The residual cognitive effects of heavy marijuana use in college students

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 521-527

  Pope, Harrison G ^a,b   Yurgelun Todd, Deborah ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SMOKING;

EID: 0030070793     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.7.521     Document Type: Article

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