mediate psychological side effects like disorientation, anxiety, and confusion. Some clinical studies reports a change in a persons EEG, or brain waves, while under the influence but did not carry over after the drug wore off. This questions the idea of permanent brain damage from marijuana. When smoking pot there is a measurable deterioration in concentration ability, hand and eye coordination, and processing complex information. Several studies have shown that these effects may last several months after heavy use, but not permanent.
             The problem with marijuana is there have been so few studies and experiments on human use that have been accepted by the scientific community as accurate or the results could be replicated. Lester Grinspoon did some research of the effects of pot when writing his book about changing views or "reconsidering" marijuana use in America. The National Commission on Marihuana and Drug abuse published two reports 1972& '73 on the effects, the laws, the enforcement, the nature of the drug, and the extent of its users among Americans. The commission actually sited Grinspoon in their report as saying "very little research attention has been given to the possibility that marijuana might protect psychosis......the fact that it is not suggested that for some mentally disturbed people, the escape provided by the drug may serve to prevent a psychotic breakdo
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