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US: Hey, Like, News About Cannabis
Detroit Free Press (MI) Friday 07 May 1999 Pubdate:Fri, 7 May 1999 Source: Detroit Free Press (MI) HEY, LIKE, NEWS ABOUT CANNABIS Long-term Use Doesn't Hurt Mind, Study Says You say you toked lots of numbers packed with Maui Wowie and you're, like, wondering if your mind 30 years later is slippin', fear not, say the medical dudes. Long-term use of marijuana does not lead to a decline in mental function, according to the findings of a new report. In what may be the first large-scale published study investigating the link between marijuana and cognition, researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore tracked mental functioning of 1,318 adults ages 18 to 64. Special tests called the Mini-Mental State Examination, or MMSE, were given 11 1/2 years ago and this year and results were compared. Researchers said the test scores were about the same and concluded that cognitive decline was not associated with marijuana use. Cognitive decline is related to aging, said the researchers. Starting in people younger than 30, this decline increases exponentially with each decade. However, a higher level of education could reduce the degree of cognitive decline, they noted. A 1996 study of 129 participants by two Massachusetts researchers, Dr. Harrison Pope and Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, found that heavy marijuana use was not associated with lower SAT and intelligence-test scores. But when the researchers evaluated memory, verbal and sorting abilities using more sensitive tests, they found heavy users scored lower than light users. So, snuff that doobie just to be safe.
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