Dangers of Marijuana
The Dangers of Marijuana
There are many life threatening, as well as psychological, dangers due to the use of marijuana. Life threatening dangers include lung cancer, trouble breathing, a weakened immune system, asthma, poor driving ability, increased heart rate, high blood pressure, and reproduction problems. Effects marijuana has on the brain include poor short term memory, a short attention span, schizophrenia, and addiction withdrawal. These dangers are associated with the prolonged use of marijuana, and may cause permanent damage.
Marijuana is known to contain more of some cancer causing agents than filtered tobacco cigarettes. People who smoke marijuana can potentially inhale three times as much tar and may retain one third more tar in their lungs than tobacco smokers. The carbon monoxide level in marijuana smokers was five times as high as tobacco smokers as well.
Compared to cigarette smokers and non-cigarette smokers, people who smoke marijuana show reduced airway function. The loss of function was worse among people who smoked marijuana than it was in people who smoked cigarettes.
Marijuana smokers have a lesser ability to fight off infections and cancer. After smoking marijuana, the cells in the lungs that breakdown and fight disease become unable to destroy “staphylococcus”, or strep throat. In addition, a lack in the ability to kill tumor cells was prevalent, as well as the inability to produce “interleukins” and other cancer killing biochemicals.
Another aspect of the dangers of marijuana is trouble breathing, or asthma. Some people are allergic to cannabis pollen, resulting in asthma and inflammation of the throat. In a test was given in Nebraska, 122 people were given skin tests for cannabis pollen and other allergens. Forty-eight of the 122 tested positive for cannabis pollen, and of the forty eight who tested positive, twenty two experienced respiratory symptoms during the test period.
Cannabis may also affect brain functions. THC disrupts
There are many life threatening, as well as psychological, dangers due to the use of marijuana. Life threatening dangers include lung cancer, trouble breathing, a weakened immune system, asthma, poor driving ability, increased heart rate, high blood pressure, and reproduction problems. Effects marijuana has on the brain include poor short term memory, a short attention span, schizophrenia, and addiction withdrawal. These dangers are associated with the prolonged use of marijuana, and may cause permanent damage.
Marijuana is known to contain more of some cancer causing agents than filtered tobacco cigarettes. People who smoke marijuana can potentially inhale three times as much tar and may retain one third more tar in their lungs than tobacco smokers. The carbon monoxide level in marijuana smokers was five times as high as tobacco smokers as well.
Compared to cigarette smokers and non-cigarette smokers, people who smoke marijuana show reduced airway function. The loss of function was worse among people who smoked marijuana than it was in people who smoked cigarettes.
Marijuana smokers have a lesser ability to fight off infections and cancer. After smoking marijuana, the cells in the lungs that breakdown and fight disease become unable to destroy “staphylococcus”, or strep throat. In addition, a lack in the ability to kill tumor cells was prevalent, as well as the inability to produce “interleukins” and other cancer killing biochemicals.
Another aspect of the dangers of marijuana is trouble breathing, or asthma. Some people are allergic to cannabis pollen, resulting in asthma and inflammation of the throat. In a test was given in Nebraska, 122 people were given skin tests for cannabis pollen and other allergens. Forty-eight of the 122 tested positive for cannabis pollen, and of the forty eight who tested positive, twenty two experienced respiratory symptoms during the test period.
Cannabis may also affect brain functions. THC disrupts