The Negative Effects Of Marijuana

Also, marijuana can be seen as being addictive in nature. “Approximately 9% of individuals that use marijuana become addicted” (Marijuana Statistics). Marijuana contains many chemicals, such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which can cause many positive and negative effects to the human body and brain. A major attribute for medical marijuana is the economic advantages that are produced from the distribution of the drug. Also, the legalization of medical marijuana can portray positive and negative outcomes for law enforcement. Therefore, medical marijuana has many positive effects, such as treatment for diseases, and negative effects, such as immune system suppression. Throughout this research paper, medical marijuana will be thoroughly explained to exemplify the advantages and disadvantages of legalizing the

In 2006, A Drug Free World's "The Harmful Effects of Marijuana” emerged in the media. ADFW reasons that marijuana is harmful in numerous ways, including cerebral damage and debilitation to the immune system. Throughout the article, they also try to persuade the reader that cannabis is a "gateway drug" that undoubtedly leads the users into much harder drugs. When reading this article, one must consider that research to support anything can be found if one searches hard enough, but without a doubt the fallacy of their conclusion is due to their research seeking facts to support an already-assumed conclusion. Consequently, I have found that many of their points simply do not justify their conclusion.

Marijuana is a drug that divides people. Some people claim it as the wonder drug of the '90s, capable of relieving the symptoms of many serious illnesses. Others curse the day the cannabis plant was ever discovered. From pain relief to stimulating the appetites of patients on chemotherapy, marijuana seems to have plenty going for it as a medicine. The legalization of marijuana is a large controversy in many parts of the world today, but the obvious negative effects that the drug induces has kept it from being legalized. Many researchers have a strong positive attitude towards marijuana. It has been said that the drug is “worth investigating and even providing as a medicine for pain relief, severe

Marijuana is considered in popular culture to be a widely accepted mainstream recreational illegal drug used in the United States; its use comes with severe adverse side effects that are often overlooked. Long-Term use of marijuana 'sis shown to have negative effects on physical, mental, and environmental health. Studies have shown that in the United States, up to 20% of daily marijuana users become dependent (Marijuana and Lung Health) showing a physical or emotional need for the drug. Marijuana use has the potential to affect every aspect of a person 's physical and mental wellbeing negatively. Its use also comes with potentially life-altering risks to one 's future including an individual’s likelihood of obtaining a degree, impacting their future earning potential and decreasing their overall reported life satisfaction. Once dependent on marijuana, people stop caring about their schooling. Long-term use of smoking marijuana can result in the inability to learn, retain information and think critically.

Adolescents who inject marijuana via inhalation are more likely to report symptoms of chronic bronchitis, and have increased rates of respiratory infections and pneumonia (Tarter et al., 2014). It has also been associated with increased risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and transient ischemic attacks during marijuana intoxication (Tarter et al., 2014). There have been numerous studies to suggest that marijuana increases your chances of developing lung cancer, but many of these studies have been disapproved because it had included people who smoke marijuana along with tobacco products. Regardless, there have been numerous, reliable studies that suggest that the inhalation of marijuana is associated with inflammation of the large airways, increased airway resistance, and lung hyperinflation (Tarter et al., 2014).

Lungs - Smoking marijuana can cause breathing diseases, including a chronic cough, bronchitis, and emphysema, and lung

Nowadays marijuana is not only sweeping the nation; it has become a worldwide sensation, and it is making appearances everywhere on the globe. Marijuana is the most commonly abused illegal in the US and around the world. No matter how one looks at the combination of words marijuana, depressant or hallucinogen, there is no positive projected outcome or connotation. If it is true that a depressant reduces functional and nervous activity and a hallucinogen causes perception-altering hallucinations, then Marijuana is a drug that causes hallucinations, while reducing motor and sensory activity, essentially leaving the user a dysfunctional, temporary victim of Panic and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. The most prominent effects of legalizing Marijuana

“Smoking pot is much worse for your lungs than smoking cigarettes” is a myth (Poindexter). Some may argue that because, generally, no filter is needed while smoking cannabis, the lungs are not protected. This is found to be false. In 2012 a group of students held a study of the cannabis effects and what the smoke can do to your lungs and came up with this conclusion: “Occasional and low cumulative marijuana use was not associated with adverse effects on pulmonary function (Poindexter).” However, cannabis smokers do not usually smoke more than a few joints to a few bowls a day, while with cigarette smokers it is not particularly uncommon for them to smoke a whole pack a day. In conclusion of this study, cannabis smokers seem to end up with healthier lungs than cigarette smokers. To make matters even better for cannabis lovers, it can be ingested without any smoke. A few simple ways to ingest cannabis are to eat it, drink it, inhale it as a vapor, take it in tablet form, or even rub it on your skin as a lotion or oil

