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Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp... by 5trokerac3 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @10:47AM (#18346111)
Within the middle of the cognition bell curve, yes. Pattern recognition, organizational skills, general personal awareness and motivation are all higher in the non-smokers I know compared to the daily smokers.
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Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp... by mbrameld on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @03:05PM (#18348405)
My guess, anecdotally, is that the people you know who are perpetually high on cannabis are not the only people you know who are perpetually high on cannabis.
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Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp... by shawnz on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @10:59AM (#18346222)
So then actually you're just talking about the average, right? If that's the case, then I think it's a bit harder to justify that cannabis use is the cause of those symptoms and not an effect of them.
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Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp... by 5trokerac3 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @11:02AM (#18346242)
I mean excluding exceptional cases. Someone who has an IQ of 150 who starts smoking daily will still probably be more cognizant than a sober person with an IQ of 80.
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