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Middle-Aged Drug Users Have Sharper Minds

50-year-olds with history of toking scored higher on memory tests

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 5, 2012 3:45 AM CST | Updated Jan 8, 2012 7:08 AM CST

(Newser) – Past or present drug use doesn't seem to damage middle-aged brains, a new study finds. British researchers studied the mental sharpness of thousands of 50-year-old subjects, and found that those who had used illicit drugs—mainly marijuana—actually performed better than others on tests...   Read full story »

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