Just within the passage you've quoted: vs. He's literally just told us that he don't know whether or not marijuana effects EQ (and I find "EQ" a dubious concept in-and-of itself), but then three sentences later, asserts that EQ development is more susceptible to pot use than IQ because... ummm... teenagers are pretty immature, right guys? Am I right, or what?!? Also worth considering: The guy who smokes a bowl and works on coding vs. the guy sinking into the sofa sitting through SpongeBob re-runs. The latter is more common, and IQ tends to decline with age regardless of environment. Did they control for that? I don't read marijuana studies anymore, they're just too political.While the study didn’t measure the effects of marijuana upon teenagers’ emotional intelligence, it’s likely they are dire.
Since teenagers’ EQ develops much later than their IQ, this area of the brain is even more susceptible to the negative influences of marijuana.
Yeah, they mentioned looking at frequency of use (number of days), but not the context of use (before running vs. before couch-potatoing vs. before sleep) nor the amount per use (0.1 gram? 1 gram? A KILOGRAM!?) nor the method of use (bong? bowl? vape? edibles?).Also worth considering: The guy who smokes a bowl and works on coding vs. the guy sinking into the sofa sitting through SpongeBob re-runs. The latter is more common, and IQ tends to decline with age regardless of environment. Did they control for that?
Too many unknowns in general. We'll be teasing out the details for decades after legalization. I'll probably start reading meta-studies sometime around 2050. Of course, that's if I can still read by then, after all the pot I plan to smoke* in the meantime. So far, I'm the best lab rat for me. Haven't been able to conduct any double-blind studies with myself (still working on developing that schizophrenia), but single-blind studies are going well. I can distinguish between many jelly bean flavors, and between several mainstream psychedelics. *I've gotta get a vaporizer...