The "Jay-Dar" Phenomenon: Individuals Discriminate Cannabis Users from Nonusers Based Upon a Photograph.
Rayna B HirstCasey ConaboyDylan VaughnRichard H EnriquezRobert WickhamPublished in: Substance use & misuse (2018)
Results suggest individuals do rate cannabis users as more likely to be users, relative to nonusers, based upon appearance alone. These findings have important implications, not only for research on chronic cannabis use effects, but also for social and achievement factors such as potential stigma.