Experimental Studies of Marihuana

LINCOLN D. CLARK and EDWIN N. NAKASHIMAAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 125, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.3.379

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The study reported here, designed to extend knowledge of the behavioral toxicity of marihuana, illustrates some of the problems involved in measuring the effects of such drugs. A number of performance tests proved insensitive to marihuana in the doses used. Effects on complex reaction time and on digit code memory tasks were impaired, but there were marked individual differences.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 125 • Number 3 • September 1968

Pages: 379 - 384

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Published in print: September 1968

Published online: 1 April 2006

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LINCOLN D. CLARK

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EDWIN N. NAKASHIMA

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Professor of psychiatry and director, behavioral sciences laboratory of the College of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

Research associate, behavioral sciences laboratory of the College of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

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Experimental Studies of Marihuana

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