Personality may explain the association between cannabis use and neuropsychological impairment

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Michael Daly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013.

. 2013 Mar 12;110(11):E979.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1218571110. Epub 2013 Mar 4.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no conflict of interest.

Reply to Rogeberg and Daly: No evidence that socioeconomic status or personality differences confound the association between cannabis use and IQ decline.
Moffitt TE, Meier MH, Caspi A, Poulton R. Moffitt TE, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Mar 12;110(11):E980-2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1300618110. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013. PMID: 23599952 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Persistent cannabis users show neuropsychological decline from childhood to midlife.
Meier MH, Caspi A, Ambler A, Harrington H, Houts R, Keefe RS, McDonald K, Ward A, Poulton R, Moffitt TE. Meier MH, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Oct 2;109(40):E2657-64. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1206820109. Epub 2012 Aug 27. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012. PMID: 22927402 Free PMC article.

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