Submission + - Pot smoking doesn't have long-lasting consequences (reuters.com)
vst writes: A study carried in the American Journal of Epidemiology points out that occasional pot smoking doesn't have detrimental effect on mental abilities. '"Overall, at the population level, the results seem to suggest that past or even current illicit drug use is not necessarily associated with impaired cognitive functioning in early middle age," said lead researcher Alex Dregan, of King's College London.'