Hide your myopia away: John Lennon, contact lenses and cannabis - researcher photo of Professor Stephen Vincent (IMAGE)

Queensland University of Technology

Hide your myopia away: John Lennon, contact lenses and cannabis - researcher photo of Professor Stephen Vincent

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Queensland University of Technology (QUT) optometry researcher and Beatles fan Professor Stephen Vincent (pictured) has analysed John Lennon’s little-known, hit-and-miss use of contact lenses in the 1960s and found that the music superstar was probably right when he speculated that his cannabis use helped them stay in. Full story: https://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=195953

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Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

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