The Many Uses of Cannabis in the World Today

Cannabis Use
While Cannabis use can be very effective in relieving pain and relaxing a person it has many negative effects. Marijuana use is a danger in the way it impairs the way your mind creates memories. When driving your judgment is altered and not many would appreciate if someone under the influence is on the road. Another way is the effects it has on a person’s lungs causing respiratory illnesses. Not only that, but Smoking marijuana is a factor to poor education outcomes from that smoker. Marijuana can be a very unpleasant thing to think about especially when you start to think about what it does to your mind.
One of the many dangers of using medical marijuana is it impairs your memory. According to Stephen P. Thompson in Marijuana is Harmful, “Marijuana use impairs a person’s ability to form new memories and shifts focus,” (2013). In studies it’s found that THC [TetraHydroCannabol], an active ingredient in marijuana, alters information processed in the hippocampus portion of the brain responsible for memory formation. It is also said that in high amounts of Marijuana, vulnerable individuals can be susceptible to psychotic reactions. When you inhale marijuana it takes a few minutes to feel a reaction. The bronchial area of the lungs enlarges and relaxes, and the heart rate begins to speed up. Sometimes a heart rate can double or triple depending on an individual. The eyes then begin to look red from blood vessels expanding all simply from the body relaxing.
While judgment is impaired so motor skills, this then effects your driving. If it wasn’t an already known subject, driving under the influence is strictly forbidden, and for good reason. “National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, drugs other than alcohol (e.g., ...

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