Mental Health and Cannabis
This "intensely nervous" symptom of many mental health disorders is often exacerbated by Cannabis
What is Anxiety or Panic Attacks?
True or False: You cannot overdose on Marijuana
What is False? At the current levels trips to the ER for acute marijuana overdoses is increasing. This takes often takes the form of psychoses, confusion or Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS)
Long-term or very frequent usage can cause your IQ to permenantly dip as much as this percentage
What is 8%?
Marijuana use can do this to your heart rate and blood pressure
What is increase it? Marijuana increases your heart rate making your heart work harder to pump blood around your body.
True or False: Using marijuana with higher CBD and lower THC may lower the risks of adverse effects.
What is true? CBD has been shown in some studies to counteract the negative effects of THC.
This type of memory loss can be directly caused by cannabis use.
What is Short-Term Memory?
True or False: Most marijuana stores in New York City are legal and licensed dispensaries
What is False? The are only 275 in the whole state of New York.
Marijuana can cause this sexual dysfunction in men
What is erectile dysfunction, low sperm count, or low libido?
This condition which causes non-stop vomiting and eventual organ shut-down from dehydration is a potentially deadly condition caused by marijuana use.
What is Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS)?
Buying marijuana from this type of store in New York is safer than buying from your local store
What is a licensed dispensary?
Smoking cannabis increases your risk of developing this mental health diagnosis characterized by manic or psychotic episodes.
What is Schizophrenia? It also increases the risk of Bipolar Disorders, Anxiety disorders and depression.
True or False: Marijuana is legal for recreational use in New York State
What is true?
Marijuana can cause this sexual dysfunction in women
What is Lower libido, irregular periods, or fertility issues?
Ture or False: Driving while high usually makes you drive slower, making it safer to drive
What is false? It impairs your judgement and ability to judge distances.
True or False: Using cannabis younger in life and quitting when you get older is safer than the opposite
What is false? The younger you are when you start the more likely you are to have adverse effects.
Marijuana use is associated with this mental health "sad" symptom of many mental health conditions
What is depression?
True or False: Smoking Marijuana is a good way to self-medicate to treat anxiety or depression
What is False? While there is some evidence that marijuana can have positive medical benefits, there is also a growing amount of evidence of the dangers especially for those with prior mental health challenges. We should not self medicate with anything always speak to your doctor or provider when deciding on what drugs to take for any conditions.
long term marijuana use can permanently and negatively impact the structure of this critical organ
What is the brain? Long term use can cause permanent structural changes to your brain affecting your memory, concentration levels, and IQ.
Using marijuana can impair this critical cognitive ability
What is concentration or memory?
If you are going to smoke cannabis, avoiding this common practice can lower the risks of adverse effects of cannabis
What is avoiding inhaling deeply or holding your breath?
Marijuana use has often been linked with this type of dangerous "Ideation"
What is Suicidal Ideation? Marijuana is linked to higher rates of suicidal ideation or thoughts, suicidal attempts and completed suicides.
True or False: Vaping Cannabis is much healthier than smoking marijuana
What is false? While some studies have shown slightly less damage caused by vaping, others have shown a higher risk of lung injury.
Long Term use of marijuana has been linked to this type of cancer
What is neck, lung or testicular?
Marijuana use increases the risk of this critical cardiovascular event
What is a heart attack? Marijuana increases your risk of heart attack and other cardiovascular problems.
This method of using marijuana that can reduce the risk of adverse effects
What are edibles? But remember edibles take longer to take effect, and can increase the risk of overdose if you are not careful. Most of the negative adverse effects still apply to edibles such as increased risk of depression, psychosis, anxiety, etc.