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Yeah, I've heard people say that all my life. Some folks love to believe that. But there's nothing that really backs that up with solid proof. A lot of them who
by oblib 5y ago
Yeah, I've heard people say that all my life. Some folks love to believe that. But there's nothing that really backs that up with solid proof. A lot of them whom I've heard say that were coke users, which to me would indicate a lack of intelligence.
Here's a couple studies that seem to disprove that myth about weed users but, like all of these studies, they really cannot claim to be conclusive. Still better than most I've seen though:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/marijuana-may-not-lower-your-iq/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/marijuana-may-not...
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/01/twins-study-finds-no-evidence-marijuana-lowers-iq-teens https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/01/twins-study-finds-no...
- SquishyPanda23 5y agoThe "some folks" include the scientists who actually study this. But good job cherry picking a study. Hope it makes you feel better.
- oblib 5y agoTo fair and accurate I cherry picked TWO studies You didn't cite or include a link to even one. You just tossed a load of bullshit here and hoped it would stick. By the way... one of those cherry picked links goes to Scientific American's website. Hard to do better than that even if you are picking cherries.
- SquishyPanda23 5y agoYou have the power to search for "cannabis iq" and find the literature. Generally I expect some basic scientific literacy on HN. But of course I should have learned by now to expect science denialism when ego is at stake. If you want a concrete source look at any of the studies that cite the twin studies, including the meta-analysis from this year. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/intelligence-quotient-decline-following-frequent-or-dependent-cannabis-use-in-youth-a-systematic-review-and-metaanalysis-of-longitudinal-studies/26BEC9CBD2A39010C26100278F8CA813 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medici... Scientific American is not a peer reviewed publication. They are science journalism and they aren't even particularly careful about their analysis. They posted an article in 2017 claiming cannabis might make you smarter: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/marijuana-may-boost-rather-than-dull-the-elderly-brain/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/marijuana-may-boo...
- oblib 5y agoThey might be right about "makes you smarter". I mean, here you are complaining that SA isn't "peer reviewed", which is pretty stupid because they're publishing the results of studies done by others, not doing or controlling them.
- SquishyPanda23 5y agoHa. I honestly don't think I've ever seen such a childish response on HN.