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I'll get to introducing myself later but I was just sent an article which I think I should share.
A 16 yo kid did this for a school essay..... love to hear comments.
WHAT ARE TEENS SMOKING?
Recent studies have shown that more teens are smoking marijuana, but they have seen a decline in the abuse of cocaine and methamphetamine. Another study, done by academics said that those exposed to cannabis as a teenager are more likely to suffer in the future in terms of mental health, qualifications and relationships. Professor George Patton, a scientist who conducted a 10 year study following almost 2,000 teenagers until they were 25. After his investigation, he was able to conclude this; "It's the young people who were using cannabis in their teens who were doing really badly in terms of their mental health. They were also less likely to be working, have qualifications or be in a relationship and more likely to be taking other drugs."
The effects of smoking cannabis are a wide range. Teens who smoke seem to only think about the positive effects, such as its ability to enable one to feel relaxed, happy or outgoing. The negative effects, often only realized when the user has become more regular will show to be those of anxiety, paranoia, short term memory loss and panic attacks. If the subject already possesses a faulty gene to do with mental health, it can be triggered by the smoking of marijuana. In more severe cases it can trigger psychotic episodes. This is because we already have "receptors" in the brain that respond to cannabis. These receptors are closely related to our dopamine receptors, and drugs that raise our dopamine levels also increase the chance of a psychotic outburst.
Another concern that has come among politicians is the type of cannabis. An increasingly common type is skunk, which is intensively grown indoors. The effects of skunk further amplify the ‘stoned’ result than that of weed or hash.
Cannabis is the most abused drug amongst teens and although it is not technically addictive in terms of its chemical make-up, but the urge to smoke marijuana again and again to endure the satisfactory high feeling can become overwhelming. It can also mean that when the user is not high they feel depressed.
It is wrong for this increasing problem to be ignored. Most who try cannabis do not go on to do stronger, more intoxicating drugs. But most would not try these higher class drugs until they have tried cannabis. This shows that for more harming drug abuse to decline, the ‘soft’ drug that is cannabis has to be taken out of the equation.
This is the Frank Cannabis Advert from 2009 which looks at the potential effects of smoking cannabis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_g5Cdc0BY
I'll get to introducing myself later but I was just sent an article which I think I should share.
A 16 yo kid did this for a school essay..... love to hear comments.
WHAT ARE TEENS SMOKING?
Recent studies have shown that more teens are smoking marijuana, but they have seen a decline in the abuse of cocaine and methamphetamine. Another study, done by academics said that those exposed to cannabis as a teenager are more likely to suffer in the future in terms of mental health, qualifications and relationships. Professor George Patton, a scientist who conducted a 10 year study following almost 2,000 teenagers until they were 25. After his investigation, he was able to conclude this; "It's the young people who were using cannabis in their teens who were doing really badly in terms of their mental health. They were also less likely to be working, have qualifications or be in a relationship and more likely to be taking other drugs."
The effects of smoking cannabis are a wide range. Teens who smoke seem to only think about the positive effects, such as its ability to enable one to feel relaxed, happy or outgoing. The negative effects, often only realized when the user has become more regular will show to be those of anxiety, paranoia, short term memory loss and panic attacks. If the subject already possesses a faulty gene to do with mental health, it can be triggered by the smoking of marijuana. In more severe cases it can trigger psychotic episodes. This is because we already have "receptors" in the brain that respond to cannabis. These receptors are closely related to our dopamine receptors, and drugs that raise our dopamine levels also increase the chance of a psychotic outburst.
Another concern that has come among politicians is the type of cannabis. An increasingly common type is skunk, which is intensively grown indoors. The effects of skunk further amplify the ‘stoned’ result than that of weed or hash.
Cannabis is the most abused drug amongst teens and although it is not technically addictive in terms of its chemical make-up, but the urge to smoke marijuana again and again to endure the satisfactory high feeling can become overwhelming. It can also mean that when the user is not high they feel depressed.
It is wrong for this increasing problem to be ignored. Most who try cannabis do not go on to do stronger, more intoxicating drugs. But most would not try these higher class drugs until they have tried cannabis. This shows that for more harming drug abuse to decline, the ‘soft’ drug that is cannabis has to be taken out of the equation.
This is the Frank Cannabis Advert from 2009 which looks at the potential effects of smoking cannabis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_g5Cdc0BY
