style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>III. The Tart Study
A year after The
Marijuana Smokers appeared, Charles Tart, a California psychologist,
published On Being Stoned: A Psychological Study of Marijuana Intoxication. Tart
distributed 750 questionnaires among California smokers, of which 150 were
returned. Tart used a forced-answer checklist, so that a higher percentage of
respondents reported a specific effect than was true in Goode's study, where
smokers had to think up the individual effects on their own. This table appears in Drugs
in American Society, page 49.
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Subjective Effects of Marijuana: Tart 1971 |
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EFFECT |
VERY OFTEN |
SOMETIMES |
NEVER |
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Hear subtle changes in sounds |
95 |
4 |
1 |
|
Distance walking seems changed |
78 |
21 |
3 |
|
Taste seems different |
78 |
18 |
1 |
|
Sleep easier and better |
76 |
14 |
3 |
|
Enjoy eating more; eat more |
75 |
23 |
1 |
|
Time passes slowly |
74 |
24 |
1 |
|
Physically relaxed, inactive |
72 |
27 |
1 |
|
Can "come down" at will |
70 |
21 |
5 |
|
Feel more childlike, open |
68 |
26 |
5 |
|
Can understand songs better |
66 |
30 |
4 |
|
Sense of touch more exciting |
65 |
30 |
4 |
|
Accept things easier |
64 |
32 |
2 |
|
Hard to play social games |
62 |
28 |
6 |
|
Almost always feel good |
61 |
20 |
5 |
|
Memory span shortened |
60 |
36 |
3 |
|
Spatial separation of music |
60 |
27 |
13 |
|
Mind's eye sharper |
60 |
25 |
12 |
|
Difficult to read |
57 |
29 |
9 |
|
See visual patterns in things |
56 |
35 |
6 |
|
Sexual orgasm more pleasurable |
56 |
31 |
6 |
|
Meaningful insights come to mind |
55 |
40 |
3 |
|
Touch takes on new qualities |
55 |
39 |
5 |
|
Deeper insights into others |
55 |
38 |
7 |
|
Appreciate subtle humor in others |
54 |
43 |
2 |
|
Completely present-oriented |
53 |
44 |
3 |
|
Forget to finish things |
53 |
42 |
4 |
|
Moving about seems smoother |
53 |
37 |
7 |
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Less boisterous at parties |
52 |
39 |
5 |
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Aware of body-emotion connection |
50 |
36 |
13 |
|
Accept contradictions easier |
50 |
32 |
11 |