Cannabis side effects and health benefits and role in other disorders

introduction to cannabis 

Cannabis is an annual, dioecious, flowering herb. The leaves are palmately compound or digitate, with serrate leaflets.The first pair of leaves usually have a single leaflet, the number gradually increasing up to a maximum of about thirteen leaflets per leaf.depending on variety and growing conditions. At the top of a flowering plant, this number again diminishes to a single leaflet per leaf. The lower leaf pairs usually occur in an opposite leaf arrangement and the upper leaf pairs in an alternate arrangement on the main stem of a mature plant.
The leaves have a peculiar and diagnostic venation pattern that enables persons poorly familiar with the plant to distinguish a cannabis leaf from unrelated species that have confusingly similar leaves (see illustration). As is common in serrated leaves, each serration has a central vein extending to its tip. However, the serration vein originates from lower down the central vein of the leaflet, typically opposite to the position of, not the first notch down, but the next notch.

types of cannabis

there are two types o cannabis
1 cannabis sativa
2.cannabis indica
note; satava are more powerful than indica medically

Medical use

medical cannabis (or medical marijuana) refers to the use of cannabis and its constituent cannabinoids, to treat disease or improve symptoms. Cannabis is used to reduce nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy, to improve appetite in people with HIV/AIDS, and to treat chronic pain and muscle spasms,
Short-term use increases both minor and major adverse effects.Common side effects include dizziness, feeling tired, vomiting, and hallucinations.Long-term effects of cannabis are not clear.Concerns including memory and cognition problems, risk of addiction, schizophrenia in young people, and the risk of children taking it by accident.Cannabinoids are under preliminary research for their potential to affect stroke. or children's epilepsy
Effects of cannabis include:
1. an altered state of consciousness. The user may feel "high", very happy, euphoric, relaxed, sociable and uninhibited.
2. distorted perceptions of time and space. The user may feel more sensitive to things around them, and may also experience a more vivid sense of taste, sight, smell and hearing.
3.increased pulse and heart rate, bloodshot eyes, dilated pupils, and often increased appetite.
4. impaired coordination and concentration, making activities such as driving a car or operating machinery difficult and dangerous.
5.negative experiences, such as anxiousness, panic, self-consciousness and paranoid thoughts.

uses of cannabis in different disorders

Cancer
Glaucoma
HIV/AIDS
Muscle spasms
Seizures
Severe pain
Severe nausea

Cannabis side effects

Long term effects of heavy use can include:
1.irritation to the lungs, risk of developing chronic bronchitis and an increased risk of developing cancer of the respiratory tract (more likely to do with smoking).
2.exacerbation of pre-existing cardiovascular disease, as cannabis use significantly raises the heart rate.
3.decreased concentration levels, reduced short-term memory and difficulties with thinking and learning (resolved if cannabis use stops).
4.decreased sex drive in some people. Chronic use can lower sperm count in males and lead to irregular periods in females (resolved if cannabis use stops).
5.dependence on cannabis - compulsive need to use the drug, coupled with problems associated with chronic drug use.

health benefits of cannabis 

1. It Can Help You Lose Weight
2. It Can Regulate and Prevent Diabetes
3. It Fights Cancer
This is the big one that everybody’s been talking about.
4. It Can Help Depression
it reduce depression
5. It’s Showing Promise in Treating Autism
6. It Provides a Safer Alternative to Drugs and Alcohol
7. It Helps Regulate Seizures
9. It’s a Treatment for ADHD
10. It Can Help Treat Serious Addictions
11. It Treats Glaucoma
12. It Can Improve Lung Health
13. It Helps Anxiety
14. It Can Slow the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease
15. It Can Help Regulate  Metabolism
16. It Can Replace Viagra for Some Men
note; there many other health benefits but we pickup some of them not at all

important note

the following post are just for education only  not for any other means   

image are come from google image