Marijuana's effect on cognitive thinking and judgment? Please 10 points

Question

What are the effects pot smoking has on cognitive thinking and judgement??

Answer 1

Tests have shown that people who smoke pot have slower responses, slower thinking, problems with their memory. They say that if you when you start using pot, and if your brain is still developing,that it affects how much your brain develops, so say if you start using at 15,you would basically have the mentality,plus 5 years. So I guess your brain stops developing when you start using. You have slower response time, inability to focus,mood swings, daily life can become a struggle, simple things, like making a decision becomes hard.  

Answer 2

id like to know too.

cause im bit of a pothead...-_-

Answer 3

read up at http://www.erowid.org

there is NO better place to learn about any drug

Answer 4

In my experience it makes you want to do everything tommorow, except you dont because you forget after ten minutes or so. Get battered after doing whatever you need to do.

Answer 5

MJ is a downer drug. It makes your body feel sluggish and relaxed, including your brain. It makes you feel completely unmotivated and apathetic. When on MJ a person is likely to take most situations, including dangerous situations, lightly. The person doesn't have the mental clarity to understand what is the best choice for whatever the problem is. Pretty much, as far as cognitive thinking and judgement are concerned, it's just like being drunk. Don't smoke weed and drive, in other words.

Answer 6

the same as alcohol.

Answer 7

The main problem i've #cough# em.. My friend.. has noticed is your recall of trivia is just gone. You should hear conversations between people who have taken pot. Its like "did you see that film eh... the one with that guy who was in...Oh you know that movie..". This can go on for hours.

Answer 8

I used to smoke a lot of weed but I quit when I found out I was pregnant.  It gives you horrible short term memory, I would be watching tv and a commercial would come on and I couldn't remember for the life of me what I was watching.  It also in a way does impair your judgment, it makes you think about things in a different way, you kind of have more understanding for things when you are high.  It also makes you VERY lazy, you put things off a lot which isn't good.  This didn't happen to me because I smoked it so much that it was just a part of my life, and I was able to function normally while I was high.  I was a little more amused with things but other than that I was good.