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Acute Effects of Marihuana on Speech

Nature volume 222, pages 434–437 (1969)Cite this article

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Persons high on marihuana have subtle difficulties in speech, primarily in remembering from moment to moment the logical thread of what is being said. Marihuana may interfere with retrieval of information from immediate memory storage in the brain.

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  1. Mount Zion Hospital, 1600 Divisidero Street, San Francisco, California, 94115

    ANDREW T. WEIL

  2. Department of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, WC2

    NORMAN E. ZINBERG

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WEIL, A., ZINBERG, N. Acute Effects of Marihuana on Speech. Nature 222, 434–437 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222434a0

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