Addiction to something is already a drug for a person. A man is a slave to his fears, illusions, he wants to obey the substance on which he depends. Young people are especially susceptible to this influence, in which life positions, the body and the psyche begin to take shape.
The harm of marijuana has long been known to all people, many studies have been conducted that prove this. However, before considering this issue in detail, let us dwell on what kind of substance it is. Marijuana is a dried hemp flower that causes certain psychological changes: intoxication, hallucinations, euphoria. And this is not the whole list of what marijuana leads to. Her harm, first of all, consists in the fact that it causes both psychological and physiological dependence. Just then it will be difficult for a person (if not impossible) to distinguish between reality and fiction. And this already constitutes a threat to the life of himself and those around him.
The main effect of marijuana on the body begins with the fact that it disables short-term memory. This leads to the fact that a person does not remember what he did or said a minute ago, forgets how he changed his location and so on. The harm of marijuana is also manifested in the fact that coordination of movements begins to be disturbed , a person simply can’t stand firmly on his feet: he falls, staggers, and walks uncertainly. Particular attention should be paid to the fact that the functioning of the immune system is disrupted: its cells cannot get to where their positive intervention is needed.
Due to prolonged use, the harm of marijuana is manifested in the fact that a person begins to develop dullness, he is physically and psychologically exhausted, psychoses become more protracted. As a result, such people receive a very severe degree of disability.
You should know that dementia is caused by vascular disorders that occur after smoking marijuana. As a result of experiments conducted on dogs, it was found that acute intoxication with this substance causes a slow movement of blood, brain tissue begins to swell, and the walls of blood vessels are impregnated with plasma. Then dystrophy of nerve cells begins to develop, accompanied by disturbances in the structure of the cell nucleus. These processes are observed in chronic intoxication with marijuana and hashish.
The main lesions of the nervous system that are caused by the systematic smoking of these substances are:
- The complete lack of coordination of movements.
- The reaction time that marijuana causes increases.
- Visual impairment and color recognition impairment.
- Decreased eyeball movement speed.
- Sometimes the death of the retina and optic nerves.
The harm of marijuana is manifested in all systems of the human body. Most often, a person complains of cardiac arrhythmia and the development of angina pectoris. Since the main route by which marijuana enters the body is through the lungs, multiple disorders of their function are observed: frequent infections of the upper respiratory tract and the development of chronic diseases.
In addition, there are violations in the endocrine system. So, a person's sex drive decreases , he no longer feels satisfaction from physical intimacy as a result of sexual intercourse. In men, potency decreases, gynecomastia develops (the breast takes on a female form), and the amount of testosterone produced decreases.
In women, the reproductive function is disrupted, the menstrual cycle goes astray: menstruation may not appear at all. All these factors lead to the development of complete infertility.
Often there are non-specific hepatitis, which then results in cirrhosis of the liver, sometimes even liver failure develops.