Marijuana, Memory, and Perception

• DOI: 10.1176/ajp.128.2.194
• Publication Date: 2014-12-17T18:39:51Z
• Authors: RHEA L. DORNBUSH; MAX FINK; ALFRED M. FREEDMAN
• Keywords: Adult; Blood Glucose; Male; Clinical Trials as Topic; Students, Medical; Electroencephalography; 3. Good health; Placebos; 03 medical and health sciences; Memory, Short-Term; 0302 clinical medicine; Heart Rate; Time Perception; Reaction Time; Humans; Female; Perception; Cannabis; Phytotherapy

The effect of high and low doses marijuana on behavioral physiological responses was studied in male medical school volunteers. Short-term memory, reaction time, EEG, heart rate were significantly affected by the higher dose; time estimation blood sugar not differentially either dose.