Pubdate: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 Source: Brandon Sun (CN MB) Copyright: 2005, Brandon Sun Contact: http://www.brandonsun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2437 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1974/a05.html Author: Harry Fisher POT SMOKERS' IQS PERFECTLY FINE In the letter Anti-Drug Message Important (Dec. 15), Dr. William G. Hobbs wrote: "Smoking one joint a day for 30 days will lower your IQ consistently." If we give Hobbs his head and assume that smoking one joint a day for an entire year will lower your IQ by a single point, then what will four joints a day for 30 years do? It must mean that my present IQ is in low flight somewhere between minus-30 and minus-20. I suppose I should be glad that I am still capable of putting on my pants in the morning, let alone mastering the daunting challenge of sending an e-mail. In fact, I must be a medical miracle, the fitting counterpoint to Hobbs' medical nonsense. HARRY FISHER Woodland Hills, Calif. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom