Users experience two phases of.
intoxication: initial stimulation, giddiness, and euphoria, followed by.
sedation and pleasant tranquillity.
When marijuana is smoked the user feels the onset of the "high" within.
about seven seconds and within about 30 minutes when eaten. The drug.
brings the user to a relaxed and peaceful state, and sometimes to a.
euphoric state of mind. Hallucinations can occur when taken in high doses.
The effects last between two to four hours after ingested, and the user can.
be left in a relaxed state for several hours after ingestion. Short term.
memory is inhibited for the duration of the high, and users find it.
difficult to concentrate on complicated logical concepts like mathematics.
Marijuana is not physically addictive, and in fact many users experience a.
reverse tolerance, this is where after long-term use smaller amounts of the.
drug eventually produce the same high.12 Some psychological dependence is.
possible. Studies have found that the psychological dependency is less.
than sugar or chocolate, but is more habit forming than anchovies.13(Family.
Council on Drug Awareness) No studies have found conclusive evidence that.
marijuana causes any long-term physical or psychological harm. Like.
smoking anything, however, long-term use can lead to higher risks of lung.
cancer. The health risk of smoking the marijuana can be eliminated by.
eating the plant, or can be reduced by smoking less of a more potent.
variety of marijuana. (Family Council of Drug Awareness).
According to leading doctors, nearly all drugs are toxic and have.
potentially lethal affects when taken in large amounts, but marijuana is.
not one of these drugs. While over 100 thousand deaths annually are.
directly linked to acute alcohol poisoning no-one in the 4,000 years of.
marijuana's documented use has ever died from a pot overdose14. Marijuana.
does have its negative affects, but they are quite pale in comparison to.
the social and health problems caused by alcohol.