Long-term heavy marijuana users make costly decisions on a gambling task

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-111

  Whitlow, Christopher T ^a   Liguori, Anthony ^a   Brooke Livengood, L ^a   Hart, Stephanie L ^a   Mussat Whitlow, Becky J ^b   Lamborn, Corey M ^a   Laurienti, Paul J ^a   Porrino, Linda J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Decision making; Gambling task; Marijuana; Neuropsychological effects

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 5444270419     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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