Cannabis, cannabis, cannabis; easily one of the biggest recreational drugs, however, does the worlds most popular drug have any side effects? Well that is exactly what the film “The Downside of High” presented by David Suzuki aims at examining. The documentary takes a look at a bunch of different studies that have taken place since the late 1980s and how those studies help clarify the topic of pot and schizophrenia. Some of they key points that the films put out is that most people who eventually develop a mental illness have been found to have smoked cannabis in their teenage years. To find out exactly how cannabis affects the human brain, researchers preformed brain scans on two groups, which had both smoked pot, one with a known case of schizophrenia and another group that did not.…
Typically, it is smoked or mixed with food. The article states that constant use of cannabis can damage the brain and lungs. Children that are born to mothers that consumed cannabis when pregnant face poor memory and a low level of attentiveness. Even young people that use cannabis often lose interest in school and drop out. Many of the strong supporters of legalization believe that the active ingredient in marijuana, THC, helps with pain associated with AIDS, cancer, and other diseases.…
Nature vs. Synthetic “In 2016, there were more than 63,600 drug overdose deaths in the United States.” ("Annual Causes of Death in the United States") A marijuana user would have to consume an estimated 1,500 pounds of marijuana in 15 minutes to induce a lethal response (Smith 2017). Medical Marijuana is a better alternative than Prescription Opioids.…
Even though marijuana does not contain long-term effects with adults, it does however impact an adolescent's brain when used. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 44% of high school seniors have smoked pot at least once in their lifetime whereas 6% smoke on a daily basis. During the adolescent stage, or young adulthood, the brain is undergoing many important changes as it is maturing and transitioning from concrete to abstract thinking. The marijuana, when used by an adolescent, is interfering with the brain's growth, it is stopping the necessary changes for the person to transition from childhood to adulthood. Studies have shown that the interference can cause permanent issues with the child’s memory and ability to learn, and…
Blunt Force Trauma: The Truth About Marijuana Cannabis, pot, hashish, hemp, sinsemilla, dope, grass, weed, Mary Jane, bud, hash, bhang, kef, ganja, locoweed, reefer, doob, spliff, toke, roach: these are all devilish synonyms of one drug. Marijuana. This drug has started to be legalized in many states. Many people are wondering if it will be legalized in their state. Yet should it be legalized?…
Dear Senator Pederson, My name is Grace Collins, and I am a junior in high school. I am writing this letter to ask that you reverse the law that legalized marijuana for recreational use in 2012. I first realized the dangers of marijuana when multiple kids from my school were suspended and several others expelled for using it. The schools’ actions changed these kids and their families lives forever, but they may have saved them from future addiction or worse.…
One of the largest factors in this debate is the effects of marijuana on the mind and body, as well as its uses. Unlike cocaine or methamphetamine, marijuana does not induce particularly strong highs. Users of marijuana describe the high as a very mellow state, which induces calmness, fatigue, and hunger. Regular users of marijuana generally do not have much trouble…
Do you remember the commercials we’ve all seen portraying an egg frying in a cast iron pan, with bold letters plastered accross it saying, “This is Your Brain on Drugs!”? Interestingly enough, there has been statements by medical professionals to the contrary. Igor Grant, MD stated in an article, “Smoking marijuana will certainly affect perception, but it does not cause permanent brain damage. The findings were kind of a surprise. One might have expected to see more imparement of higher mental function.…
Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States.(Insert source). In general people believe that marijuana is less damaging than other drugs. Recently, there has been a push to legalize cannabis for both medicinal and recreational purposes. In order to be informed should this issue come to a vote, citizens should be aware of the effects marijuana can have on the brain. This paper will review empirical studies examining these effects; specifically concerning memory, decision making, attention, impulsivity, and risky sexual behavior.…
Marijuana can affect the body physically and mentally. The physical effects of smoking marijuana is that it causes breathing problems, increased heart rate, and problems with child development during and after pregnancy (females). And it also damages every organ in a human’s body like the nervous and immune system. A person smoking…
First, marijuana should not be legalized because it is most often linked to crime. Crimes could be in any form such as sexual assault, robbery or theft, and reckless driving. Marijuana impairs our brain, particularly in decision making, motor coordination, and reaction time. For example,…
Also, If used during pregnancy, the drug can lead to brain deformities and birth defects. Regular marijuana use during adolescence, but not adulthood, may permanently impair cognition and increase the risk for psychiatric diseases, such as schizophrenia. On top of this marijuana causes heart attacks and diseases in the arteries. Even the young can suffer from such consequences. The drug also can slow the human down making it hard to be productive and get work finished.…
The mental health of a marijuana victim is potentially at an elevated risk as the generating diseases begin to overthrow the health of the sane mind. Altering the temperament and the ample comprehensive qualities of the brain, marijuana eats away at the resources of contemplation stored within the shallows of the complex brain. Marijuana is a drug rousing breaths and recollections along its trail, so much that doesn’t seem to be enough a further article proves the psychological damages when it reads, "Pot subtly alters sensory perception. Effects can include feelings of heightened sensitivity and a distorted sense of the passage of time” (… Pot & Personality). Families, friendships, and enemies are all affected by the decision of one solitary figure.…
Many adolescents and adults who smoke marijuana frequently consider the usage of the drug as harmless. According to , «Regular marijuana use has been shown to be associated with other long-term problems, including poor academic performance, poor job performance and increased absences from work, cognitive deficits, and lung damage. Marijuana use is also associated with a number of risky sexual behaviors, including having multiple sex partners, initiating sex at an early age, and failing to use condoms consistently. » Constant usage of marijuana at any age can lead not only to short-term effects but to long-term effects as well.…
These are some of the basic ways of brains / a brain / the brain damage there is a lot more ways that it can also be damaged by smoking marihuana. Memory is also a main factor of smoking marihuana they say heavy marijuana smokers have a tendency towards losing their memory a lot quicker than a non-smoker many people believe this is one of the major reasons marihuana hasn't become legal. Most people that believe marijuana should be legalized have a theory that smokers will continue to smoke illegally or legally and that it should just be legalized for government purposes for example people in Mexico would stop dying due to violence caused by the marihuana smuggling into the U.S., there would be less criminals in prisons, all those who deal which would be one less expense for the government. Marihuana can also cause less debt if they would legalize and tax it and a high percentage of U.S. citizen's smoke which would make a lot of tax money if they tax it at a high rate. Be debt with other countries would probably see a major decrease which would cause better relationships of / to / between other…