TToB: Teens who use cannabis are less likely to get a college degree. Tough or Bluff???
Added 2024-08-06 14:00:04 +0000 UTCComments
Weed is insidious. It seems innocuous but it makes people complacent.
Waylon Waddell
2024-08-13 17:26:40 +0000 UTCIt’s TOUGH! They are less likely to seek and attain a college or graduate degree in adulthood. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101347)
Psychology In Seattle
2024-08-07 06:10:32 +0000 UTCBluff
Kiyoko
2024-08-06 21:24:27 +0000 UTCBluff. Avid drug user throughout my life and yet still quite successful, now it’s all medical cannabis but I’m still much very high and in college and a great note taker. I do not however have a degree due to medical cannabis stop gap measures in medical fields
Vee Nascent
2024-08-06 20:28:58 +0000 UTCI’d say less likely because weed can be addictive for teens and it definitely doesn’t make it easier to do well in school, if you do it often.
Dominic Anderson
2024-08-06 16:13:10 +0000 UTCThough. But it’s based on my experience. If I had to guess: Weed will probably interfere with your ability to pay attention, process information and preform. It can impact your grades both before and during uni. Consistent weed use also makes me suspect that the individual self medicate (e.g ADHD, PTSD). The weed side effects is still there + the adhd, ptsd etc is not given proper treatment. It will therefore continue to interfere with education. But to be honest, I contribute 50% of the reasons to friend groups.
Heh
2024-08-06 16:02:37 +0000 UTCI have no idea, so basing off my experience, when I was in college plenty of people were using weed. I’m gonna say bluff, maybe there is a difference but it’s insignificant
Kendall
2024-08-06 14:51:16 +0000 UTCfrom personal experience, (ie dropping out of college bc I became extremely dependent on weed during covid) tough.
Fiona Whittle
2024-08-06 14:33:15 +0000 UTCI want to say tough but my guess it depends where those teens fall on the spectrum of use: recreational, abuse or addiction. As a general statement like that, not sure if it's possible to find a correlation
Sofiya
2024-08-06 14:16:39 +0000 UTCI grew up with my parents and their friends smoking cannabis, though usually not directly around me. Both my parents were hippies who went to grad school and became professionals ~ professor of Educational Anthropology (mom) and clinical psychologist PhD (dad). I started smoking cannabis when i was around 15 or 16. I’m now on my 2nd master’s degree. My dad told me about a study done in the 90’s on one of the Caribbean islands, can’t remember which exactly, to measure the academic success of school children who’s mom gave them cannabis tea in the morning before school compared to children who didn’t get cannabis tea. If i remember correctly, the study showed no discernible difference in academic success or ability between the two groups.
Lea Choi
2024-08-06 14:14:16 +0000 UTC
