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E-mail does more brain damage than weed, study says
Constant e-mailing and text messaging reduces mental ability by 10 IQ points, a more severe effect than smoking cannabis, by distracting the brain from other tasks, a University of London report showed.
The loss of intelligence and disruption caused by electronic "info- mania," costs companies millions of dollars in lost productivity each year, according to the study by the University's Institute of Psychiatry.
So if companies banned e-mail and passed out free pot, there would be a net increase in productivity. I like it!
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... how the study was funded, so wonder if it was by the Cannabis Society. 
Angeline
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So pretty much, test subjects didn't do as well on IQ tests when they were also chatting electronically. What next... twirling hair and chewing gum?
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How strange. Interruptions distract from a given task. Glad these Einsteins figured THAT out!
Next thing ya know, we'll find out that talking on the phone impairs one's ability to drive!! 
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The man says weed doesn't hurt productivity as much as e-mail does. If that's good enough for him, it ought to be good enough for my boss!
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