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Comment author: root 17 July 2016 04:33:50PM 0 points [-]

I've read (mostly things by Ron Maimon) that marijuana* can actually impair your ability to do calculations (and in extent, I'd also assume your ability to make decisions) and I'm curious if there's any truth to that.

  • Is there a difference between marijuana, medical marijuana, weed, instertnamehere? They seem to be used interchangeably. At least they seem to cause a similar if not the exact same effect.
Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 18 July 2016 05:41:07AM 0 points [-]

There are long-term effects, but the impact seems to be not fully clear (wikipedia, On the other hand there are many known side-effects of the normal drugs used for the same purpose.

Beside the medical properties there are also the social properties of a drug.

See also the AMS report Brain science, addiction and drugs.

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