2018-07-10

My friend confided that his own experiences with marijuana while in

college showed all these signs and that the changes in his behavior

closely paralleled those described in the thirteen cases. That is, he had

become somewhat slovenly, irritable, and forgetful; had experienced difficulty concentrating on his studies and paying attention in class; and had suffered frequent headaches. Yet at that time, he explained, he not only dismissed the then-available medical research that challenged his view that pot smoking was harmless—he also denied the testimony of his personal experience with the drug! His automatic rejection of whatever challenged his view was so effective, he noted, that five years passed before he was able to consider the evidence fairly.

我的朋友在大学时吐露他自己的大麻经历，表现出所有这些特征并且这些他行为上的改变密切平行于这十三个案例中希望的那样。即是，他开始变得有些疏忽，易怒和健忘；有难以在他的课业上集中注意力和在课上集中精神；经常遭受头疼。但是他解释道，那时候，他不仅推辞了当时的可选择医疗研究，即反对他抽大麻是无害的观点——还否认了他关于大麻的个人经验的证词！他自动拒绝对他的观点进行强有力挑战的一切。他补充到，在他能够公正的考虑这些症状时，五年已经过去了。