Marijuana and mental health

 1.What is marijuana?

Sativa and Cannabis indica belong to a family of plants called nettles that have been growing as wild plants around the world for centuries. Both plants have been used for many purposes, such as making fiber, rope and cloth, a medicinal herb. Used as a herb and a popular recreational drug. The juice of this plant is similar to brown or black raisins which are called hemp, marijuana, hashish etc. while its dried leaves are grass, marijuana, wad ( are called weeds etc.

Skunk is a relatively powerful type of marijuana that is grown specifically for the powerful substances that affect the mind. It gets its name from the pungent odor it emits as it grows. There are hundreds of other types of marijuana known by different names.

Common cannabis is found in many types depending on the severity of the drug, so it is difficult to say which type is being used on a particular occasion.

More than half of the psychological effects of cannabis are absorbed into the bloodstream. These compounds accumulate in the fatty tissues of the whole body so it takes a long time for them to be excreted from the body through urine. That is why cannabis can be identified even after 56 days of use.

2. How it works and what is the chemical composition of cannabis?

The cannabis plant contains an average of 60 compounds and 400 chemicals. The four main compounds are Delta Nine Tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta Nine THC), Cannabidiol, Delta At Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabinol. In addition to cannabidiol (CBD), these compounds are thought to affect the mind, the most powerful of which is Delta Nine Tetrahydrocannabinol. Some of the most powerful plant species contain a small amount of cannabidiol (CBD) while Delta Nine THC is found in large quantities.

When marijuana is consumed, its compounds rapidly enter the bloodstream and travel directly to the brain and other organs of the body. The combination of cannabinoid receptors in the brain, primarily Delta Nine THC, can lead to addiction. The receptor in brain cells is a place where certain substances stop or take root for a while. If so, it affects the cell and the signals it produces. Interestingly, the brain itself naturally produces marijuana-like substances called endocannabinoids. Most of these receptors are found in the part of the brain that affects pleasure, memory, thoughts, attention, sensations and perception of time. Marijuana compounds can also affect the eyes, ears, skin and stomach.

3. What are the effects of marijuana?

1.Pleasant

Hangover Calmness, happiness, dreamy mood, more beautiful colors and more enjoyable music

2.Unpleasant

About one in ten marijuana users have adverse effects, including loss of consciousness, unseen sounds or sightings, nervousness, and unexplained suspicion. Depending on the mood and circumstances, the same person can have pleasant or unpleasant effects. These feelings are usually temporary, but as the drug can stay in the body for several weeks, its effects can last longer than users expect. Prolonged use of marijuana can also lead to depression and loss of motivation.

4.Teaching and learning ability

It is also thought that marijuana can affect a person's ability to concentrate, organize information and use it.

These effects persist for several weeks after use and cause specific problems in students. In New Zealand, a study was conducted on nine students who were examined for 25 years. This showed that there was a link between marijuana use in adolescence and poor school performance, but there was no direct link between the two. It seems that cannabis use leads to a lifestyle that is not conducive to schooling.

5. the work

Marijuana has similar effects on people's work. There is no evidence that marijuana poses any specific health risks, but people who use marijuana have a higher risk of leaving work without permission and doing personal work during working hours. Stay or just cook imaginary pilaf. Marijuana users themselves say that their use affects their professional and social life.

Some types of work require more effort or attention. Research into the effects of marijuana use on pilots found that they made more significant and minor mistakes after using marijuana than when they did not use marijuana. ۔ This experiment was performed in flight simulators instead of the actual flight. The worst effects lasted for the first four hours and lasted 24 hours, even when the pilots had no idea they were drunk. The study concluded that "in light of this evidence, most of us would not like to travel with a pilot who has smoked marijuana in the last day or two."

Driving

Researchers in New Zealand found that people who drank marijuana regularly and used marijuana before driving were more likely to be injured in a car accident. A recent study in France looked at 10,000 drivers who were involved in fatal car accidents. Even after the effects of alcohol were removed, it was twice as likely that cannabis addicts would be involved in a fatal car accident as if they had been involved in the accident without any fault of their own. So most of us probably wouldn't want to be in the car of a driver who has used marijuana in the last day or two.

Mental health problems

There is strong evidence that people with mental illnesses such as depression and psychosis are more likely to use marijuana recently or in the past than people. Regular use of marijuana doubles the risk of psychosis or schizophrenia. However, can marijuana cause depression and schizophrenia or do people with these problems use it as medicine?

Research over the past few years has shown that there is a clear link between cannabis use and subsequent mental health problems in genetically infected people, and that cannabis use in young people There is more risk involved.

Depression

A seven-year study of 1,600 school-age children between the ages of 14 and 15 in Australia found that children who regularly used marijuana had a higher risk of depression. In contrast, children who are already depressed have a higher risk of marijuana use than others. However, young people who use marijuana on a daily basis are five times more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety.

Schizophrenia

Three major studies of large numbers of people over a number of years have shown that people who use hashish are more likely to develop schizophrenia than others. If you start using it before the age of fifteen, you will be four times more likely to have psychosis by the age of twenty-six. It seems that the more cannabis a person uses, the more likely they are to develop these symptoms.

Why are teens particularly vulnerable to marijuana use? No one knows for sure, but it can be related to brain development. Even in adolescence, the brain continues to develop until the age of twenty, and the abnormal process of 'neural pronation' continues. Any experience or substance that affects this process can have long-term psychological effects.

A recent study in Europe and the UK found that people with a family history of mental illness and genetically predisposed to these problems were more likely to develop schizophrenia if they used marijuana. There are.

Is Cannabis Psychosis Really a Disease?

A recent study in Denmark found that marijuana use can actually cause psychosis. It is a short-term psychosis that begins with the use of marijuana but ends quickly if it is stopped. But the disease is rare, with only a hundred new cases a year across Denmark.

However, the research also found that:

· Three-quarters suffer from some form of psychosis in the next year.

· About half of people still suffer from some form of psychosis after three years.

It also suggests that people diagnosed with cannabis psychosis are actually showing early signs of a long-term psychosis, such as schizophrenia. It is also possible that this is the group that is most at risk for the onset of psychosis, especially with the use of marijuana, so it should be avoided in the future.

Are you addicted to hashish?

Marijuana has some addictive properties, such as:

Tolerance. This means that after some time, you will need to use more marijuana to get the same server

Intense demand

Loss of appetite

Sleep disorders

Weight loss

Aggression and / or anger

Irritability

Anxiety

Strange dream

These symptoms of Turkish addiction cause the same level of discomfort as quitting tobacco.

Effects seen in regular long-term users:

Three out of every four people have a strong demand

Half the number becomes irritable

Seven out of ten people start using tobacco to avoid marijuana.

Irritability, nervousness and sleep problems usually appear ten hours after the last use and reach their peak a week later.

Emergency use

The user feels that he has to use cannabis in any situation and he spends most of his life searching for, buying and using it. They cannot stop this process even if important matters of their life (family, school, work) are being affected. If you use cannabis daily, there is a strong possibility that you will become addicted to it.

Skunk and other more powerful types

Traditional herbal cannabis contains one to fifteen percent of the most important psychoactive ingredient, THC. Some new types, including skiing, contain 20% of this ingredient, so it is three times more potent than traditional herbal cannabis. It works faster and produces hallucinations with deep calm and a sense of over-happiness, as well as nervousness, anxiety, vomiting and a strong desire to eat. Some people may also use it as an alternative to Ecstasy or LSD.

Although little research has been done so far, it is possible that these more powerful forms of marijuana could be a greater risk factor for developing mental illness. Significant research under way has shown that users of powerful types of marijuana have attention and memory problems.

Problems with marijuana use

Many, if not most, cannabis users enjoy it, but for some it becomes a problem. An American organization www.marijuana-anonymous.org/ describes the problem as follows:

"If marijuana controls our lives and our thinking and the focus of our desires is to acquire marijuana (a type of marijuana), use it and get addicted to it, then we lose interest in everything else. "

The website also included the following questionnaire, which may also apply to alcohol use:

If your answer to any of these questions is "yes", then your marijuana use may have become a problem for you.

Are you tired of using marijuana now?

Have you ever been to a server alone?

Is it hard for you to imagine life without Mari Wana?

Do your friends agree with your decision to use Mari Wana?