Reply #77: Welcome to DU!

[ellisonz]

1. Eating Big Macs is bad for you too.

2. What is being defined as cognitive function is in reality not the actual ability to function but rather the will to conform with societal dictates and demands. My anectdotal expierence is that for those who have the proclivity towards artistic and philosophical curiousity is either altered with no gain for better or worse or tremendously modified. For those who enjoy the more "scientific" method and memorization learning modes, cannabis has no cognitive benefit and will likely be deleterious. Like it or not there has always been an artistic and Bohemian subculture that makes good use of the social effects of marijuana. The dumb kids are born dumb, otherwise they wouldn't spend all their time playing videogames rather than reading Kerouac or Shakespeare. Correlation ain't causation.