A question that has no doubt been asked a million times over by every student stoner that has ever lived:
Can smoking weed increase or boost my learning skills?
Make me smarter faster or enhance my memory?
In short the answer is: No
Studies suggest that some types of cannabis can enhance your ability to be creative or to focus on something better.
Although that may be true to a certain extent it can be equally true to say that attempting to learn new subjects or take in new information whilst being stoned can inhibit your ability.
It comes down to each individual and how much they smoke, their tolerance, what they have smoked and the environment they are in, being some of the factors that are somewhat hard to measure, leaving it open to debate.
High while working
Managing heavy machinery? Responsible for a number of lives and being sharp and ultra focussed? Then probably not a good idea to smoke on the job.
But if you work for a creative media company and your in need of some inspiration and stress relief during the day then I suppose it’s not going to harm anyone as long as you’re not breaking the rules.
Sports and Weed
It is well documented and has been reported by a large number of athletes that smoking cannabis can aid recovery after a training session or game.
Smoking during a game is not advised as motor skills can be inhibited slightly, although some NBA players have reported to have smoked and had their best games high
An age old saying comes to mind when we think about smoking and learning or being high whilst at work. Everything in moderation.
What is your opinion on smoking and working or attempting to take in lots of new information?
On the other hand, it could be argued in a pseudoscience way that smoking cannabis opens your mind and relaxes the mind, allowing you to better access more creative parts of your brain
Smoking cannabis at a young age can have an adverse effect on your memory and learning skills, like all drugs they should be taken with care and in moderation, don’t be a show-off by taking too much, and don’t think that smoking a joint will magically make your IQ score better overnight.
