Does marijuana cause short-term memory ?

[cheerios]

can someone explain me this i mean i have read a lot of articles about this but some of them say yes that marijuana cause you short-term memory if you are a Long-term user of marijuana and others say that is not true that the effects pass if you stop smoking marijuana or that is misunderstand , short-term memory effects only appear when you are in the influnce of marijuana and dissapear in some hours. I mean why they dont tell you the true are they telling you this to make you take a side .
please tell me the true if you are 100 % sure of what are you telling , don't take sides.

By the way i have smoke like a year and my live is the same but more relax and kind of more happy (you know what i mean )
(sorry for my english , is not my first language)

cheerios Reviewed by cheerios on 02-23-2006. Does marijuana cause short-term memory ? can someone explain me this i mean i have read a lot of articles about this but some of them say yes that marijuana cause you short-term memory if you are a Long-term user of marijuana and others say that is not true that the effects pass if you stop smoking marijuana or that is misunderstand , short-term memory effects only appear when you are in the influnce of marijuana and dissapear in some hours. I mean why they dont tell you the true are they telling you this to make you take a side . Rating: 5

[Satan666]

only when your smoking and short thereafter

[Polymirize]

wait... what was the question again?

[fil lif]

wait... what was the question again?

lmfao

[Weeden]

Problem is, there isn't a whole lot of scientific research on folks who are long term users. Almost all the info out there is biased in some way.

Personally, my short-term memory has always stinked. At least now I have an excuse for it...

[Shelbay]

It affects me when I smoke..yep...but not after I have stopped for about a week....but that is just my experience....honestly though xanax is a total "blackout" drug.

[mrdevious]

can someone explain me this i mean i have read a lot of articles about this but some of them say yes that marijuana cause you short-term memory if you are a Long-term user of marijuana and others say that is not true that the effects pass if you stop smoking marijuana or that is misunderstand , short-term memory effects only appear when you are in the influnce of marijuana and dissapear in some hours. I mean why they dont tell you the true are they telling you this to make you take a side .
please tell me the true if you are 100 % sure of what are you telling , don't take sides.

By the way i have smoke like a year and my live is the same but more relax and kind of more happy (you know what i mean )
(sorry for my english , is not my first language)

hmmmm, just so you know it doesn't "give you short term memory", but it can damage your short term memory lol.

[soxsuk6432]

Yeah I have a photographic memory. Since I started smoking my memory has gone to shit, although I still have photographic memory it's just selective now. I smoke atleast once a day though. If you smoked a few times a week it would be fine. Also I have been dry since Thursday and my memory has dratically improved.

[beachguy in thongs]

The site, below, has the studies. I think it's pretty recent. This is the summary:

{Studies have consistently demonstrated significant impairment of short-term memory for number sequences or verbal recall, although not for major events or factual elements of narratives. The effects of cannabis are usually subtle, and although statistically significant, the magnitude of any impairment tends to be dose-related and subject to tolerance of the drug"s effects, on the personal characteristics of the user, and on the circumstances in which the drug is taken.

Cannabis may increase the likelihood of minor errors of time perception, verbal recall and similar factors, but not affect recall of important actions observed or experiences undertaken. In a regular user of cannabis, acute intoxication by the drug would have little effect on performance.

Cannabinoids appear to disrupt short-term memory by interfering with the filtering of information, such that a greater volume of information reaches consciousness, overwhelming the ability to store, or prioritise such information for storage in memory. }

http://www.idmu.co.uk/canmem.htm

[Poohcat21]

Seriously, I think you only lose your short term memory when you're high, that has been my experience. BUT XANAX... I have seriously lost years of my life being addicted to it. It really is bad stuff, but it makes you feel so good... I don't do it anymore. because I'm not allowed. However if I did come across it I'd do it w/o thinking....