Marijuana, Memory, and Perception
RHEA L. DORNBUSH PH.D.1,
MAX FINK M.D.2, , and
ALFRED M. FREEDMAN M.D.3
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, New York Medical College, 5 E. 102nd St., New York, N.Y. 10029
2 Professor, Department of Psychiatry, New York Medical College, 5 E. 102nd St., New York, N.Y. 10029
3 Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, New York Medical College, 5 E. 102nd St., New York, N.Y. 10029
The effect of high and low doses of marijuana on behavioral and physiological responses was studied in male medical school volunteers. Short-term memory, reaction time, EEG, and heart rate were significantly affected by the higher dose; time estimation and blood sugar were not differentially affected by either dose.
