A Big Assumption?

Study: Cognitive Functions Can Recover After Methamphetamine Use
Join Together Online July 7, 2009

Research Summary

Researchers at the University of California at Davis reported that certain cognitive deficits resulting from methamphetamine use can be recovered, although recovery takes at least a year.

The researchers measured research subjects on their ability to direct their attention to specific tasks while ignoring distractions. They discovered that those who were recently abstinent (three weeks to six months) performed significantly worse on the cognitive test than those who had been abstinent one year or longer.

See the full article at: http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2009/study-cognitive-functions.html

Of course my snide side wants to ask, "How much cognitive ability might there have been in the first place if they started taken meth at all?" But I'll be nice and not say that since I know it doesn't take much for some people to get hooked. But the temptation was real.