##THE POSITIVR AND NEGETIVE EFFECT OF MARIJUANA ON OUR HEALTH

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Marijuana is a combination of shredded leaves, stems and flower buds of the Cannabis sativa plant. Marijuana can be smoked, eaten, vaporized, brewed and even taken topically, but most people smoke it.The intoxicating chemical in marijuana is tetrahydracannabinol, or THC.

Marijuana have effect on two different occasions. We have the long and short term ehhect

##LONG TERM EFFECT

•Decline in IQ (up to 8 points if prolonged use started in adolescent age)

•Poor school performance and higher chance of dropping out

•Impaired thinking and ability to learn and perform complex tasks

•Lower life satisfaction

•Addiction (about 9% of adults and 17% of people who started smoking as teens)

•Potential development of opiate abuse

•Relationship problems, intimate partner violence

•Antisocial behavior including stealing money or lying

•Financial difficulties

•Increased welfare dependence

•Greater chances of being unemployed or not getting good jobs.

##SHORT TERM EFFECT

•Short-term memory problems

•Severe anxiety, including fear that one is being watched or followed (paranoia)

•Very strange behavior, seeing, hearing or smelling things that aren’t there, not being able to tell imagination from reality (psychosis)
Panic

•Hallucinations

•Loss of sense of personal identity

•Lowered reaction time

•Increased heart rate (risk of heart attack)

•Increased risk of stroke

•Problems with coordination (impairing safe driving or playing sports)

•Sexual problems (for males)

•Up to seven times more likely to contract sexually transmitted infections
than non-users (for females)

POSITIVE EFFECT OF MARIJUANA ON OUR HEALTH

Believe it or not, cannabis has many positive effects on your
health . They range from improvements to quality of life to the potential treatment of debilitating diseases. In the short-run, cannabis can provide instant relief from various ailments, such as chronic stress and pain.

SHORT TERM POSITIVE EFFECT OF MARIJUANA IN OUR HEALTH

1• ##RELAXATION

There’s nothing nicer than plopping down on the sofa with a bowl after a tiring workday. One of the most well known and immediate effects of marijuana is relaxation. The moment you breathe in cannabis vapor, a flood of plant-based anti-anxiety compounds called cannabinoids travel through your blood and into your brain.

There are two primary cannabinoids in cannabis worth mentioning. The first is psychoactive tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) , which provides the classic cannabis “high”. The second is
cannabidiol (CBD) , which does not cause a high. Studies have shown that both cannabis compounds can ease anxiety and promote a positive sense of well-being. Within minutes of smoking, you’ll be able to breathe a heavy sigh of relief and start smiling again.

2• CREATIVITY

There’s a reason why so many famous artists smoked weed. Marijuana can make you more creative. When you smoke herb, activity in a certain part of your brain increases. That region is the frontal lobe. In fact, within 30 minutes of smoking , this region is fully activated in your brain. This is the same region of the brain that is responsible for critical thinking and creativity.

Cannabis also increases your ability to connect abstract thoughts . This ability is thought to be a prerequisite to creative thinking.

3• PAIN RELEIVE

When you feel pain, your brain is sending you a distress call. It’s screaming: “HELLO! There’s something wrong here! Fix it!” You feel these distress calls as pain because of chemical signals sent by cells, communicated through nerves, and translated by the brain.

Natural compounds in cannabis cut in, disrupting the signals. THC and CBD interact with your immune cells by giving them instructions on what to communicate. When you consume cannabis, those chemical pain signals decrease. This lets you go about your day in peace.

4• SLEEP

A heavy indica will put you to sleep fast and help you sleep more deeply and longer. Cannabinoids like THC induce sleep. At the same time, they also extend your time in deep sleep. Deep sleep happens during the third and fourth sleep cycles. During deep sleep, your body takes the time to repair itself and clear toxins from the brain. Studies have linked poor deep sleep with a variety of health conditions, including Alzheimer’s Disease.

5• STAMINAL

It may seem odd, but the effects of cannabis and the effects of
exercise are really quite similar. After you workout, bliss-inducing chemicals like dopamine, anandamide, and serotonin are released in the brain. These compounds make you feel amazing. They’re the reason behind the “runner’s high” and why exercise is thought to treat depression .

When you use cannabis, both dopamine and serotonin are released. Further, THC takes the place of anandamide in the body, causing sensations of euphoria. That’s right: the “stoner’s high” is similar to a supercharged version of the “runner’s high.” This herb helps you feel blissful and full of joy.

6• APPETITE

Great food is one of the finest simple pleasures in life. We think it deserves to be appreciated. Weed can turn a simple meal into a smorgasbord of blissful flavors and aromas. Cannabis releases excess dopamine, which makes you feel pleasure. It also mimics anandamide, which makes you feel happy and hungry. All in all, this herb makes you love the experience of eating .

