Cannabis smoking 'permanently lowers IQ'

The Telegraph ^ | 8:00PM BST 27 Jul 2012 | By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent

[DannyTN]

Teenagers who regularly smoke cannabis are putting themselves at risk of permanently damaging their intelligence, according to a landmark study.

[philman_36]

Link to abstract...@Persistent cannabis users show neuropsychological decline from childhood to midlife

.pdf link is there as well...you have to sign in.

So once again subjective research is to be considered objectively conclusive.

If such testing habits were applied "across the board" or were "applicable to everyone" then saying spoons and forks are the real reason people are obese is as realistic as saying smoking weed causes a drop in IQ.

[Jemian]

If this were true, my classmates wouldn’t be Phds, scientists, inventors, authors and other incredibly smart people and I would all those credentials.

Nope, don’t believe this study.

[GeronL]

the fact is that their IQ was compromised before, like when they decided to start smoking it

[Tired of Taxes]

Maybe the researchers smoked pot.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Probably lost his train of thought. LOL!

Dave? Dave's not here!

[philman_36]

...my classmates wouldn’t be Phds, scientists, inventors, authors and other incredibly smart people and I would...have...all those credentials.
If I may poke a little fun at you...you exemplify my reply 41.

[Tired of Taxes]

If this were true, I would not be able to type this comment...

Maybe you started out profoundly gifted. And now you're just exceptionally gifted.

[Puckster]

Sean Penn....need I say anymore?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Dave’s not here.

[Gator113]

I am glad that I never smoked dope. I would have hated being restricted to a teleprompter.

[socal_parrot]

I’m sure all the IQ points I saved by not smoking weed were smashed by all the alcohol.

[tacticalogic]

It does arrest social development until you have stopped for several years but permanently lowering IQ? I'm just not so sure that it is permanent.

Read the article. It says people who started as adolescents and smoked at least 4 days a week for several years had permanent damage. People who started in their 20's not so much.

Doesn't seem to be any information about people who smoked less than that, but some people can fill a wall paper brush with a dab of paint.

[Tzimisce]

But every pot head I know sits on his ass telling me how smart he is....

[Trailerpark Badass]

and I would all those credentials.

Uh, what?

[Trailerpark Badass]

The weed they smoked was nothing.

Trust me.

[matginzac]

Hence the push for legalization...keep the masses dependent and doped up...
But don’t judge, right, libertarians?

[Melas]

I’ll have to take your word on it.

[Woodman]

She's a heroin addict. Just ask Curt. Oops! can't do that after all her enablement, guess who's still alive.

[Bigg Red]

Uh..premis?

[sydbas]

I read the article but I can’t remember what the author was talking about.