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slide 2: What is marijuana
How is marijuana used
Why people use drugs
How can you recognize someone who uses marijuana
Short-term effects of marijuana use.
Long-term effects of marijuana use.
Alert Signs indicating that the user is in a serious
situation.
Marijuana affects dramatically our life.
Treatment of the addict.
Marijuana myths and facts.
Marijuana myths and facts 2.
Summary.
slide 3: Marijuana is a grey
or green mixture of
dried flowers and
leaves from the
Cannabis sativa or
hemp plant.
slide 4: Marijuana is actually
smoked as a
cigarette called a
joint or a nail or in
a pipe or a bong.
Recently it has
appears in cigars
called blunts.
slide 5: Family Influence
Genetic Factors
Psychiatric Disorders
Bad Friends
Problems in Social Life
slide 6: He or she might:
Seem dizzy and have trouble
walking
Seem silly and giggly for no
reason
Have very red bloodshot eyes
Have a hard time remembering
things that just happened.
He laughs without reason all the
time
slide 7: A few minutes after inhaling marijuana :
The user’s heart start to beat rapid
•The bronchial passages relax and
become expanded
•Blood vessels in the eyes expands
Then the user :
• May experience pleasant sensations
•Colours and sounds may seem more
intense
•Time appears to pass very slowly
•May suddenly become very hungry and
thirsty
slide 8: Long-term effects of marijuana use.
Long-term use of marijuana may
produce damages to :
Brain and Central Nervous
System
Endocrine System
Lungs
Immune System
Reproductive System
The infant of a pregnant woman
slide 9: AlteredPerceptionofReality
Continued marijuana use despite the
problemsrelatedtotheuseofthedrug
Cravingmarijuana
Theusercantresisttomarijuana
Unsuccessfulattemptstocutitdown
Quitting from social and occupational
activitiesduetomarijuanause
slide 10: Students take lower grades than
non user students
Workers have a lot of problems in
their jobs and many of them are
sacked
Users isolate themselves from the
society and communicate only with
other users
slide 11: Treatment of the addict.
• Actually there is no specific treatment of marijuana users
as many of them are also addicted to stronger drugs as
cocaine and heroin and there is no medicine which
reduces the need of marijuana.
• Users enter specific centers and are kept for about 3
months without having marijuana.
• The most difficult stage isn’t the detoxification. When
they exit the center we must support them to enter in the
real life again something very difficult for them.
• If we don’t help them to find a job make new friends
non-users of marijuana they will fill isolated from the
society and start using marijuana to feel happiness
slide 12: MYTH: Marijuana is safe because it is a
plant.
FACT: Many plants are toxic and unsafe for
human use including marijuana.
MYTH: Marijuana users do not go on to use
other drugs.
FACT: Studies show that marijuana users
may have a predisposition to use other
drugs.
MYTH: Marijuana wears off in a few hours.
FACT: Because marijuana is stored in the
body its effects may be felt for days or
weeks following ingestion.
MYTH: Marijuana relieves stress.
FACT: Marijuana like all drugs merely
postpones coping with problems and
deadlines marijuana can lead to
depression.
slide 13: Marijuana Myths and Facts 2.
MYTH: Marijuana is safer than alcohol.
FACT: Marijuana contains carcinogenic
chemicals and it is a dangerous
substance that should not be considered
a "safe" alternative to other drugs.
MYTH: Marijuana expands the mind.
FACT: Marijuana clouds the mind
interfering with memory speech
comprehension and decision-making
ability.
MYTH: Marijuana today is safer than
earlier varieties.
FACT: Horticultural development has
increased the potency of marijuana and
added many other dangerous chemicals.
slide 14: Summary.
Marijuana is a very harmful drug and usually leads the user to try stronger
drugs.
Marijuana affects not only our body but our mind too making the users to
isolate themselves from society
Marijuana is very spread among the young people so we must be careful
wherever we are.
Users need support if we want to cut using marijuana so after
detoxification we must help them find a job and new friends who don’t use
drugs
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