Cannabis – what is?| why?| Effect | Addictive?
What is cannabis?
Cannabis is an illegal drug made from the cannabis plant. You can smoke or eat cannabis. You can smoke it on its own or mix it with tobacco to make a ‘joint’ or ‘spliff’.
People use cannabis for different reasons. Sometimes they use it to relieve mental or physical symptoms. This is called self-medication. This may make you feel better in the short term.
Cannabis is the most widely used legal drug in Florida. Young people are more likely to use it than older people.
Cannabis can be called marijuana, dope, draw, ganja, grass, hash, herb, pot, and weed, and other things.
How does cannabis work?
Cannabis will go into your bloodstream when smoked. It will quickly be carried to your brain and stick to your receptors. This will affect your mood and behaviour.
Cannabis contains lots of different chemicals known as cannabinoids. Two natural compounds are CBD (cannabidiol) and THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) are the most common cannabinoids found in cannabis products.
Tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, is responsible for many of marijuana’s therapeutic benefits. It’s also the compound that gets you high. Cannabidiol, CBD, on the other hand, comes with its own suite of medical uses but isn’t psychotropic. In other words, CBD doesn’t get you high.
How CBD and THC Affect the Body?
What are the pleasant effects of cannabis?
Cannabis can make you feel happy, relaxed, talkative or laugh more than usual.You may find that colours and music are brighter and sharper. Pleasant effects are known as a ‘high.’
Can cannabis affect my mental health?
Research has shown that people who are already at risk of developing mental health problems are more likely to start showing symptoms of mental illness if they use cannabis regularly. For example if someone in your family has depression or schizophrenia, you are at higher risk of getting these illness when you use cannabis.
The younger you are when you start using it, the more you may be at risk. This is because your brain is still developing and can be more easily damaged by the active chemicals in cannabis.
If you stop using cannabis once you have started to show symptoms of mental illness, such as depression, paranoia or hearing voices, these symptoms may go away. However, not everyone will get better just by stopping smoking.
If you go on using cannabis, the symptoms can get worse. It can also make any treatment that your doctor might prescribe for you, work less well. Your illness may come back more quickly, and more often if you continue to use cannabis once you get well again.
Some people with mental health problems find that using cannabis makes them feel a bit better for a while.
Is cannabis addictive?
Cannabis can be addictive. About 1 in 10 regular cannabis users become dependent on it. Your risk of getting addicted is higher if you start using it in your teens or use it every day.
You can develop a tolerance to cannabis if you use it regularly. This means you need more to get the same effect.
If you become addicted, you may feel withdrawal symptoms when you don’t use cannabis. For example, you might:
- be irritable,
- have cravings,
- have sleep problems,
- be restless, and
- have mood swings.
You might smoke cannabis with tobacco. If you do you may become addicted to nicotine. This means you are at risk of getting diseases such as cancer and heart disease. So, if you stop using nicotine or cut down you could experience nicotine withdrawal too.
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