• Medicine
• Published in Neurology 2002
• DOI:10.1212/01.WNL.0000031422.66442.49

Dose-related neurocognitive effects of marijuana use.

@article{Bolla2002DoserelatedNE,
  title={Dose-related neurocognitive effects of marijuana use.},
  author={Karen I. Bolla and Kim Brown and Dana A. Eldreth and Kimberly Y. Tate and Jean Lud Cadet},
  journal={Neurology},
  year={2002},
  volume={59 9},
  pages={
          1337-43
        }
}

• Karen I. Bolla, Kim Brown, +2 authors Jean Lud Cadet

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BACKGROUND Although about 7 million people in the US population use marijuana at least weekly, there is a paucity of scientific data on persistent neurocognitive effects of marijuana use. [...] Key MethodMETHODS A battery of neurocognitive tests was given to 28-day abstinent heavy marijuana abusers. RESULTS As joints smoked per week increased, performance decreased on tests measuring memory, executive functioning, psychomotor speed, and manual dexterity.Expand Abstract

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