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Counseling Parents and Teens About Marijuana Use in the Era of Legalization of Marijuana 05/07/2017	Pediatricians are in a unique position to provide parents and teenagers with accurate information and counseling regarding the consequences of marijuana or cannabis use by children, teenagers, and adults. A number of strategies can be used to counsel families about preventing use and to intervene if marijuana is being used either recreationally or medically by the families for whom they provide medical care. talking points, pediatricians, parents, Side-Effects
Learn more about the risks marijuana use poses to your health. 01/29/2017	Here are just a few of the health effects you may want to know: Marijuana use directly affects the brain—specifically the parts of the brain responsible for memory, learning, and attention. The compounds in marijuana can affect the circulatory system and may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Smoking marijuana can lead to a greater risk of bronchitis, cough, and phlegm production. Marijuana users are significantly more likely than nonusers to develop chronic mental disorders, including schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a type of mental illness where people might see or hear things that aren't really there (hallucinations). Eating foods or drinking beverages that contain marijuana have some different risks than smoking marijuana, including a greater risk of poisoning. About 1 in 10 marijuana users will become addicted. For people who begin using before the age of 18, that number rises to 1 in 6. Some research shows that using marijuana while you are pregnant[288 KB] can cause health problems in newborns—including low birth weight and developmental problems. Marijuana use can slow your reaction time and ability to make decisions when driving[271 KB]. Brain, heart, lungs, mental health, poisoning, Pregnancy, driving, CDC, stroke, Side-Effects
Marijuana Exposure Among Kids Under 6 Rises Sharply 07/04/2016	The children who were exposed to marijuana experienced mostly effects such as drowsiness and lethargy, followed by lack of coordination, irritability and confusion. Serious effects were less common, but some children experienced comas and seizures. Around 80 percent of the children experienced effects that last from between 2 hours and one day, according to the study. Side-Effects, poisoning, Children, edibles
Marijuana Use: Detrimental to Youth 04/01/2016	In summary, marijuana use is harmful to children and adolescents. For this reason, the American College of Pediatricians opposes its legalization for recreational use and urges extreme caution in legalizing it for medicinal use. Likewise, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) recently offered their own policy statement opposing efforts to legalize marijuana. They similarly pointed out that “marijuana’s deleterious effects on adolescent brain development, cognition, and social functioning may have immediate and long-term implications, including increased risk of motor vehicle accidents, sexual victimization, academic failure, lasting decline in intelligence measures, psychopathology, addiction, and psychosocial and occupational impairment.” Thus the AACAP (a) opposes efforts to legalize marijuana, (b) supports initiatives to increase awareness of marijuana’s harmful effects on adolescents, (c) supports improved access to evidence-based treatment, rather than emphasis on criminal charges, for adolescents with cannabis use disorder, and (d) supports careful monitoring of the effects of marijuana-related policy changes on child and adolescent mental health.⁴⁹The College agrees with this position on marijuana. American Academy of Pediatrics, youth, Research, Side-Effects
Medical Marijuana: The State of the Science 02/06/2015	Medical cannabinoids are here to stay, but intellectual honesty is imperative if we are moving toward exploiting their potential benefits. Owing to rising THC concentrations of products, "medical" marijuana is rarely good medicine. This review has identified the dangers associated with wholeplant marijuana, whether used for recreational or for supposedly medical purposes. Studies, Research, medscape, mental health, Side-Effects, heart, lungs, body, Brain, youth, cannabis, Resource Paper
Long-term effects of marijuana use on the brain 10/13/2014	Long-term, Side-Effects, Brain, Research, Studies
Clearing the air around marijuana use 07/02/2014	addiction, faith-based, Side-Effects
Should Marijuana Require Warning Labels? 03/12/2014	lungs, harm, warning, Side-Effects
Israeli pharmacists: Cannabis can cause side-effects, even death 01/15/2014	The effects of cannabis, the report continues, can be euphoria or dysphoria, calm, anxiety or even psychosis. Additional phenomena include heightened wakefulness followed by drowsiness, a sharpening of the senses followed by slower comprehension, and increased motor activity followed by problems of coordination. “Many of these side effects of cannabis stems from a high dosage or chronic use,” writes the pharmacists' association. Death, Isreal, Pharmacists, Effects, Side-Effects
What Is Marijuana? What Is Cannabis? 06/18/2013	This article focuses on cannabis' medicinal and recreational aspects. Cannabis, the plant, contains over 400 chemicals, including a penicillin-like antibiotic, cannabidiolic acid. The Cannabis plants' chemical derivatives can be used for either recreational or therapeutic (medicinal) purposes. Active Ingredients, body, Side-Effects, youth