Cannabis improves intelligence??

[Markass]

I've always observed that cannabis greatly improves my concentration and ability to think...it sure helped me in school, I'm a believer..it sure hasn't made me stupid I know that much..

[senorx12562]

I don't think cannabis makes me any smarter, but damned if it don't make me a handsome devil.

[BlueBlazer]

I don't think cannabis makes me any smarter, but damned if it don't make me a handsome devil.

lmao

[the image reaper]

I don't think cannabis makes me any smarter, but damned if it don't make me a handsome devil.

that IS an excellent answer :thumbsup:

[crystalmage]

cannabis generally does not improve intelligence. But only in heavy users, the study I read defines heavy users as people who smoke 5 joints or more per week.

The reason I think alot of people think their smarter high, is because their brains still process at the same speed, but they question those computations more precisely because their high. And so will go over them again in their head. Basically your not smarter, your just less likely to make mistakes, if you think in this way, and double check yourself.

Current and former marijuana use: preliminary findings of a longitudinal study of effects on IQ in young adults -- Fried et al. 166 (7): 887 -- Canadian Medical Association Journal

1. IQ is your intelligence quotient which is the number of connections between neural transmiters in your mind.

2. If smoking marijuana makes you think about new things then you ARE FORMING NEW neural connections.

In laymens terms your iq is increasing.

[senorx12562]

1. IQ is your intelligence quotient which is the number of connections between neural transmiters in your mind.

2. If smoking marijuana makes you think about new things then you ARE FORMING NEW neural connections.

In laymens terms your iq is increasing.

My understanding is that IQ, as typically defined/measured, changes very little (like less than 5%, from about the age of 15 'til old age. Is that not the current thinking anymore?

[chris62008]

dude heck ya! weed has definitly made me smarter. well it at least hasnt made me any stupider... i think lol

[CocoaDynoBites]

Man, fall semester of my freshman year of college I tried taking a break from the green to get my head straight. Talk about starting off on the wrong foot... It was like my worst semester at the University.

I honestly don't see how anyone can program without tokin a little first

cheers :rastasmoke:

[Milkyrice]

So back in highschool i never smoked and I had terrible grades. They were so bad that i couldn't make it into university and had to go to college first. throughout college i never smoked and i found that my grade average was around 70% (the bare minimum to go from college to university) Throughout the first semester of university my grades averaged around 65%. From the next semester on i started smoking weed while studying and found that my grade average boosted to 80%. And ever since then my average has been getting higher and higher(not meant to be a pun). Now im doing a masters in engineering averaging higher than ever.

Even though i was able to do the assignments, they took me 3x longer than when i was sober. But, i found i caught a lot of my mistakes from second guessing myself, which generally would give me a better understanding of the subject in hand. When sober, i really didn't give a shit and didn't overlook anything because i couldn't stand sitting for so long.

I never smoked during exams or midterms, and the reason is stated above. I work so much slower!

But now, i know many engineering jobs require drug tests because they hire you. So i know i need to quit, and I want to quit, but i really don't want to risk failing out.


But anyway, i don't think weed makes you more intelligent. I think it really just gives you the ability to sit down and look at the subject more in depth than you would if you were sober.

And to anyone who smokes and studies, try taking the same amount you would put in a joint and smoke it over an hour or 2 with a pipe instead of all at once. You won't get as high, but you'll find you can concentrate more on the subject at hand since your not completely off your rocker.

[mainegrown]

thats true for everything in life.. like work lol
and i think and kinda know that it makes you smarter in some ways but RETARDED in others
merry christmas