Consequences of Addiction to Marijuana

Marijuana is a plant that people use for various reasons, whether that is for medicinal, recreational, social, personal, religious or nutritional uses. Recreational cannabis (marijuana), is designed to help get people high, the compound that recreational users chase is Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC. THC is the active ingredient in marijuana, which bonds with specific receptors in the brain to produce a number of effects. It can have a sedative effect, relax your inhibitions, increase your appetite, lower your blood pressure and many other factors. Marijuana can also interfere with your short-term memory, lower your reaction time and make you unsteady and off balance. Even though marijuana has been classed as an illegal drug, there are some negatives, there are many studies that prove marijuana is less harmful to our bodies than other legal dangers, such as drinking or smoking.

Possibility of addiction is only one of the disadvantages on Marijuana. There are short-term and long-term effects from the use of the drug. The most common short-term effects include paranoia, difficulty with concentration, anxiety, fatigue, and hallucinations. “If you’re not around good people, you will end up having a bad experience and be very paranoid and anxious.” (Daily User One, 2017) This person said that the people you are around and your surroundings in general can also alter how you react to the THC in your system. Other short-term effects that are more dangerous include increased heart rate (which is particularly dangerous to people with heart disease), decreased blood pressure, and damaged blood vessels caused by the smoke. The long-term effects include memory loss, IQ level (due to blood cell lose from smoking), decreased motivation, and ability

There are many side effects interconnected to marijuana abuse. It affects social, personal and financial life of a person. Marijuana mishandling leads to affect whole body especially it causes mental illness. Poorer educational outcomes, breakdown with families and friends are the consequences related to marijuana abuse.

There are a lot of effects that can occur and happen to people who smoke marijuana. For example, if you smoke marijuana wherever you want and it’s in public there can be children that will see and think it is okay to smoke. Suppose you were smoking and kids are near you they are second hand smoking and can be bad for them. When you smoke weed (marijuana) you get what’s called a “high”, a high is something that makes your eyes red and you feel like you’re outside of your body. If people are high while driving it can cause a car accident and can end in fatalities. The more people smoke the more they get addicted to it and sometimes can’t stop smoking it unless they go through rehab.

Some effects on the user, such as being high, that only lasts a few hours depending on how much THC you intake. The levels of THC has rose from 4% to 7% (National institute on drug abuse), since the levels are higher that results in the user staying high longer. Marijuana will effect you the same no matter how much you intake. Smoking marijuana can cause long term effects on your body and life. Smoking marijuana can cause you to lose brain cells, and be slower to react to situations. Due to the loss of brain cells there has been studies done and ages 13-38 that smoked marijuana have lost 8 or more points of there IQ results from the test (National institute on drug abuse). Even your job is in harm if you smoke marijuana because, jobs are required to have random drug testing and if you fail you will be fired and have trouble getting a new job, hurting you in the

First off Marijuana can lead to many problems in your health. For instance, Marijuana users have an increased risk of cancer and breathing problems, it can lead to paranoia, it can slow reaction time, you may have altered thoughts, and it increases your appetite, gives you red eyes and dry mouth. To avoid this serious drug, if you ever hear the words POT, WEED, GRASS, BLUNTS, AUNT

Treating Americans who have a marijuana addiction has now become a further complex problem than previous American cultures have ever experienced. Studies have now concluded that Americans start smoking and consuming at a much younger age than previous generations, and adults continue using well into their thirties and forties. Cannabis consumption can pose many health risks to not only the consumer, but also America as a nation. There are currently twenty states that have legalized medical marijuana out of fifty. Are we headed for a legalized epidemic in America? Has this epidemic already begun?

