The And Long Term Consequences Of Marijuana

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According to The National Institute of Drug Abuse scientific studies of the active chemicals in marijuana are called cannabinoids has led the FDA to develop two approved medicines and is leading to develop pharmaceutical that control the therapeutic benefits of cannabinoids while diminishing the harmful side effects which includes the high either eating or smoking the leaves. Currently, there are two main cannabinoids that are therapeutically of interest which are (THC) Tetrahydrocannabinol and (CBD) Cannabidiol which are found in various ratios within the marijuana plant. THC stimulates ones appetite and reduces nausea (which there are other approved THC medications for that purpose), and it may decrease pain, spasticity and inflammation. The CBD is considered a non-psychoactive cannabinoid that may also be useful in decreasing pain, inflammation, controlling epileptic seizures and it may treat psychosis and addiction. A June 2014 article in the New England Journal of Medicine has presented research that supported the existence of short and long term consequences in marijuana use.
• Short-term: marijuana users may have experienced impaired short term memory, impaired motor skills that interfere with driving, altered judgement that has increased risk of engaging in sexual behaviors and high induced paranoia and psychosis.
• Long-term: addiction, altered brain development, cognitive impairment, poor educational outcomes, diminished life satisfaction and achievements, severe chronic respiratory symptoms and increased risk of psychosis and schizophrenia.
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