Posted by admin in Uncategorized on May 21st, 2009 | one response

Marijuana is a combination of dried leaves and other parts of the hemp plant cannabis sativa. It is produces a psychoactive drug, but the use of marijuana other than its medicinal applications has led to it being a banned substance in most parts of the world. It goes by a lot of names like marijuana, pot, weed, grass, Mary Jane and host of other names. It has become well known as a common street substance that has been abused worldwide. The most common form of consumption for this is through smoking. The active compound of the cannabis plant, tetrahydrocannabinol, is the one responsible for causing various marijuana side effects.

While a lot of people think marijuana is not harmless to the body, rather it is on the contrary. The frequent use of marijuana or subsequent abuse actually brings a lot of side effects that harm the body of the one who uses it. When marijuana is consumed or usually smoked, it presents both psychoactive and physiological side effects. The way these side effects affect the human body is dependent onto various factors. Among these factors are the previous experience in using marijuana, how much active ingredient it containes, how it was used and if used with alcohol or any other banned substance.

A distorted perception is one of the more obvious marijuana side effects. Same with what most illegal substances do. Those who consumed or smoke pot tend to perceive things differently from what is really going on around them. The marijuana substance will cloud their judgment on what they see, hear, feel and put their sense off time. Their perception would largely depend on their state of mind prior to the substance entering their body system. The most common marijuana side effects other than the subjective perception change include increase in heart rate, a lower blood pressure, the psychomotor coordination being impaired, loss of concentration and short – term memory loss.

There are some people who feel nothing at all when they smoke marijuana. Others just feel relaxed and “high”. Still others crave for drinks or food. Effects are varied but marijuana side effects should in it self discourage others to not even try marijuana.

No matter how it appears to make you cool, the use of this drug and the marijuana sid effects will slowly drain on one’s life. One would think occasional pot sessions can bring no harm. But when you are “high” with marijuana, you may do things that you do not normally do and embarrass yourself in the process. It can also affect you in your studies, mess you up during exams or worse make you miss your class altogether.

The same can be said in your place of work. Remember that one of marijuana side effects is loss of concentration. How can you be effective in your job when you cannot concentrate? Error in judgment may actually make you lose your job. That is certainly not worth the weed will bring as you compared to some short-lived and misplaced feeling of relaxation.

Being cool is a nice feeling. It brings some sense of fulfillment and belonging. But if being cool means consuming illegal substances like marijuana, one might be risking so much with the totally not-so-cool side-effects afterwards.