How does marijuana effect your memory?

Question

I study and read a lot for school and don't know whether smoking before(1 hour), after(20 min) or around (a day or two) affects my memory on remembering the things I've absorbed while reading my textbooks... anyone have some insight. Please no stupid conservative answers. Give me knowledge and experience please...

Whoever the cats are trying to lecture. Well you're weak. I want facts on the question not some loser trying to give someone else advise on life. Thanks guys and please if you know anything please throw something up!

Answer 1

http://www.brainsource.com/brain_on_drugs.htm
http://www.nationalfamilies.org/brain/index.html

What about your lungs?!

Answer 2

Ok sounds like you have gotten a few bull answers. When you smoke pot a chemical known as THC goes through you blood stream it gets everywhere your brain organs fat muscle. The more you smoke the more you put in. Thc clouds recptors and slows nurons from from your other receptors thus you have a slower electrical speed then normal. However like most other drugs thc is not at all created by the body so thus it has know affects of your seritonin glands your opiate glands and does not make them stop working. Once you quit the thc will clear your fat and blood and you will feel normal. Give it a month or so depending on how fast you matabolism is and your weight. Any other questions email me

Answer 3

don't be a dope
when you are at school study
any kind of drug will undermine your studying abilities
as well as waste time ,and many good people will leave you on the Way SIDE
i know as i took a lot of stuff when i was young growing up in the sixties and coming from a drug culture

forget about peer pressure ,what your friends think is cool
what is much more important right now is you preparing your self for your future as best as you can
so no beer and no drugs

when you are rich and established ,that is the time to indulge ,not now

you will meet better a class of women and older people will respect you more

and i cant believe that i am saying these things ,because i did everything that was possible when i was young except study enough,so i know what i am talking about

and don't call me conservative
in this question was my answer on marijuana
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Agc5wmLhhY1uTvouvC_DYx7sy6IX?qid=20061017185730AA0xvx3

and at one time i was testing hallucinogenics for a university in South Africa
I have personally tested over 50 kinds of organic and synthetic drugs

Answer 4

Each person is different plus depends on how much you smoke, how long, what kind, etc.

I myself when in college would go to school then come home, eat, smoke one then sit down and study for hours. It allowed me to just zone in on what I was reading and to get involved with it. Not becoming bored and just scanning over the text.

Today I use it to sit and draw and design. Still to zone into what I am doing and to block out what is all around me. Create some of my best work this way.

Now some might do some and just can't comprend what a piece of string is. Some become couch potatos and some become active, I myself become active.

I will say use a batter box/hitter over any other method as other methods normally turn you into a couch potato.

Answer 5

well its a stupid question.
Pot effects people different
I am hyperactive and I smoked a lot while in collage and I got a 4.0 average but i am an active person.
In my study of smoking I notice that if a lazy person is stoned they do not learn well...but an active person can concentrate more. But I also learned that sometimes in order to really remember something i needed to be in the same state of mind that I learned it...So if i was buzzzed when i studied i was buzzed when i tok the test.
but this is not at all advise!!!
stay straight in school study straight...if you get stoned do it on your time.

Answer 6

Alright, all you ****** dumbasses quit dissin the potheads... jesus, im a pothead and i find it really is easier to remember things if you are in the same environment of where you studied... but you've got to be able to focus on what ur studying at first... cuz if you get sidetracked... ur ****** to hell... lol... but yeh... good luck with the memory problem... and juss know that ur not the only person with memory problems...

Answer 7

believe me, weed screws your head up, like any other drug, yes i said it drug, not herb or whatever, if it screws with your head imo it's a drug, i used to be good friends with a guy who smoked alot of weed, i did to for awhile, then realized it just wasn't my thing, sure, we've all heard about how weed kills brain cells, i didn't realize it could happen so quickly, within 2 years, he had turned into a mindless f*** up that i could no longer stand to be around, complaining about how life sucks, not fixing a thing, very much like an animal, laying in his own piss, to stupid to get himself out of the mess, and making it worse. believe me, or don't believe me, becasue i really don't care, you asked for the facts here they are. hope this helps.

Answer 8

depending on how long you have smoked for and how often, generally smoking before reading or during will affect your memory, smoking the night before shouldn't matter. but everyone is different

Answer 9

One theory is that you remember better when you're in the same state as you were when you learned it. So if you study stoned, you should be stoned when taking the test.

Answer 10

Weed gives you short term memory loss on occation.

Answer 11

marijuana affects the brain by making it chemically unbalanced and once it is unbalanced it permaenant The two neurotransmitter that are mostly affected are seratonin and another chemical called dopamine