Marijuana is a drug that comes from the hemp plant Cannabis Sativa as a dry, shredded green and brown mixture of stems, seeds, and flowers. The drug is also known as hashish when it’s in a more concentrated, resinous form as a sticky black liquid, hash oil. Marijuana is a mind-altering drug because its main psychoactive chemical is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. In the United States, marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug, which has significant health risks and effects on people. Since 2007, the use of marijuana in the United States has generally increased, particularly after a period of decline in the past decade. The increase in the use of this illicit drug is influenced by a

In the short-term, marijuana can cause sensory distortion, panic and anxiety, poor coordination, lowered reaction time, hallucinations, short-term memory loss, and an increase in pulse rate which also increases the risk of heart attack (Cox, 2014) (WebMD, 2014). Additionally, after the initial feeling of euphoria, the user will feel sleepy and depressed. Long-term use of marijuana can cause apathy, drowsiness, lack of motivation, personality and mood changes, as well as suppress the immune system and reduce resistance to common illnesses, and increase the number of abnormally structured cells in the body due to abnormal cell division (Foundation for a Drug-Free World, 2015). Studies have also shown that long-term marijuana use leads to structural changes in the brain (Harrah, 2014). One study showed the hippocampal volume in marijuana users was inversely correlated with cumulative exposure to the drug in the left, but not right, hemisphere. This finding suggests the left hippocampus may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of cannabis exposure and may be more closely related to the emergence of psychotic symptoms (Harrah, 2014). Careful scientific analyses have identified at least 6,000 of the same chemicals in marijuana smoke as are present in tobacco (Iversen, 2008). The main difference between the marijuana and tobacco is THC in marijuana and nicotine in tobacco (Gumbiner, 2011). Today, there are new medications and treatments that are more effective in treating diseases and illnesses than marijuana, (Bergeson,

Marijuana is considered an addictive and deadly that can have consequences by using it. By legalizing marijuana, it can open a gateway drug to legalizing other illegal drugs that may have worse affects by there use. The effects from marijuana such as puffy and red eyes, hunger, slow reaction times, increase heart rate and feeling dazed can cause accidents to both the drug user and the public. For example, by having a slow reaction time and feeling dazed can affect people who are driving while being ‘high’ are increasing their chances by 50% for getting into a car accident (Adobe Spark. 2017). Later on marijuana has entered someone’s system it can effects their memory, cause addiction and more. As marijuana starts to affect your body

Marijuana can be used in many different ways, it can be smoked or eaten. The types of highs that a person has would differ on the amount of marijuana that was taken in. According to an article “The Effects of Marijuana on Your Body,” published by Healthline, and written by Ann Piertrangelo and Kristeen Cherney, marijuana affects the respiratory, circulatory, digestive, immune, and central nervous systems. The respiratory system is affected just as if someone was smoking tobacco. The consequence for smoking it in general are the same as tobacco just not as severe. When smoking tobacco, it causes people to cough and there are similar symptoms present in people who smoke marijuana because the chemicals in the smoke being inhaled are bad for breathing

Smoking marijuana is the most common route of administration. Much research exists on the side effects of smoking marijuana. A wide spectrum of respiratory health risks has been associated with smoking marijuana such as chronic bronchitis, coughing, phlegm production, and wheezing. Individuals who smoke both tobacco and marijuana seem to have a greater prevalence for the contraction of respiratory problems. Some studies indicate that smoking marijuana involves the inhalation of about three times the amount of tar as compared to tobacco smoking, and one third more retention of the inhaled tar in the respiratory tract (Hashibe, Straif, Tashkin, Morgenstern, Greenland, & Zhang, 2005).

Side Effect: Smoking cannabis will cause lack of laziness, unwillingness to participate in many social events, damage of internal and external body like heart and lungs e.t.c. these are why millions of people deciding to quit smoking marijuana or hard drug. Being addiction does not only cause destroy to physical health, also makes one to be psychological disorder like depression and anxiety. Lack of coordination in sensory organs, Anxiety, Hyperactivity, Hallucinations, Irritability, Mood swings, Lack of fertility, isolation, Suicidal thoughts, Aggressive behavior, Intolerance e.t.c

There has been a strong debate between whether the usage of marijuana is good or bad for people. Marijuana can indeed be used to ease people of excruciating pain, physically and mentally. However, just like any other substances, over use of marijuana can result in harmful effects. Due to the recent legalization of recreational usage of marijuana after the age of 21, marijuana became easier to obtain. In order to make marijuana sound more familiar amongst users, it is often called by its street names, such as dope, grass, Mary Jane, pot, reefer, weed, and chronic. Despite of its easy access, not many people know the its legal classification, short and long term effects, physiological effects, signs and symptoms of use, how it is abused and used, prevention and rehabilitation, and statistics related to use and abuse.