Marijuana does have its unpleasant side of effects to the body. Weed has its physical, mental, short-term and long-term effects. First, the physical affects to the body that marijuana causes are breathing problems, increase of heart rate, and problems with children developing during or after pregnancy. Second, the mental affects are temporary hallucinations, paranoia, and disorganized thinking. Finally, the short-term and long-term effects are on the brain developing, which really affects memory, impaired body movements, and having a difficulty with thinking or problem solving. For example “A study shows that people who started smoking marijuana heavily in their teens and had an ongoing cannabis use disorder lost an average of eight IQ points between age 13 and 38” (National Institute on Drug Abuse). Marijuana can leave its mark in the body with people not even knowing how disastrous it can be, some can’t even the difference when they start till they end. It can also be even worse if it becomes an addiction and thinking of quitting. When departing from smoking marijuana it can leave effects such as grouchiness, sleepiness, decrease of appetite, anxiety, and cravings. Not everyone knows or notice this because when becoming a quitter they seem to only focus on discontinuing, which makes them think there are no effects to stopping. In other cases, “long-term marijuana user trying to quit report

It is a fact that Marijuana smoke contains around 50% to 70% more harmful substances than tobacco smoke. There is a research that has said that a single cannabis joint could cause as much damage to the lungs as up to five regular cigarettes smoked one after another, not many people know this. People you smoke joints daily often suffer from bronchitis, which is inflammation of the respiratory tract. Some of the short term effects of smoking marijuana are: Sensory distortion, Panic, Anxiety, Lowered reaction time Poor coordination of movement. When you some marijuana you may feel sleepy or depressed, and your heartbeat may increase which can lead to risk of heart attack. Long term effects of marijuana include: More susceptible to common illnesses,

Marijuana is known to ease symptoms from medical conditions such as: muscle spasms, nausea from cancer chemotherapy, poor appetite and weight loss from chronic illness, nerve pain and seizure disorders, and more…. Marijuana won’t kill you like other drugs such as: heroin, crack cocaine, or even alcohol. According to Dave Smith (2012), “It’s a fact that anyone can die from ingesting too much aspirin, or too much coffee, or too much wine. Marijuana, on the other hand, medical or not, is not only non- lethal, but likely beneficial. Several studies, some published as recently as a few months ago, have shown that marijuana can even be good for your health, and could help treat conditions better than the solutions being cooked up in the labs. There has never been a single death from marijuana use, recreationally or just medical use. Even, prescription drugs are known to kill people, nearly over a hundred thousand each year. Marijuana can help your health not hurt

According to The Foundation for a Drug-Free World the immediate effects of marijuana use includes an increase of heartbeat rate, disorientation, and also lack of physical coordination. Other effects that uses may

Although marijuana is non-FDA approved, neither are vitamins, which no one really thinks, or worries, about. No one has ever overdosed because of marijuana, but overdosing on alcohol kills about 88,000 people every single year, just in the United States (“Alcohol Facts and Statistics,” 2016). Studies have shown that marijuana can affect development of the brain in adolescents (William and Robert, 2015). Marijuana does affect the brain, so it, like many other legal drugs, should not be available to people under the legal age. There is no long-term effect on adults, so simply do not give it to adolescents (Bonnie and Jill, 2014). Finally, driving after smoking marijuana can be dangerous (William and Robert, 2015). This is true, but you also should not drive after drinking alcohol or taking anxiety medications. Marijuana is still a drug that affects the mind, but, if you use it responsibly, it is completely

Functional Consequences of Marijuana Use in Adolescents: A Critique of Jacobus, Bava, Cohen-Zion, Mahmood, and Tapert (2009)

Marijuana is one of the most addictive drugs compared to many others. With it being this addictive it can cause serious health problems if you continually use it. They have larger puff volumes than just regular cigarettes. Also more smoke gets into the lungs and stays in there for four times as long. With all of these effects it makes it harder to fight diseases. It can also give you diseases like harms to your lung health. You can get bad lungs from the smoke, aerosol, and menthol which is found in lot’s of natural oils. But it has flavors that make it taste good which is one of the reasons why some people still try it.

Although Marijuana may be fun to people, there are dangers that you should be cautious about. Marijuana can be very addicting. Most of the people who are addicted to Marijuana are under 21 years of age. In, “Hidden Dangers of Marijuana” it says, “Dangers in the immediate effects of marijuana include distortions of time and space perceptions and impaired coordination, all of which may be contributing to the increased risk of traffic accidents recently discovered. Particularly important for students to know about is the creation of difficulty thinking or problem solving and impairment of memory and learning. These difficulties can last for as long as four weeks after drug use.” These drugs may not seem harmful, but they definitely can be dangerous no matter what drug it is especially when people abuse the drug.