"The harsh realities of life seem to hit me right after I smoke" - Nas
Can marijuana actually make you smarter? Well, yeah, probably so, man. But if you're bipolar, you now have some actual scientific research to back you up in that belief.
A recent study suggests that some patients with bipolar disorder who use marijuana actually performed better on certain tests involving cognitive functioning, reports Jessica Ward Jones, M.D., at PsychCentral.
Dr. Ole Andreassen of Oslo University Hospital in Norway studied 133 patients with bipolar disorder and 140 with schizophrenia. The patients were questioned about prior drug use; over the previous six months, 18 bipolar patients and 23 schizophrenia patients had used marijuana.