Persistent cannabis users show neuropsychological decline from childhood to midlife
Center for Child and Family Health · Duke University · +4 more institutions
Abstract
Recent reports show that fewer adolescents believe that regular cannabis use is harmful to health. Concomitantly, adolescents are initiating cannabis use at younger ages, and more adolescents are using cannabis on a daily basis. The purpose of the present study was to test the association between persistent cannabis use and neuropsychological decline and determine whether decline is concentrated among adolescent-onset cannabis users. Participants were members of the Dunedin Study, a prospective study of a birth cohort of 1,037 individuals followed from birth (1972/1973) to age 38 y. Cannabis use was ascertained in interviews at ages 18, 21, 26, 32, and 38 y. Neuropsychological testing was conducted at age 13…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 93.86
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 62
Authors
10- MHMadeline H. MeierCorresponding
Center for Child and Family Health
- ACAvshalom Caspi
Duke University, King's College London, Center for Child and Family Health, Duke Medical Center, Duke University Hospital
- AAAntony Ambler
King's College London, University of Otago
- HHHonaLee Harrington
Duke University, Duke Medical Center, Duke University Hospital
- RHRenate Houts
Duke University, Duke Medical Center, Duke University Hospital
Topics & keywords
- Cannabis
- Neuropsychology
- Psychology
- Psychiatry
- Cannabis Dependence
- Effects of cannabis
- Young adult
- Cognition