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Thursday, December 28, 2017

Marijuana Uses, Dangers, And Effects

The legalization of marijuana in a most states in countries on either on medical or recreational use is making marijuana usage seriously trending.

It makes pediatricians to have one-on-one conversations with parents and teenagers who are allergic to the susbstance considering the harmful effects of the substance.

Currently, the global change has enormously affected the life of every individual in different ways, but in the line of marijuana, the era of legalization of marijuana globally is really on the rise and I think the best is by having more and more conversations with teenage patients who “think that weed is acceptable and safer than alcohol”.

The above statement is a disturbing and worrisome one. It's a known fact that majority of the teens are using marijuana on daily basis, and do not realize any long term disastrous effects of the use.

“Marijuana is not a benign drug, especially for teens. Their brains are still developing and marijuana can cause abnormal and unhealthy changes” according to a just published clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

Studies have shown that teens who use marijuana on a regular basis may develop serious mental health disorders including addiction and depression.

It may also decrease memory and concentration, as well as causing attentional and problem solving issues.

There are also studies that have shown that addiction may be related to daily marijuana use. 17% of people who use marijuana in adolescence may become addicted and that number may increase to 50% for teen who smoke marijuana daily.

Daily alcohol use and marijuana use are harmful but do effect the brain in different ways.

But even knowing those statistics, teen surveys done by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services found that there is decreasing concern for the risk of using marijuana once or twice a week among 12-17 year olds.

Parental use of marijuana is equally concerning. Parents not only expose their child to second hand smoke, but seeing parents using marijuana recreationally makes a child more likely to use marijuana themselves.

Just like alcohol, being “high” on marijuana makes it difficult to parent and to provide a healthy home environment for a child.

While there is a place for marijuana use in medicine for those with certain chronic conditions or for the management of reducing the side effects chemotherapy, marijuana use is not harmless and will never be.

Consult and talk to your teens about drug use and specifically marijuana use…legalization does not make it safe. It is a slippery slope.

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