Who could have guessed such a thing would be true?
The Connecticut Post reports:
Yale study: High students, low grades
News flash: College students who spend a lot of time drinking and smoking marijuana might not have the best grades. This not-very-shocking finding is at the heart of a new study conducted by researchers from Yale University and Hartford’s Institute for Living.
But those behind the project said the topic is a bit more complicated than it might seem.
The study, which was largely funded by the National Institutes of Health, followed 1,100 college freshman in Connecticut over four semesters, and asked them questions online about how much alcohol and marijuana they used each month.
“One reason we wanted to focus on this area of study is that it’s very unique, in that not a lot of researchers have data on alcohol and marijuana use,” said Shashwath Meda from the Institute of Living, the study’s first author.
The students ended up falling into three clusters — those who drank little or no alcohol and smoked little or no pot, those who drank moderately or heavily but used marijuana infrequently, and those who used both substances moderately or heavily. There was little effect on grades in the first two clusters, but the grades of those who drank and smoked pot suffered the most.
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Damn! If only they had paid attention to my research in the 70’s. I don’t remember why I never submitted a paper unless it had to do with all the “fun” I was probably having. If anyone here knew me in the 70’s please let me know as I cannot remember anything of that decade. I think I had fun, but I honestly can’t remember. As for grades, I was asked not to come back several times, but they probably just didn’t appreciate the fact that getting to class can be so difficult.
If by some chance I turn out to be someone’s father, please tell your mother thank you for me and could she return my albums.
Oh, I remember you. You were one of the guys who lived next to me, in room 203 of Pierce Hall! I couldn’t leave my window open, because the smoke from your open window would drift back into mine.
BTW, the DIY window fan to exhaust the smoke was really loud!
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But those behind the project said the topic is a bit more complicated than it might seem.
Translation: The results don’t fit our preconceived notions, so we need to redo the study to get the results we want.