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A dried cannabis flower. The short-term effects of cannabis are caused by many chemical compounds in the cannabis plant, including 113 [clarification needed] different cannabinoids, such as tetrahydrocannabinol, and 120 terpenes, [1] which allow its drug to have various psychological and physiological effects on the human body.
Long-term effects of smoking cannabis include lung inflammation. [90] Smoking cannabis has been linked to adverse respiratory effects including: chronic coughing, wheezing, sputum production, and acute bronchitis. [87] It has been suggested that the common practice of inhaling cannabis smoke deeply and holding breath could lead to pneumothorax.
[22]: p647 When smoking cannabis, a euphoriant effect can occur within minutes of smoking. [ 23 ] : p104 Aside from a subjective change in perception and mood, the most common short-term physical and neurological effects include increased heart rate, increased appetite, impairment of short-term and working memory, and impairment of psychomotor ...
[18] [19] [25] As the legal landscape and understanding about the differences in medical cannabinoids unfolds, experts are working to distinguish "medical cannabis" (with varying degrees of psychotropic effects and deficits in executive function) from "medical CBD therapies", which would commonly present as having a reduced or non-psychoactive ...
“While cannabis is often perceived as harmless or even beneficial for certain medical conditions, this study underscores potential negative cognitive effects, particularly on working memory and ...
The rise in cannabis use might be attributed to access, but also due to its being seen as safer than other substances, like alcohol in some states. A study found that alcohol-related mortality ...
A man smoking cannabis in Kolkata, India. Cannabis consumption refers to the variety of ways cannabis is consumed, among which inhalation (smoking and vaporizing) and ingestion are most common. All consumption methods involve heating the plant's THCA to decarboxylate it into THC, either at the time of consumption or during preparation. Salves ...
Cannabis users have shown decreased reactivity to dopamine, suggesting a possible link to a dampening of the reward system of the brain and an increase in negative emotion and addiction severity. [11] Cannabis users can develop tolerance to the effects of THC. Tolerance to the behavioral and psychological effects of THC has been demonstrated in ...