Cannabis is not only the most commonly used illegal drug in the world, it is also one of the drugs most involved in misinformation. Your consumers believe in many myths, or don’t believe many facts about their effects on the mind and body. The average age at which drug use begins is between the ages of 14 and 15, i. e. very early.
The latest published scientific research has already shown that regular consumption causes structural changes in brain tissue, producing, among other aspects, significant changes that lead to memory impairment, attention, perception, coordination and concentration.
- These brain changes cause a worsening of personal.
- Social and professional performance.
- With emotional and physical effects.
- Many people use the substance because it makes it easier to relax.
- Socialize and get away from it all.
- Or just experiment for fun.
- The other side.
- However.
- Is that this substance may be the gateway to important mental changes.
- Such as psychosis and anxiety.
Cannabis sativa is a plant that contains more than 400 chemical components, 60 of which are known cannabinoids. The three most important cannabinoids are THC, CBD and CBN. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the main psychoactive of marijuana and can be eliminated. mainly floral buttons and, to a lesser extent, plant leaves.
Currently, with cultivation techniques and genetic selection, it is already possible to obtain plants with a higher concentration of THC, ranging from 2 to 5% to 20% in modified plants.
Psychoactive effects begin a few minutes after use of the drug and last from 1 to 2 hours, even if THC remains in the body for a long time, it is possible to detect its consumption up to a month later in chronic consumers.
Some side effects include short-term memory decline, dry mouth, redness of the eyes, changes in perception, changes in motor capacity and increased appetite, as well as other effects. A person who uses marijuana can still develop an addiction and, as a result, experience different physical and mental states.
The acute effects of marijuana vary widely and depend on dosage, thc concentration, THC-to-CBD ratio, form of administration of the drug and other factors such as personality, subject expectations and the context in which the drug is consumed.
Marijuana use usually has two aspects: can an early stage of stimulation occur?With euphoria and well-being? And then a phase in which sedation predominates?Relaxation and drowsiness. In some subjects, especially in sporadic or high-dose users, anxiety, dysphoria, symptoms of paranoia and panic may occur.
Addiction is characterized by an intense desire to take the drug, loss of control over it (e. g. , trying to consume less and not being able), needing the substance to perform an activity (such as sleeping), or having a number of harmful behaviors intended to obtain and consume the substance (how to prioritize use over other necessary activities). The person begins to feel anxious if they do not smoke, with mood and sleep swings. If any of these elements are present, we are already talking about a dependency case.
When consumption is very intense and/or prolonged, especially among regular consumers, the symptoms that appear when trying to stop consuming involve irritability, anger or aggression, nervousness or anxiety, sleep disturbances, weight loss or appetite, anxiety. , depressive mood, abdominal pain, spasms, tremors, sweating, fever, chills and headaches. This symptomatology is described in more than 50% of intense consumers and 15% of regular consumers.
It is common to think that the consequences mentioned are isolated cases. “It’s not going to happen to me, I feel good,” but when it comes to substance use, there’s a very important role in genetic vulnerability. the risk of developing addictions and mental illness due to their genetic burden.
Some people are more likely to develop certain mental disorders from their nervous and neural system, genetic components, life experiences and personality types, in this context there are psychotic disorders that can remain ”sleeping” and activate when using certain medications.
No one can tell us what our reaction to the next dose of marijuana will look like. Taking drugs is everyone’s decision and taking responsibility for the possible consequences. We can put a blindfold on our eyes, but the reality that weighs more than our desire not to see is that more and more drug use is changing our mental, emotional and physical states.
“I just convinced myself that, for some mysterious reason, I was invulnerable, I wouldn’t be addicted. But addiction is not negotiated, and gradually I was sinking into me. ? – Eric Clapton-
It is common to find websites, articles and associations that advocate the use of cannabis for its “therapeutic functions” or its “health benefits”. These effects include its effectiveness in relieving pain and its ability to relax.
There are many social movements in favor of the legalization and standardization of the substance, but it should be noted that the consumption of the plant in one of its forms is not desirable because it always has negative effects. pathological consequences, do not justify their consumption.
The fact that the plant has an active substance with possible beneficial results and that clinical research in pharmacology considers it a therapeutic option for some patients – isolating this active substance and controlling its concentration – does not mean that marijuana use is beneficial in itself.
The effects of pathological intoxication, known as “bad trip”, can lead to symptoms of anxiety, depersonalization or unreality, intense panic, feeling of death, symptoms of paranoia, motor disturbances, feeling of paralysis, changes in sensory perception such as transient visual illusions or hallucinations.
Some of the clinical manifestations associated with marijuana use are:
What awaits us after drug use is something no one can know for sure, mental disorders happen without warning and there are trips without a return ticket, the drugs are likely to enter a cycle of destruction that begins when you don’t value you. , and it ends when you take everyone around you into the abyss.
“Any addiction arises from an unconscious refusal to deal with pain and get out of it. Eckhart Tolle-