Marijuana Addiction
Q.) What are the short-term effects of Marijuana?
A.)
- Sleepiness
- Difficulty
keeping track of time, impaired or reduced short-term
memory
- Reduced ability to perform tasks requiring concentration and coordination,
- such
as driving a car
- Increased
heart rate
- Potential
cardiac dangers for those with preexisting heart disease
- Bloodshot
eyes
- Dry
mouth and throat
- Decreased
social inhibitions
- Paranoia,
hallucinations
- Impaired
or reduced short-term memory
- Impaired
or reduced comprehension
- Altered
motivation and cognition, making the acquisition of
new information difficult
- Paranoia
- Psychological
dependence
- Impairments in learning and memory, perception, and judgment - difficulty
- speaking, listening effectively, thinking, retaining knowledge, problem solving,
- and
forming concepts
- Intense
anxiety or panic attacks
Q.) What are the long-term effects of Marijuana?
A.)
- Enhanced
cancer risk
- Decrease
in testosterone levels and lower sperm counts for men
- Increase
in testosterone levels for women and increased risk
of infertility
- Diminished
or extinguished sexual pleasure
- Psychological
dependence requiring more of the drug to get the same
effect
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