Marijuana Manisha Adhikari HLTH 1050
How are marijuana used? Smoked Vaporized Eaten Liquid Extracts
Smoking Extracts Hash Oil Hashish Budder Wax Shatter
Recreation use of marijuana. Get “high” or “stoned” Heightened mood or change in perception Increase in appetite
Medical use of marijuana Early use of marijuana Tetanus Cholera Alcoholism Snake bite Today’s advance medical use Muscle spasm because of multiple sclerosis Seizure Parkinson’s disease Crohn’s disease Weight loss because of HIV Relieve pain from chemotherapy for cancer
How does it work on brain? It increases the release of dopamine by blocking GABA (neurotransmitter)
Long term and short term effects Impaired body movement Difficulty with thinking as well as problem solving Hallucination Delusion Decrease in IQ Cancer
The drug abuse warning network (DAWN) estimated that almost 456000 people visited drug related emergency department in US. Among this visit the number of male patients were two thirds
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