SIDE EFFECTS AND POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES

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SIDE EFFECTS AND POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES Marijuana Use SIDE EFFECTS AND POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES

Causes lung damage and cancer 1JOINT= 5 cigarettes of carbon monoxide intake. 1 JOINT = 4 cigarettes of tar intake 2 JOINTS= 20 cigarettes of microscopic damage to cells in airways 1 JOINT a day= higher lung damage than cigarettes

NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS Disrupts long-term memory  Literally changes personality due to frontal lobe and amygdala damage IMPAIRS SYNTHESIS OF PROTEINS AND OTHER IMPORTANT NUTRIENTS FOR YOUR BODY! Eventually makes you stupid!!! …this is my professional opinion ;-) Proven to be a trigger for schizophrenia

Likely IMPAIRMENT of: Memory Concentration Motivation Self- esteem Interpersonal relationships Health Employment Finances Fertility (remember what Nurse Mary said!) Safety and Pregnancy (low Birth weight & prematurity)

HIGH DOSES PRODUCE A TOXIC DELERIUM (it’s a hallucinogen) CONFUSION AGITATION DISORIENTATION LOSS OF COORDINATION HALLUCINATIONS COULD RESULT IN POISONING

RELATED CONSEQUENCES HIGHER RISK FOR USING HARD DRUGS HIGH RATE OF ACCIDENTS WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA EXPOSURE TO THC STORED IN BLOOD FOR SEVERAL MONTHS MUST GO THROUGH WITHDRAWL WHEN QUIT

Long term consequences personified: Early onset frontal lobe dementia