"As well or slightly better"

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Marijuana Use Not Associated With Residual Cognitive Decline Later In Life

http://norml.org/news/2012/01/12/mar...-later-in-life

Cannabis use does not appear to have residual adverse effects of cognition or memory, according to trial data published last week in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

Researchers at the Kings College, School of Medicine in London investigated the prospective association between self-reported illicit drug use and cognitive functioning during the mid-adult years. A total of 8,992 participants who were surveyed at 42 years of age in the National Child Development Study (1999-2000) were included in the study.

Authors analyzed data on three cognitive functioning measures (memory index, executive functioning index, and overall cognitive index) when the participants were 50 years of age (2008-2009). Multivariable regression analyses were performed to estimate the association between different illicit drug use measures at 42 years of age and cognitive functioning at 50 years of age.

Investigators reported that those subjects who had used illegal drugs, primarily cannabis, as recently as in their 40s performed as well or slightly better on the tests than did their peers who had never used illicit substances.

Mark my words: in ten years you will all be smoking vaping weed for your health.

[infinite monkey]

The future's so bright I gotta wear shades!

[Clodfobble]

vaping

I hear distilling it into a concentrated oil that still contains the THC is good too.

[Griff]

and yet it will remain illegal so Glaxo can profit.

[ZenGum]

And remember, kiddies, THC is but one of the psychoactive ingredients in the herb. The other is ... uhh ... not bad for your memory at all... uhh ... yeah the other one (LDP, maybe?) is an anti-psychotic, and balances the THC. THC heavy strains *might* be more likely to induce mental illness. More research is needed. :volunteers:

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

And remember, kiddies, THC is but one of the psychoactive ingredients in the herb. The other is ... uhh ... not bad for your memory at all... uhh ... yeah the other one (LDP, maybe?) is an anti-psychotic, and balances the THC. THC heavy strains *might* be more likely to induce mental illness. More research is needed. :volunteers:

I believe that strong THC strains without the other ingredient make you short-term psychotic, but could it continue after the THC effect has worn off?