Re: 'Pot affects motivation, memory,' Study cited by Deborah Joyce in which 19 adults were given 5 mg of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC): Wise, L., Thorpe, A. & Lichtman, A. (2009). Hippocampal receptors mediate the memory impairing effects of Delta 9-tetrahydrocamabinol. Neuropsychopharmacology, 34(9).

There is a very enforced Health Canada program that starts at 0.5 mg (of synthetic THC) and increases to 1 mg capsules over a period of months, not minutes.

Taking 5 mg of Cesamet (a synthetic THC drug) as a single dosage is totally irresponsible and possibly dangerous. The intent was obviously to taint the subject mater results, as was the intent of the original article.

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