A review of: Cannabis and Cognitive Functioning by Nadia Solowij, Cambridge University Press, 9C50/$69.95, ISBN 0521591147 IT'S official: marijuana does change your brain. Luckily for the many millions of people worldwide who use the drug, the rot is so limited that only a very subtle neurological test can detect it. But the longer you smoke marijuana, the worse it gets. We know this from a neat series of experiments by Nadia Solowij, a young Australian researcher, whose work is reported for the first time in her monograph Cannabis and Cognitive Functioning. She also critically reviews other studies, and is well aware of the difficulties of delivering hard facts. How can you do controlled psychological studies when the effects are so slight? [continues 205 words]
A review of: Cannabis and Cognitive Functioning by Nadia Solowij, Cambridge University Press It'S official: marijuana does change your brain. Luckily for the many millions of people worldwide who use the drug, the rot is so limited that only a very subtle neurological test can detect it. But the longer you smoke marijuana, the worse it gets. We know this from a neat series of experiments by Nadia Solowij, a young Australian researcher, whose work is reported for the first time in her monograph Cannabis and Cognitive Functioning. She also critically reviews other studies, and is well aware of the difficulties of delivering hard facts. How can you do controlled psychological studies when the effects are so slight? [continues 212 words]
