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Article #83Re: [NORML News of the Week 9/2/04]
From: DrPostman
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 03:12
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 03:12
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Effects of Marijuana - How Marijuana Ruins your Body Except for limited medical purposes, cultivating marijuana is illegal in all but a few countries. By the 1960's and '70's its use was widespread among students, becoming, after alcohol, the second most popular drug. Although marijuana has not been proven to be physically addicting, and no physical withdrawl symptoms occur when its use is discontinued, severe psychological dependence does develop. Mood changes are often accompanied by altered perceptions of time and space. The thinking process becomes disrupted by fragmented ideas and memories. Negative effects can include confusion, acute panic reactions, anxiety attacks, fear, a sense of helplessness and loss of self-control. Chronic marijuana users are said to develop an "amotivational syndrome" characterized by passivity, decreased motivation and preoccupation with drug taking. The relationship of this syndrome to marijuana use, however, has no been established. Like alcohol intoxication, marijuana intoxication impairs reading comprehension, memory, speech, problem-solving ability and reaction time. The effects of long-term use are bipolar disorder, lung cancer, withdrawal from society, and probable psychosis.
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