Title: Are the Negative Effects of Marijuana Really That Bad?
Headings: Can Marijuana Cause Addiction? What You Should Know
Can Marijuana Cause Addiction? What You Should Know
What Is Marijuana?
Physical Effects Of Marijuana
Negative Effects Of Marijuana And Physical Risks
Psychological Effects Of Marijuana
Negative Effects Of Marijuana And Psychological Risks
Marijuana Effects As Medicine
Is Marijuana A Gateway Drug?
Is Marijuana Addictive?

Content: While occasional or infrequent use doesn’t seem to have any notable long-term effects, prolonged heavy use can affect cognitive functions. According to a study published by the National Institute of Health, heavy and prolonged use of cannabis can have long-term effects on the executive functions of the brain. The functions, like decision making, reasoning, memory, and problem-solving, can take a month or more of abstinence to recover. The study also suggests that, after chronic marijuana use, there is a risk of decision making and risk taking impairment that doesn’t end after a period of abstinence. Marijuana Effects As Medicine
Marijuana users commonly describe a feeling of increased appetite after smoking or taking marijuana as “the munchies”. This phenomenon often leads to weight gain among users, but it has peaked the interest of doctors and scientists. One Johns Hopkins University study in 1988 highlighted these appetite-increasing effects. Subjects that smoked marijuana increased their daily caloric intake by 40 percent. This effect has some potential uses in the medical field and has been studied as a way to treat anorexia. Some patients develop anorexia as a symptom of diseases like AIDS/HIV or as a side effect of cancer treatments like chemotherapy.