably smoked 4 times a week for the last 10 years with higher end jobs that are probably very inteligent, but I doubt you are going to get them to participate in a study. But on the other hand the burn outs that just smoke all the time who get offered 50 bucks to come participate in a study about marijuana are gonna jump at it. Then you have the short-term (5-10) year smokers who are probably mostly college students who would do anything for 50 bucks.

"Messinis and colleagues recruited 64 people from a drug-abuse treatment program in Athens".

This is like recruiting people from AA to study the effects of alcohol. It may give some good insights into people who have an alcohol addiction, but it won't tell us much about all the millions of alcohol users who manage to drink most of their lives without becoming an alcoholic.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: IGBT
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Published: March 21st, 2006 01:00 AM




Long-term heavy users of marijuana perform significantly worse on tests of mental agility and physical dexterity than short-term users or nonusers, even when they have abstained from smoking for more than 24 hours, new research shows.
Scientists, led by Lambros Messinis, a neuropsychologist at University Hospital in Petras, Greece, tested three groups.

They were 20 long-term users who had smoked four or more marijuana cigarettes a week for at least 10 years, 20 short-term users who had smoked a similar amount for 5 to 10 years and, finally, 24 people who had used marijuana no more than 20 times in their lives and not in the prior two years.

I would think that finding 20 identically capable individuals that only differ in weed habits would be next to impossible.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

"They were 20 long-term users who had smoked four or more marijuana cigarettes a week for at least 10 years"

O RLY? no shitznit that they are gonna be stupid. If you are a long term drinker that drinks 4 or more drinks a weekf or 10 years your gonna be ****** up too

by drinks i mean gettin to the high of weed

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: joedrake
If you drink too much water you can die.
/thread

This has nothing to do with dying.. The study is showing that marijuana has physical effects on your brain, despite what a lot of people have been saying.

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: joedrake
If you drink too much water you can die.
/thread

This has nothing to do with dying.. The study is showing that marijuana has physical effects on your brain, despite what a lot of people have been saying.

his point was that all things in certain quantities are bad

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: jimbob200521

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: jimbob200521
Marijuana bad for you? Who knew. :roll:

^ but at the same time...most of us still eat fast food.

Touche!

fast food doesn't affect the mind like pot does

 

[myusername]

Originally posted by: toekramp

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: joedrake
If you drink too much water you can die.
/thread

This has nothing to do with dying.. The study is showing that marijuana has physical effects on your brain, despite what a lot of people have been saying.

his point was that all things in certain quantities are bad

Actually I think that mercanucaribe was pointing out that unlike water, pot will not kill you, so it should be decriminalized and smoked by everyone.

 

[Rogeee]

I wonder why they call it dope.

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: AznAnarchy99
"They were 20 long-term users who had smoked four or more marijuana cigarettes a week for at least 10 years"

O RLY? no shitznit that they are gonna be stupid. If you are a long term drinker that drinks 4 or more drinks a weekf or 10 years your gonna be ****** up too

by drinks i mean gettin to the high of weed

a lot of people smoke a few joints a week.

 

[myusername]

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother

Originally posted by: jimbob200521

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: jimbob200521
Marijuana bad for you? Who knew. :roll:

^ but at the same time...most of us still eat fast food.

Touche!

fast food doesn't affect the mind like pot does

Yes, fast food is much more addictive.

 

[d3lt4]

Originally posted by: jimbob200521
Marijuana bad for you? Who knew. :roll:

hey that's what I was gonna say.

 

[spidey07]

And this is really news?

If you've ever hung around somebody who smokes a lot they just reak of stupidity.

Don't get me wrong, I smoked a ton and many of my friends still do. Still doesn't mean they aren't still dumber than a box of rocks. These are very successful people, just dumb.

 

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: myusername

Originally posted by: toekramp

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: joedrake
If you drink too much water you can die.
/thread

This has nothing to do with dying.. The study is showing that marijuana has physical effects on your brain, despite what a lot of people have been saying.

his point was that all things in certain quantities are bad

Actually I think that mercanucaribe was pointing out that unlike water, pot will not kill you, so it should be decriminalized and smoked by everyone.

:laugh: Haha myusername's and toekramp's interpretations will both work.