Health risks The effects of cannabis on mental and physical condition of the consumer are dependent on various factors and individually very different.
Basically noted that the effect of a psychotropic substance - both a legal and an illegal drug - depending on various conditions, • especially
mental and physical condition of the person who takes the substance
• the social conditions that affect the manufacture, production and quality control, the possibility of the acquisition, the price and availability, and
• the active ingredient of the drug itself and its dosage .
let the physical adverse effects of cannabis use are as follows:
• pulse rate
• vasodilation (vasodilation)
• drop in blood pressure
• Dry mouth
• conjunctivitis
• placenta and breast milk contain
• nausea and sometimes vomiting, sometimes clogging acting (constipating)
• for example, by inhalation marijuana cigarette: damage of Respirati-onstraktes (respiratory system) through smoke and tar, which contains cancer-causing benzopyrene similar to tobacco cigarettes.
The significance of the described physical effects for the individual consumer is different. Depending on the nature and extent of such pre-damage of the heart, a fall in blood pressure and pulse rate acceleration effect is negative, in patients with coronary heart disease due to the vasodilator effect of positive emotion but also a possible.
If women during pregnancy Cannabis konsumieren, treten die Cannabisinhaltsstoffe auch in den Kreislauf des Embryo bzw. Fetus über. Dieser bei auch nur einer Vielzahl von Medikamenten beobachtbare Effekt ist generell unerwünscht und als potentiell riskant zu bewerten. Es liegen jedoch keine verlässlichen Hinweise vor, die auf Entwicklungsstörungen beim Embryo oder Fetus schließen lassen.
Ein wesentlicher Effekt des Cannabiskonsums ist die Steigerung des Appetits. Diese Wirkung ist sowohl im positiven Sinne therapeutisch nutzbar als auch im Einzelfall als unerwünschte Wirkung zu betrachten. Bei häufigem Cannabiskonsum vor Beginn der Pubertät kann die Hormonsekretion der Hypophyse beeinflusst und der Eintritt der Pubertät möglicherweise verzögert be.
The psychological adverse effects relating to disease, especially
• People who are at increased risk too, from a psychosis, decompensate with an increased risk of psychotic,
• People who are suffering in their lives already in a psychosis with the increased . risk of recurrence of the disease,
• People with early age of onset and continuous use of cannabis (15 years and younger
Ca 2 / 3 of the examined in studies of cannabis addicts have a psychiatric comorbidity on
• Social adjustment problems,
• Personality and behavior disorder
• anxiety disorder •
affective disorder,
• multiple dependence, ADHD, schizophrenia and schizoaffective psychosis (Bonnet 2007).
The boundaries between the comorbidity and the impact of cannabis use disorders and addiction is flowing, the treatment of problematic and dependent cannabis use must therefore be multidimensional.
There are also individual cases known in which people consume at increased risk of psychosis cannabis, then decompensate not psychotic and feel subjectively better.
The boundaries between the comorbidity and the impact of cannabis use disorders and addiction-is flowing; the treatment of problematic and dependent cannabis use must therefore be multidimensional.
There are also individual cases known in which people consume at increased risk of psychosis cannabis, then decompensate not psychotic and feel subjectively better.
for the onset of psychosis Cannabis use can not be held responsible as the only causal factor. According to current understanding in accordance with the biopsychosocial model and the CIOMPI Vulnerabilitätskonzept by Zubin cannabis use may be ill for those whose general risk of developing psychosis, is increased relative to the average population, the disease-causing Faktor werden.
Andere wesentliche Faktoren betreffen die soziale, biologische (somatische) und psychische Ebene wie z.B. Tod des Partners, Lösung von den Eltern, Eintritt in das Berufsleben, schwere Unfälle, Krankheiten, Folter, soziale Konflikte etc. All diese und viele andere Faktoren können zum krankheitsauslösenden Faktor bei einer Psychose werden, Cannabiskonsum kann u.U. für manche Menschen zu einem solchen Faktor werden. Konzentrationsfähigkeit und Fahrtüchtigkeit, also die Fähigkeit zum Führen von KFZ, sind unter Cannabiskonsum herabgesetzt.
Das Gefährdungspotential vor allem für jugendliche Cannabiskonsumenten angesichts stark erhöhter THC-Konzentration im Compared to earlier years is discussed technical controversy. In the light of a comparative study of international studies can not be excluded a significant risk that cannabis users have massive psychosocial difficulties, a significant general association between cannabis use and psychosocial problems has not, however, can prove. In individual cases, the risk to decompensate as psychotic or develop persistent psychiatric problems may be increased significantly depending on the mental and physical condition, social situation, consumption habits and the consumed substance and quantity.
The described adverse effects can occur with simple Consumption to light occur, but are mostly only noticeable with frequent use and / or measurable. The effect of vasodilatation and heart rate acceleration weakens with frequent consumption off is a development of tolerance, the appetite-enhancing effect is not. Occasionally described damage to the immune system, lowering the testosterone level and incidence of chromosome damage caused by cannabis use are mentioned briefly, but are scientifically very controversial