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STUDY: POT SLOWS YOU DOWN, BUT DOESN'T AFFECT BRAINPOWER

NORML - Experienced marijuana users perform tasks as accurately after
having smoked cannabis as they do sober, according to clinical trial
data published in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental
Neuropsychology. Investigators at New York State's Psychiatric Institute
and Columbia University assessed the impact of acute cannabis
intoxication on the decision-making abilities of 36 subjects, as
assessed by the Iowa Gambling Task performance test. Volunteers
completed the Gambling Task once sober and three times after smoking
cannabis or placebo. Though cannabis intoxication increased the time
required for subjects to complete their tasks, volunteers' accuracy was
not adversely impacted by pot.

http://norml.org

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