25/04/2020
MUCH MORE DISADVANTAGES OF THE OVERUSE OF MA*****NA THAN ANY POTENTIAL BENEFITS
The drawbacks of the use of g***a much more dominate over any potential benefits as the adverse/side effects include the following categories: a) Dizziness, drowsiness, feeling faint or lightheaded, fatigue, headache; b) Impaired memory and disturbances in attention, concentration and ability to think and make decisions; c) Disorientation, confusion, feeling drunk, feeling abnormal or having abnormal thoughts, feeling "too high", feelings of unreality, feeling an extreme slowing of time; d) Subconsciousness, nervousness, episodes of anxiety resembling a panic attack, paranoia (loss of contact with reality), hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that do not exist); e) Impairments in motor skills and perception, altered bodily perceptions, loss of full control of bodily movements, falls; f) Dry mouth, throat irritation, coughing; g) Worsening of seizures; h) Hypersensitivity reactions (contact dermatitis/hives); i) Nausea, vomiting; j) Fast heartbeat. G***a abuse may lead to mental disability. Studies conducted in human and laboratory animals support the notion that long-term cannabis use may result in morphological alterations of brain structures that sub serve attention, learning, memory, executive functions and emotional processes (such as the prefrontal and temporal cortices). G***a overuse may cause psychosis. Since brain structural changes are evident in patients with schizophrenia, and there is mounting evidence for similar changes in association with heavy cannabis use, it is possible that cannabis may exert greater adverse effects on brain morphology when the brain is already compromised. Indeed, this is most likely to occur in brain regions known to be altered in both heavy cannabis users and patients with schizophrenia (e.g., hippocampus). Brain studies using high-resolution imaging techniques, combined with more robust delineations of specific brain regions in very heavy cannabis users, have revealed evidence of dose-related alterations, mostly in the hippocampal and parahippocampal regions. Results of many scienific studies have demonstrated significant hippocampal and amygdala volume loss in cannabis users, suggesting potential toxicity due to cumulative exposure to large doses of cannabis over many years.
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