Monday, January 14, 2013

It's only Marijuana right?

Pot is harmless right?

The growing popularity of marijuana is reaching all time highs, no pun intended. A few states have now legalized the uses of marijuana for recreation. More states are considering making it legal but some new data may slow down the whole process and open more eyes to the dangers of marijuana use.
 According to statistics, in 2002 three out of four illicit drug users admitted they had used marijuana in the last 30 days.
A startling 67 percent of teens under the age of 18 have used marijuana.

Some facts you may not know - people have grown the Indian hemp plant for use as a hallucinogen for more than 2,000 years. The name comes from the Portuguese "maringuango", meaning intoxicant.
All forms of cannabis are hallucinogenic. Drugs extracted from Indian hemp are called cannabis.
The plant contains more than 400 known chemicals, many of which are toxic to the human body.

THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is one compound that produces psychoactive effects in the brain, which is commonly called highs. This "high" usually takes effects within minutes and the sensations include increased heart rate, slight raise in blood pressure, conjunctival vascular congestion, lessened coordination and balance, and an dreamy, unreal state of mind.
Depending on the potency of the THC and the amount ingested the effects may last anywhere from 30 minutes to a couple of hours.
Marijuana is getting stronger, the levels of delta-9 THC have multiplied from less than 1 percent in the mid 70's to more that 6 percent today and some samples contained THC levels as high as 33 percent!

A harmless herb? Not so fast. The amount of tar and carbon-monoxide inhaled by those who smoke marijuana is three to five times greater than among tobacco smokers, regardless of the THC content. Marijuana residue can stay in the human body for weeks. Marijuana use can also lead to serious damage to your respiratory and cardiovascular health, causing chronic coughing, wheezing and bronchitis. Smoking marijuana even in small amounts has a similar impact to smoking 5 to 7 times the amount in cigarettes, one after another.
So marijuana is more dangerous to your health than tobacco.

University of Iowa study showed that people who used marijuana frequently exhibited deficits in mathematical skills and verbal expressions. They also showed impairments in memory retrieval and mental aptitudes.

Cannabis disrupts the flow of chemical neurotransmitters which can lead to increased anxiety, panic attacks, depressions and other mental health issues. One study shows that children ages 12 to 17 who smoke marijuana weekly are three times more likely to have suicidal thoughts than non users. The risk of major depression quadruples in those who use marijuana. Swedish scientists have also found a link between marijuana use and an increased risk of developing schizophrenia.



More Facts

* Marijuana use can lead to dependency and withdrawal symptoms.
* Marijuana can deform sperm cells and sterility in men.
* Marijuana reduces the immunity system
* 40 percent of adult males arrested for crimes tested positive for marijuana.
* Used Marijuana before the age of 15 - 62 percent later used cocaine, 9 percent went on to use heroin.
* 15 percent of trauma patients who were injured while driving a car or motorcycle tested positive for marijuana.
* Large does of marijuana can induce psychosis. (severe mental derangement)
* 2/3 of all teens entering drug treatment ate dependent of marijuana.
* 67 percent of teens under the age of 18 have used marijuana.
* Marijuana is NOT a harmless drug.

Many will say, "what about the medical benefits?"
Marijuana has not been proven to be medically beneficial and is more likely to harm the patients health that help it. The majority of  marijuana medical studies have been relatively short term and limited in scope. They have looked at the treatment (suppression) of existing conditions but have never proven that cannabis has any healing properties.

Don't be fooled, Marijuana is very dangerous in the short term and the long term. Much more study  is need to see if there is indeed any medical benefits.



[Sources: US Drug Enforcement, University of Iowa, Philadelphia Trumpet]



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