enough wit' da' mits (Score 1)

sorry but i've had enough of this: firstly: an orignial copy of the article which surfaced not too long ago. http://www.canoe.ca/Health0204/01_dope-cp.html Marijuana use is shown to have no adverse effects on IQ performance in the long term. The psychoactive properties of THC result from its triggering of anandamide receptors in the brain. Anandamide is one of the chemicals directly responsible for the regulation of how information is stored in memory. Soooo....this would explain why marijuan would have a temporarily detremental effect on IQ test performance. IQ tests typically measure skillsets like logical analysis and spatial abilty which require extensive use of short-term memory. If you're short-term ememory is not functioning in excatly the way you're used to, you might possibly find such questions more difficult. Other distractors like email or naked women or whatever would essentially do the same thing. IQ tests in general (like SATS and other standardized tests) measure ONE THING ONLY: how well you perform on IQ tests. The idea that IQ is any kind of measure of intelligence is absurd. Binet,the creator of the test, never ever claimed it to be a measurement of intelligence, but merely an analytical tool to aid teachers identify those young children who might not be predisposed to learn in the same way as the rest of the flock.