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**Spread** · **Spread** More Washboard User ID: 114749 08-16-2012 07:12 AM **Posts: 11,708**

According to a study published online in the journal Psychiatry Research, individuals with bipolar disorder who used cannabis showed higher neurocognitive performance than patients who did not use cannabis.

Researchers at The Zucker Hillside Hospital in Long Island, NY, in collaboration with a team at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, examined the difference in cognitive performance among 50 individuals with bipolar disorder who had a history of cannabis use, with 150 bipolar patients who had no history of cannabis use.

Both groups of patients were similar in age at bipolar onset. In addition, the groups did not differ in racial background, age, or highest education level achieved.

The team discovered that patients who used cannabis showed superior neurocognitive performance than those who did not. However, patients who used cannabis did not differ considerably on estimates of premorbid IQ.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/249006.php

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 114961 08-16-2012 08:08 AM

Well that's interesting, so it does just help overall.. Appreciate the info OP, your find will fall on blind eyes.

A whole lot of ganja haters on this board, it's clear they have no idea.

**Spread** · **Spread** More Washboard User ID: 114749 08-16-2012 08:18 AM **Posts: 11,708**

LoP Guest Wrote:

Well that's interesting, so it does just help overall.. Appreciate the info OP, your find will fall on blind eyes.

A whole lot of ganja haters on this board, it's clear they have no idea.

I'm pretty sure all the mods are pro cannabis, D is too.