Marijuana use, craving, and academic motivation and performance among college students: An in-the-moment study

Marijuana and Alcohol Use as Predictors of Academic Achievement: A Longitudinal Analysis Among Youth in the COMPASS Study

“…Cross‐sectional analyses consistently support negative associations between marijuana use and various indices of student performance, including grades, classroom participation, degree attainment, time spent studying, and attitudes toward school . Similarly, a number of prospective studies found marijuana use to predict degree nonattainment .…”

“…Acute effects also have the potential to impact school performance. Short‐term marijuana use disrupts attention and working memory, rendering learning and information retention difficult . Other researchers theorize marijuana induces an “amotivational syndrome,” although its occurrence appears rare and only with heavy and prolonged use .…”

Marijuana use trajectories and academic outcomes among college students

“…Marijuana use is associated with dropping out of college (Braun et al, 2000; Degenhardt et al, 2010; Fergusson et al, 2003; Fergusson and Boden, 2008; Fleming et al, 2012; Hunt et al, 2010; Schulenberg et al, 2005; Tucker et al, 2005, 2006), having a lower GPA (Arria et al, 2013a, 2015; Bell et al, 1997; Buckner et al, 2010), poorer performance on exams and projects (Shillington and Clapp, 2001), spending less time studying for classes (Bell et al, 1997), and lower class attendance (Caldeira et al, 2008; Arria et al, 2013a, 2015; Shillington and Clapp, 2001). Marijuana craving has been shown to be negatively associated with time spent studying and academic motivation in college, and more frequent marijuana use has been found to be negatively associated with college GPA (Phillips et al, 2015; Martinez et al, 2015). Another study found that the likelihood of earning a college degree declines with more frequent marijuana use (Horwood et al, 2010).…”

Assessing Marijuana Use, Anxiety, and Academic Performance Among College Students

“…Other studies have shown a relationship between marijuana use and delayed graduation rates among students (Arria, Caldeira, Bugbee, Vincent, & O'Grady, ; Suerken et al, ). Phillips et al () noted specifically that marijuana cravings were negatively related to study time as well as academic motivation.…”

“…Because there appears to be a significant negative relationship between marijuana use and academic performance (Bates, Accordino, & Hewes, 2010;Buckner, Ecker, & Cohen, 2010;Phillips, Phillips, Lalonde, & Tormohlen, 2015;Suerken et al, 2016), college students' experiences of disruptive anxiety symptoms and their possible self-medication attempts with marijuana should be of special concern to universities and other higher education institutions. One 25-year longitudinal study found that increasing long-term marijuana consumption was associated with elevated risk either for not pursuing postsecondary education or for early attrition among those who otherwise do attend (Fergusson, Horwood, & Beautrais, 2003).…”