The Negative Effects Of Marijuana

Drugs are chemical substances that are used to cause changes in human bodies, it being either for the cure, treatment, or prevention of diseases or to improve patients physically or mentally. However there also exists harmful drugs referred to as recreational drugs that are meant to cause changes psychologically and alter mood or feeling, recreational drugs are taken by people as forms of enjoyment and do so in order to get a feeling of euphoria referred to as a “high.” More times than not these drugs are extremely dangerous and harmful to one’s self but are taken regardless even when knowing the many dangers they pose. In my personal experience I have participated in taking the illegal substance Marijuana or more commonly referred to by several names such as weed, pot, bud, grass, dope the list goes on and on but no matter what it is called it is all the same with dangerous and severe effects on the body and the mind. …show more content…
Marijuana like anything else can become a heavily addictive substance especially so with its mind altering effects. During my time with the drug I suffered problems such as cloudiness in my thinking, slowing down my memory making it a struggle to remember what happened just a few days ago, and nearly impossible to keep my attention on basic tasks such as watching a movie or even drawing. People tend to think marijuana may increase the creative process and help boost thought when I reality it simply makes everything a muddled mess of thought making it impossible to create complex thoughts or even make a simple drawing on paper with your brain going every way thinking of other things all the