Pot reduces motivation to work for money

Posted by | September 4, 2016 21:01 | Filed under: Planet

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Smoking marijuana reduces your motivation for money, at least in the short term.

The research, published in Psychopharmacology, is the first to reliably demonstrate the short-term effects of cannabis on motivation in humans. The researchers also tested motivation in people who were addicted to cannabis but not high during the test, and found that their motivation levels were no different to volunteers in the control group.

“Although cannabis is commonly thought to reduce motivation, this is the first time it has been reliably tested and quantified using an appropriate sample size and methodology,” says lead author Dr Will Lawn (UCL Clinical Psychopharmacology). “It has also been proposed that long-term cannabis users might also have problems with motivation even when they are not high. However, we compared people dependent on cannabis to similar controls, when neither group was intoxicated, and did not find a difference in motivation. This tentatively suggests that long-term cannabis use may not result in residual motivation problems when people stop using it. However, longitudinal research is needed to provide more conclusive evidence.”

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9 responses to Pot reduces motivation to work for money

  1. pignose4.0 September 4th, 2016 at 22:06

    You can’t be addicted to a substance that isn’t addictive.

    • Mensa Member September 4th, 2016 at 22:33

      Unless it is.

      But, that’s not the point of the article.

      I think you’ve known dope smokers like this article is talking about.

  2. Obewon September 4th, 2016 at 22:32

    Obese Trump certainly fits the over medicated munchie profile.

  3. bpollen September 4th, 2016 at 23:02

    I’d go into some long dissertation about the reliability of this study, but I just can’t find the motivation…

  4. robert September 4th, 2016 at 23:06

    i can name employers who don’t want you to make money Maybe they are addicted republicans ?

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  5. oldfart September 5th, 2016 at 07:25

    Pot reduces motivation to motivate.
    Isn’t that the reason god created weekends ?

    • Jungle_Bhoy September 5th, 2016 at 13:21

      Actually the Trade Unions created the weekends!

  6. mea_mark September 5th, 2016 at 08:48

    If money is the root of all evil, this is a good thing.

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