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An ongoing¹ study that started in 1970 gathered data from 8,000 people, including their IQ test scores at ages five and 10. Participants later reported their history of illicit² drug use at age 16, and then again at age 30.

 

Men with high childhood IQs were 50 percent more likely to use drugs than their low-scoring counterparts. And women with high scores were more than twice as likely to have tried controlled substances.

 

What draws children with high IQs to eventually try drugs? The study's authors point out that drugs could serve as a coping mechanism³ for intelligent children who stand out from their classmates and become targets for teasing. In addition, intelligent people tend to pursue new, stimulating⁴ experiences to stave off boredom⁵. Meaning that an IQ being high could be a gateway⁶ to getting high.

 

Thanks for the minute. For Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Sophie Bushwick.

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