When you smoke weed, a couple of things happen that make you love your food. First, marijuana can help turn down the chatter and distraction in your brain. This allows you to give full attention to what’s presently in front of you. Second, cannabis tells your body to secrete hormones that make your food smell and taste better to you .

##LONG TEAM POSITIVE EFFECT OF MARIJUANA IN OUR HEALTH

1• NUTRIENTS

As neuroscientist and author Dr. Michele Ross sees it, cannabis is vitamin weed. THC and CBD are some of the most powerful antioxidants out there. Antioxidants are essential for reducing environmental damage to our cells.

Cannabis helps by delivering powerful antioxidants and checking back oxidative damage. Oxidative stress happens when there are more harmful free radicals than there are positive compounds to clean them up. Antioxidants are the antidote to free radicals. In fact, the U.S. government even holds a patent on cannabinoids as potent, neuroprotective antioxidants.

2• REDUCE RISK OF DIABETES

The impact of cannabis on weight gain and carbohydrate metabolism are certainly interesting. But, the herb seems to do a lot more than possibly help you look thinner. The same study mentioned above found that cannabis consumers had lower fasting insulin levels than their non-consuming counterparts.

Additional research has found that certain cannabis compounds, CBD and another cannabinoid called
tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) , may reduce appetite and help control blood sugar. In early human trials , diabetes patients treated with a combination of THCV and CBD showed improved blood glucose, improved insulin sensitivity, and had lower inflammation markers.

3• ANTI-AGING

As mentioned earlier, THC, CBD, and other cannabinoids are powerful antioxidants. Antioxidants protect us from DNA damage. DNA damage is one of the primary reasons humans age. As we get older, free radicals and environmental stressors spur the process of aging by damaging DNA. This damage is then copied as DNA replicates, causing subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) changes over time. These changes are expressed as aging.

NEGATIVE EFFECT OF MARIJUANA ON OUR HEALTH

Nothing in life is perfect. As with all good things, consuming cannabis comes with some costs. As a responsible consumer, it’s up to you to decide whether or not the benefits are worth the harms. From person to person, that answer will be different.

Fortunately, though, many of the harms caused by cannabis can be reduced to a minimal impact. Many of the negative effects of marijuana come from the way that you consume the herb. Because of this fact, we’ve outlined what those effects are and how to minimize them in the sections below.

1• PARANOIA

Many of us have experienced it. You smoke a little too much herb and all of a sudden you’re freaking out because you think you look a little too stoned for the public eye. When it comes to cannabis and anxiety , imagine an inverted bell curve on a graph. You smoke a little bit, your anxiety level drops down. You smoke too much of an incredible high-THC strain, and that anxiety can shoot right back up again.

2• DISORIENTATION

Don’t forget: THC is psychoactive. When you consume activated THC, you are taking a psychoactive substance. For newbie consumers, this can feel weird. When you are disoriented, your sense of place and purpose may seem bunk. You may feel like you’re not quite living in reality, or that you’re watching a show from afar. This feeling can be very uncomfortable for some people.

To others? The cerebral
disorientation is enjoyable. Filled with laughter, a sense of peace, and a brighter outlook on the world. As you become more accustomed to cannabis, this disorientation subsides. Studies have even found that regular medical users are able to drive and function more or less on-par with the average non-smoking consumer. Others find that they have an easier time focusing on work and getting things done.

3• For up to three hours after smoking, cannabis may increase heart rate Your heart is affected the most within the first hour of smoking the herb. In fact, a Boston study found that your risk of having a heart attack is 5 times that of a non-smoker during the first hour.

But don’t freak out! This number is only marginally higher than your risk of having a heart attack while having sex, or getting strenuous exercise. That risk also declines quite rapidly within the second and third hours after smoking. By comparison, your likelihood of having a heart attack while on cocaine is 25 times higher than average.

You can also read more at..

1• https://www.google.com.ng/url?q=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjLwqGl0tLYAhVCK1AKHTx_BuIQFjACegQIFxAA&usg=AOvVaw1wDF_p80ToZJeZK2Dat_IL

2• https://www.google.com.ng/url?q=https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/you-illuminated/201407/7-short-term-effects-marijuana-the-brain&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjLwqGl0tLYAhVCK1AKHTx_BuIQFjAHegQIChAA&usg=AOvVaw0pcLAhQfEEpiL0zghrfZA7

3• https://www.google.com.ng/url?q=https://www.livescience.com/24558-marijuana-effects.html&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjLwqGl0tLYAhVCK1AKHTx_BuIQFjADegQIFhAA&usg=AOvVaw0-5cF1klRmk6aOhG9YJveH

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