![]() ![]() Only by following people over time can you see which came first. Okay, but a snapshot-in-time study can never prove cause and effect. People may think they’re more creative when they’re high, but it “may not be the best choice when in need of breaking the ‘writer’s block,’ or overcoming other artistic inhibitions,” for example, and “might actually be counter-productive.”Īs you can see at 0:55 in my video, one’s learning, memory, and attention may also be impaired for a few hours after smoking, but does it cause any lasting problems? In other words, “ is cannabis neurotoxic for the healthy brain?” Researchers have found that cannabis users, compared to non-users, have a significantly smaller hippocampus, the memory center in the brain. So, the relationship between cannabis and elevated creativity may just be an illusion. At a typical dose people might use to get high, their creativity took a hit. ![]() Researchers looked at divergent thinking, the ability to brainstorm solutions to problems. “Can the recreational use of marijuana cause cognitive impairment? The most obvious answer is ‘yes’-after all, this is the basic reason for its recreational use.” As I discuss in my video Does Marijuana Cause Permanent Brain Damage in Adults?, “people clearly do not use cannabis only for its harms.” Boosting creativity, for example, is one reason people give for smoking it, but does cannabis have “the potential to enhance their creativity”? You don’t know, until you put it to the test. If you start smoking marijuana as an adult, how much cannabis is too much? ![]()
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