Posted on 02/11/2015 3:15:57 PM PST by Mount Athos
A study more than thirty years in the making found that smoking marijuana permanently lowers intelligence, or IQ. Frequent pot smokers (even those who had given up marijuana) tended to have deficits in memory, concentration, and overall IQ. The reduction in IQ for those who smoked pot heavily prior to age 18 was most pronounced: an average of eight points. An eight point reduction in IQ is enough to have a significant, negative impact upon your life. To put it into context, consider that individuals with an IQ of 110 have an average net worth of $71,000 and individuals with an IQ of 120 have an average net worth of $128,000.
Whats significant about this research is that it was a longitudinal study: researchers followed and tested subjects from birth through to age 38, noting when and how frequently they picked up habits like drug use. Previous studies scrutinized marijuana use at a single point in time, which failed to eliminate the possibility that people with lower IQs are more likely to smoke pot. The longitudinal research provided a baseline IQ score for all subjects, which revealed changes in IQ scores as they picked up new habits, such as smoking pot.
By following subjects for decades, the researchers were able to measure the lasting effects of adolescent marijuana use (even after subjects gave up smoking pot). These effects last because the teenage brain is still developing at a rapid pace; myriad new pathways for thinking are formed during this period while others are weeded out. When teenagers expose their brains to a damaging substance like marijuana, the effects arent just drastic
theyre permanently etched into the brain. The reduction in IQ from smoking marijuana regularly was much greater for those who started smoking as teenagers
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
“They will both cost you about the same in the end............”
Especially when they start voting just because some one promised legal weed.
Bad Police methods is a separate issue, we don’t change it or improve it by legalizing drugs.
Chong: "I think we're parked, man."
Thank goodness I started when I was older.....
More 0bamabot moron dem voters.
Dave’s not here.
Beat me to it.
You don’t need a study to understand the stupidity of a teenage pothead.
Eight points? Dang! I coulda joined Mensa. To think of the fun I missed.
Except his net worth (gained Chicago style) is in the eight figures.
These same studies with the same results have been going on for decades.
This study is just....well, I can’t think of the word right now.
Not a surprise to me at all. I’m sure now the liberal trolls and libertarians will be on denouncing this as propaganda soon.
Calling them dopers is very apt.
That is because the druggies just want their drugs and refuse to admit it.
That’s encouraging considering it won’t be long before they’ll be the ones changing my bedpan at Shady Acres.
“...but ah didn’t inhale!”
I see what you did, there.
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