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Clinical Trial
. 1970 May 29;168(3935):1118-20.
doi: 10.1126/science.168.3935.1118.

Marihuana and temporal disintegration

F T Melges, J R Tinklenberg, L E Hollister, H K Gillespie
Clinical Trial

Marihuana and temporal disintegration

F T Melges et al. Science. .

Abstract

High oral doses of marihuana extract, calibrated for content of 1 (-)-Delta(1)-tetrahydrocannabinol, significantly impaired the serial coordination of cognitive operations during a task that required sequential adjustments in reaching a goal. This disintegration of sequential thought is related to impaired immediate memory.

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