Marijuana Facts

Before you make the choice to us cannabis educate yourself about the impacts of cannabis use!

How Does Cannabis Affect the Brain?

What we know for sure is that cannabis changes more than just the way people feel. It also triggers a number of changes in brain function and behavior.

Let's consider just a couple of the main ones:

• Cannabis tilts the balance of chemicals in the brain that regulate mood, energy, appetite, and attention.
• It affects learning and memory processes, and can cause forgetfulness and reduced concentration.
• Cannabis also reduces logical thinking and calculation skills, and can impair a user's ability to perform complex tasks, including driving a car.

Uncovering the actual machinery of most of cannabis effects in the brain is still probably years away.

But this much is known right now: Heavy smokers in general and longtime users in particular are more likely to experience ongoing problems than occasional smokers and nonsmokers.

And that's something else to think about if you're thinking about cannabis: Smoke enough of it and it could end up smoking you -- or, at least, part of the future you. Provided by the Do It Now Foundation

Think Cannabis isn't addictive? Many heavy or long term users experience withdrawal symptoms.

Cannabis Withdrawal Symptoms:

• irritability
• anxiety
• physical tension
• decreases in appetite and mood
• stomach pain
• physical tension
• restlessness
• anorexia
• insomnia
• increased aggression / anger
• strange dreams