There is a widespread trend of drug abuse in the United States. With marijuana being a popular drug of choice and LSD, the most commonly abused hallucinogen. Research shows that about 10 percent of most college student bodies use and abuse drugs. This percentage might seem small but ten percent of a 15,000 student body is 1,500 people, which is a considerable amount just from one college campus.
The problem with marijuana use is that users do not see any harm in using it. Findings so far show that regular use of marijuana or THC may play a role in some kinds of cancer and in problems with the respiratory and immune systems. Also, smoking marijuana causes changes in the brain that are like those caused by cocaine, heroin, and alcohol.
In one study’s findings demonstrated a relationship between cannabis use and anxiety and mood disorders. The study concluded that those who smoke cannabis on a daily basis have a significantly greater chance of having an anxiety or mood disorder than those who abstain (Cheung, Mann, Ialomiteanu, Stoduto, Chan, & Rehm, 2010). One of the more interesting results from the study was that even smoking at relatively low levels (i.e once a week, or month), for some individuals an anxiety or mood disorder may still occur (Cheung, Mann, Ialomiteanu, Stoduto, Chan, & Rehm, 2010).
Another research conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a moderate dose of marijuana alone was shown to impair driving performance; the effects of a low dose of marijuana combined with alcohol were markedly greater than for either substance alone.
Therefore, thinking that marijuana causes no harm is just and illusion.
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