Long Term Effects
What happens to your IQ after consistently using marijuana?
What is lower IQ?
What happens to your attention when using marijuana?
What is difficulty maintaining attention
What happens to your lungs after quitting marijuana?
What is improved respiratory/lung health?
True or False: Marijuana use has been linked to a range of mental health problems, such as depression and social anxiety. People who use marijuana are more likely to develop temporary psychosis (not knowing what is real, hallucinations, and paranoia) and long-lasting mental disorders.
What is True
What can using marijuana do to your brain and memories after extended use?
What is Memory Loss?
Emotional effects of Marijuana
What is constant depressed mood, increased anxiety, and aggression.
What happens to risk of depression when quitting marijuana?
What is reduced depression?
True or False:
Marijuana only makes you happy and enhances your fun.
What is False.
Marijuana increases mental health disorders in 2 out of 5 teens leading to depression, worsened anxiety, paranoia, and can also trigger and worsen physical health diagnoses.
What happens to weight after marijuana use?
What is weight gain
What is a worried feeling that comes from using marijuana?
What is anxiety?
What is it called when you feel the effects after quitting a drug?
What is withdrawal?
True or False:
Marijuana is safe to use because it is natural.
What is false.
While Marijuana is derived from a plant and considered safer than alcohol and other illicit drugs, it still leads to increased mental health issues, can worsen physical health issues, cause lung cancer and has led to accidents when driving under the influence.
What can happen to your lungs after using marijuana for a long time?
What is shortness of breath/lung inflammation?
What are the effects of marijuana on the heart rate/blood pressure?
increase in heart rate and blood pressure, subject to more serious and increased risk on the cardiovascular system (heart attack, stroke, disease)
What happens to energy after quitting?
What is improved energy?
True or false
Your brain is fully developed at age 15?
What is false.
The human brain takes about 25 years to be fully developed.
What happens to your mental health after using Marijuana?
What is depression?
What happens to your eyes when using marijuana?
What are bloodshot/red eyes?
What happens to your thoughts after quitting marijuana?
What is clarity of thought?
True or False
One study that followed 13 year olds for 25years has found that those who regularly consume marijuana lose on average 2.5 IQ points by the time they reach adulthood.
What is False.
Study found that those who regularly consume marijuana lose on average 5.8 IQ points by the time they reach adulthood.