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Abstaining from marijuana improves cognition, memory
Posted on 10/30/18 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 10/30/18 at 2:45 pm
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You potheads probably won't remember reading this.
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Objective: Associations between adolescent cannabis use and poor neurocognitive functioning have been reported from cross-sectional studies that cannot determine causality. Prospective designs can assess whether extended cannabis abstinence has a beneficial effect on cognition.
Methods: Eighty-eight adolescents and young adults (aged 16–25 years) who used cannabis regularly were recruited from the community and a local high school between July 2015 and December 2016. Participants were randomly assigned to 4 weeks of cannabis abstinence, verified by decreasing 11-nor-9-carboxy-?9-tetrahydrocannabinol urine concentration (MJ-Abst; n =62), or a monitoring control condition with no abstinence requirement (MJ-Mon; n = 26). Attention and memory were assessed at baseline and weekly for 4 weeks with the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery.
Results: Among MJ-Abst participants, 55 (88.7%) met a priori criteria for biochemically confirmed 30-day continuous abstinence. There was an effect of abstinence on verbal memory (P = .002) that was consistent across 4 weeks of abstinence, with no time-by-abstinence interaction, and was driven by improved verbal learning in the first week of abstinence. MJ-Abst participants had better memory overall and at weeks 1, 2, 3 than MJ-Mon participants, and only MJ-Abst participants improved in memory from baseline to week 1. There was no effect of abstinence on attention: both groups improved similarly, consistent with a practice effect.
Conclusions: This study suggests that cannabis abstinence is associated with improvements in verbal learning that appear to occur largely in the first week following last use. Future studies are needed to determine whether the improvement in cognition with abstinence is associated with improvement in academic and other functional outcomes.
You potheads probably won't remember reading this.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 2:46 pm to Jim Rockford
You mean to tell me that partaking in mind altering substances can have adverse effects?
Posted on 10/30/18 at 2:51 pm to Jim Rockford
This is very scientific.
You know what else is scientific? The chemical reaction that occurs when I light a bowl.
You know what else is scientific? The chemical reaction that occurs when I light a bowl.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 2:53 pm to Jim Rockford
Wait, this isn't the taco bell drive thru
Posted on 10/30/18 at 2:55 pm to Jim Rockford
My memories are not worth giving up pot for
Posted on 10/30/18 at 2:57 pm to Jim Rockford
I imagine abstaining from alcohol also does wonders for your overall health too.
This post was edited on 10/30/18 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 10/30/18 at 2:57 pm to Jim Rockford
Smoking pot ranks up there with sticking your finger up your butt. It feels good, but you know in the long-term it ain't good for your mental health.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 2:59 pm to Jim Rockford
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You potheads probably won't remember reading this.
tl;dr because I need to pack a bowl.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 3:06 pm to Jim Rockford
I just really don’t mind if people want to smoke marijuana for fun. Keeping it illegal is expensive and it doesn’t stop most people from doing it. It’s time to legalize marijuana and reef the benefits.
Forbes: Legalizing marijuana on the federal level could add over $100 billion to US economy and 1 million new jobs by 2025
Forbes: Legalizing marijuana on the federal level could add over $100 billion to US economy and 1 million new jobs by 2025
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Contrary to fears that retail marijuana outlets could have a negative effect on property values, a study on Colorado municipalities found that legalization actually led to a 6% increase in housing values.
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The study’s authors pointed out some of the harms associated with legalization, including an increase in illegal marijuana grow operations and confusion among law enforcement officers trying to keep up with ever-changing pot regulations. But the report is notable in dispelling some of the harms that are often attributed to legalization: The researchers found no evidence that legal cannabis contributed to increased homelessness or increased youth use of marijuana.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 3:13 pm to Jim Rockford
This study concerns adolescents and young adults. Us old folks can smoke all we want.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 3:13 pm to Jim Rockford
Don’t care, got high
What are we talking about?
What are we talking about?
Posted on 10/30/18 at 3:13 pm to RCA
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Smoking pot ranks up there with sticking your finger up your butt. It feels good, but you know in the long-term it ain't good for your mental health.
As a young person, I par taken into smoking it.
Retired, I just don't know were I could get a square deal on it. Live in the country.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 3:16 pm to Jim Rockford
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Abstaining from marijuana improves cognition, memory
Well yeah, when you smoke a lot your mind is cloudy and after a week or so of not smoking it clears up. Why are we doing studies on something that anyone who has ever smoked pot can tell you?
Posted on 10/30/18 at 3:17 pm to Jim Rockford
Well, it's a gateway drug so....
Posted on 10/30/18 at 3:17 pm to Jim Rockford
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Objective: Associations between Adolescent cannabis use and poor neurocognitive
Who the hell let them run this on kids?!?
Posted on 10/30/18 at 3:22 pm to Jim Rockford
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Associations between adolescent cannabis use and poor neurocognitive functioning have been reported
This has been a widely agreed upon consensus by the pro and anti pot lobby for quite sometime. Yes, evidence has been found that pot use by the developing brain can reduce microstructural brain development. However, no evidence has ever been found that pot use will permanently reduce cognitive brain functionality in adults...temporary loss of functionality while under the influence...yes indeed, permanently NO.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 3:24 pm to Jim Rockford
how many pots is too many?
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