Is Marijuana a performance enhancer?

Question

This is a serious question. I don't use the stuff myself, but the effects seem very intriguing. It makes me wonder why you don't see athletes using as a performance enhancer.

Anyway, my friend was smoking some, and he played me in a game of ping-pong. He felt that he was much better under the influence because he could focus on the ball because it appeared to be moving much slower. Also he said he was watching a football game and during a pass play he could see the laces on the ball as it turned and flew through he air.

Is this true? If so wouldn't athletes be using it, for example wide receivers in the NFL to see the ball better. Another good example would be baseball, the batter would be able to see the ball coming at him much slower and hit it with much more accuracy.

I wonder if anyone has done any scientific tests on this subject.

Answer 1

Naahhh, I think your friend is pulling a fast one on ya, or smoking a little too much. Marijuana slows you down and makes you drowsy generally.  

Answer 2

one of marijuana's side effects are dilated pupils. i remember sitting in my backyard steps staring at my apple tree because it was a sunny day and my pupils received a lot of light so everything seemed much clearer and sharper and more beautiful. i sat on my stairs just staring at it for half an hour.  however thats visual enhancement so maybe ping pong and watching football was more of a visual rather physical. by the way hitting a ping pong ball does not require a lot of speed and strength. however more physical sports like football or basketball may be worse because weed makes a person more lazy than active.  

Answer 3

only if you're playing for a bag of oreos

Answer 4

Marijuana only makes you think that you are performing better athletically.  I do believe that it does help people concentrate better if they have an attention/perception problem.  Personally, my GPA dropped from a 4.0 to a 3.8 when I stopped using.

Answer 5

Play your friend while he hasn't smoked and see if his game is better or worse.

Answer 6

yea idk why

Answer 7

Marijuana affects everyone differently. Some people become more focused like your friend, some just veg out and act ret*rded.

Some get paranoid, others calm, etc etc etc.

Answer 8

Nah it doesn't. It just makes people think they can see those things.