Marijuana and its consequences on human brain

2009.04.27

Marijuana or cannabis effects human brain in many ways. The consumption of marijuana or cannabis is high all around. If we notice, then in world many people consume in whatsoever ways. The ways differ from place to place and people to people, and region to region.

The consumption of marijuana or cannabis is seen at higher level in many countries. According to the research done by researchers, recently, revealed that the countries such as USA, India, UK, Nepal, etc are some of the top counties where the consumption of marijuana is high.

People who consume marijuana are mostly teenagers or young people between the ages 20-late 30s. However, this estimation does not prove the precise age of the people who consume marijuana or cannabis.

The impact of marijuana on human brain

To understand the impact of marijuana on human brain, one needs to understand the functions of the brain first. The cannabinoids receptors’ positions reveal as the action of THC takes place on the brain. However, the significance of this purpose is finest understood when other drugs are given to the person who consumes marijuana or cannabis regularly. The result of this comparison is very high and the understanding between the effects of marijuana on brain with other drugs can reveal various facts and negativity of marijuana.

When the neurotransmitter chemicals enable neurons, the effect starts taking place. The brain cells which process information, or the process through which the information takes place, are known as Neurons. Neurons work with the help of neurotransmitters, which enable neurons to communicate in the gap of the brain and brain cells. The gap is known as synapse. Here, whoever consumes marijuana is at danger as the cannabis or the effect goes directly into the synapse, making a person intoxicated. In intoxication, a person loses his senses and does not think a lot about anything and goes blank. When this happens, a person is totally lost in his own world. This could be anything- depression or euphoria.

Effects of marijuana- Depression

Depression is a disorder when a person feels gloomy due to some personal or some unknown reasons. If a person who is in depression takes marijuana, then he tends to get more upset and more depressed. This is, however, very dangerous as this will make a person forget his problems for a particular time and after that, the depression hits back more than before. Recently, it is estimated that the people who consume marijuana when in depression are tend to get diseases compared to the ones who take in euphoria.

Effects of marijuana- Euphoria

Euphoria literally means a state of being happy or excessive happiness. People, who take marijuana or cannabis, may go in euphoria as this has been recorded from the beginning that the people who consume euphoria usually go high. The consumers usually laugh or go in trance. Hence, we can take example of some places in India where they consume and then go in trance. It is kind of enjoyment. Overall, consumption of marijuana effects brain in a negative way.