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Self control, the harms of pot, and fat genes: how the 44-year-old Dunedin study keeps on giving

  • Written by Gita Mishra, Professor of Life Course Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland
imageIQ decline is highest among those who started using during adolescence and among the most persistent (daily) users.FreeBirdPhotos/Shutterstock

After almost four-and-a half decades and from modest beginnings, the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study has evolved into one of the most significant long-term tracking studies (known as...

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