MARIJUANA AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE

Four groups of 10 subjects each, representing different levels of marijuana usage, performed two different psychomotor tasks. One group has never smoked marijuana; one group has smoked marijuana previously but had stopped. The other two groups consisted of habitual smokers of marijuana-one smoked a placebo, and the other smoked marijuana just prior to performing the psychomotor tasts. Consistent patterns of inferior performance were found for the marijuana users on both manipulative and coordination skills.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Human Factors Society

  Johns Hopkins University Press
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21218
• Authors:
  • Salvandy, G
  • McCube Jr, G P
• Publication Date: 1975-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 7 p.
• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coordination; Human factors; Marijuana; Motor skills; Performance tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Psychomotor performance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00098912
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1975 12:00AM