Based, badego, well, banza, those things, marijuana? Yes, ladies and gentlemen, all these words relate to the use of cannabis (marijuana). Today we are going to talk about the relationship between the use of this drug and the muative syndrome.
In recent years there has been a lot of scientific evidence on the therapeutic properties of cannabinoids, some examples are analgesia, decreased intraocular pressure, antiemetic effect on vomiting induced by antineoplastic chemotherapy, muscle relaxation properties in various diseases such as multiple sclerosis, trauma and spinal movement disorders.
- However.
- Its recreational use is also widespread in our society.
- Being actually the most consumed drug in the world.
- Is quite worrying.
- As you will see in the data we bring below.
Muative syndrome is more likely to occur in people who use cannabis regularly for an extended period of time.
“Apathy is the solution, that is, it is easier to get into drugs than to face life, to steal what you want to fight for it, to hit a child than to teach it. On the other hand, love requires effort”, work?. – Morgan FREEMAN-
Muative syndrome is defined as a state of passivity or indifference characterized by widespread cognitive, interpersonal and social difficulties that has been linked to cannabis use for years: chronic THC poisoning.
This state can be maintained even after consumption interruption. The person does not want to do anything, is in a continuous state of anhedonia, has no motivation or enthusiasm and has widespread disinterest or apathy.
Motivation is the interest of responding to a particular need, which generates an impulse to perform a behavior that produces such satisfaction, helps to activate, focus and maintain behaviors.
Does cannabis use eliminate any motivation to perform tasks other than the cannabis use itself or decrease its intensity, does the pleasure of drug use increase and decrease other motivations such as work, interpersonal relationship, relationship?
“Certainly, the enthusiast wins the listless, is it not the strength of the arm, nor the virtue of the arms, but the strength of the soul that wins?-Johann Gottlieb Fichte-
When use lasts for an extended period, drugs are at the top of the list of interests and a fundamental need, leaving other needs in the background and life revolves around the drug.
Other motivations do not exert strong enough strength, because cognitive alterations present as a result of addiction cause the subject to relax and the other motivations to disappear.
Prolonged use of the substance causes cognitive decline that, even if consumption is discontinued, persists at a certain level and in relation to some of the symptoms.
Although the relationship between marijuana use and muative syndrome is already clear, this problem has not yet been shown to be directly caused by cannabis, although everything suggests that consumption helps trigger the disease.
“Letting ourselves be passively carried away is unthinkable. ” -Virginia Woolf-
The signs and symptoms of this syndrome are as follows, although it should be remembered that they do not need to be all present at the same time.
One is emotional apathy, which consists of
“The weakness of attitude becomes a weakness of character. “-Albert Einstein-
Cognitively, symptoms caused by chronic cannabis use cause changes in executive function.
At the social level, the symptoms described above generate a decrease in interactions with others, resulting in a loss of interest in participating in social situations, activities of any kind, apathy and passivity, which affects the support networks of the individual. All of these symptoms can cause:
The first goal of treatment should be to gradually reduce cannabis use until its total elimination, because if someone has muative syndrome and uses marijuana in the rehabilitation phase, the situation is unlikely to reverse.
Addiction can be overcome through psychotherapeutic work to rehabilitate persistent deficits, allowing the use of psychopharmaceuticals if necessary.
The most widely used treatment are antidepressants, as well as cognitive-behavioral therapy, to encourage the person to resume their daily activities, improve relationships with family members, and work on the type of thinking that leads to apathy and inactivity.