{"id":5445,"date":"2019-07-09T11:52:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T16:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=5445"},"modified":"2019-08-09T09:51:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T14:51:07","slug":"accumulative-marijuana-use-impacts-short-term-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/accumulative-marijuana-use-impacts-short-term-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Accumulative Marijuana use impacts short-term memory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t

Source: <\/strong>Christopher Ingraham, “What happens when you get stoned every single day for five years<\/a>,” Washington Post, 1 Feb 2016.<\/p>\n

“If you smoke a lot of weed \u2014 like a\u00a0lot<\/em> of it \u2014 it can potentially do permanent damage\u00a0to your short-term memory.”<\/p>\n

“The study found that people who smoked marijuana on a daily basis for a long period of time \u2014 five years or more \u2014 had poorer verbal memory in middle age than people who didn’t smoke, or who smoked less. “<\/p>\n

“Auer and his team measured lifetime marijuana exposure in a fantastic new unit of measurement they call “marijuana-years.” Essentially, if you smoke pot every day for a year, that equals one marijuana-year of use. Ditto if you smoke every other day for two years, or once a week for seven years.”<\/p>\n

“The relationship between marijuana exposure and memory problems was essentially linear. The more pot people smoked, the worse they performed on the memory tests.”<\/p>\n

“The association between short-term memory declines \u2014 potentially permanent ones \u2014 and heavy pot use is very real, according to this study, and shouldn’t be discounted.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Christopher Ingraham, “What happens when you get stoned every single day for five years,” Washington Post, 1 Feb 2016. “If you smoke a lot of weed \u2014 like a\u00a0lot of it \u2014 it can potentially do permanent damage\u00a0to your short-term memory.” “The study found that people who smoked marijuana on a daily basis for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[372,540],"class_list":["post-5445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","tag-drugs","tag-marijuana"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5449,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/attempts-to-compensate-for-damage-hides-marijuana-effects-in-the-short-term\/","url_meta":{"origin":5445,"position":0},"title":"Attempts to Compensate for Damage Hides Marijuana Effects in the Short Term","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Source:\u00a0Alice G. Walton, \"The Brain May Compensate For Heavy Pot Smoking -- Until It Can't Anymore,\" Forbes, 11 Nov 2014. \"The research, published in\u00a0Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that an area in the front of the brain called the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is smaller in people who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":36097,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/marijuana-smoking-isnt-healthy\/","url_meta":{"origin":5445,"position":1},"title":"Marijuana Smoking Isn’t Healthy","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Kathleen Doheny, \"Recreational Marijuana: Are There Health Effects?\" WebMD, 11 December 2012. Lung Damage \"'Putting smoke in your lungs is not good for the lungs,' says Roland Lamarine, HSD, professor of public health at California State University, Chico. ... Some research shows that marijuana smoke has up to 70%\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10266,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-do-you-think-about-a-woman-who-smokes-pot-while-pregnant\/","url_meta":{"origin":5445,"position":2},"title":"What do you think about a woman who smokes pot while pregnant?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 5, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I'm interested in a girl, interested enough to get serious about her. She's pregnant with another boy's baby (he dumped her), but that's all right with me, I've made similar mistakes. But she smokes -- mostly cigarettes, but sometimes pot. I'm not certain, but I really like her. What\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":66820,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/marijuana-use-linked-to-higher-risk-of-heart-attack-and-stroke\/","url_meta":{"origin":5445,"position":3},"title":"Marijuana Use Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: \"Marijuana use linked to higher risk of heart attack and stroke,\" American Heart Association News, 28 February 2024. \"The number of people using marijuana has increased significantly in recent decades in the U.S., where its recreational use has been legalized in 24 states and the District of Columbia. In\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":54151,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/not-what-they-told-you-marijuana\/","url_meta":{"origin":5445,"position":4},"title":"Not What They Told You – Marijuana","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Jeremiah 5:21-31 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It sounds noble \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We need to legalize medical marijuana! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But instead of controlled studies where the effectiveness of a derivative drug is analyzed for its benefits versus its harm, the door is thrown wide open. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There is an oil extract from marijuana\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23134,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-is-marijuana-wrong-when-it-is-only-a-plant\/","url_meta":{"origin":5445,"position":5},"title":"Why is marijuana wrong when it is only a plant?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 30, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: You say marijuana is wrong even though it's a plant and must have a purpose. I've found that it is really only illegal because of racism and because the medicine companies would lose money, but sugar comes from a plant too, and it can cause diabetes and other illnesses.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}