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CLINICAL anecdotes and recent studies suggest that a marijuana “high” interferes with immediate memory (ref. 1, and unpublished manuscripts by L. Clark and A. Wikler). We describe here the effects of calibrated amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on cognitive tasks which require immediate memory.
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TINKLENBERG, J., MELGES, F., HOLLISTER, L. et al. Marijuana and Immediate Memory. Nature 226, 1171–1172 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2261171b0
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