Cannabis leaf
Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) or also called marijuana is cultivated plants are often misused. The leaves contain a compound Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which has psychoactive effects or can affect the nerves of the brain and mental condition.
Cannabis leaf is misused in a way chopped, dried and then burned and inhaled like tobacco leaves. The most typical effect when smoked cannabis leaf is euphoric or excited to giggle for no reason, then followed by hallucinations or seeing things that are not real.
Inevitably, smoked cannabis habit can also trigger long-term effects. Quoted from Healthline, some effects of continuing use of cannabis is as follows. Increased risk of psychotic or chronic mental disordersRespiratory disorders and damage of lung functionDependence and withdrawal symptomsImpaired memory and concentration.
Because the effect is directly trigger changes in behavior, cannabis always looked more dangerous than cigarettes ,a short-term effect only for coughs that are sensitive to smell the smoke. In fact there who think smoking can actually increase the concentration.
But is it true that cannabis safer than cigarettes? A study involving 320 volunteers and has been published in the Journal Thorax in 2007 showed, emphysema or chronic lung damage was more experienced by many smokers of tobacco compared to cannabis users.
In the group of cannabis users who do not smoke, emphysema afflicts only about 1 percent within 5 years. Compare the risk in heavy smokers, emphysema attack 19 percent of smokers who smoked between 15-20 sticks every day for 1 year.
Legality of tobacco is one reason, because there is no prohibition so that the tobacco tends to more often smoked than cannabis. A heavy smoker may inhale up to 15 rods every day while the regular users of cannabis even though it almost impossible to spend 5 joints every day.
But in relation to lung health, it can not be concluded that cannabis is healthier than cigarettes. Because in reality, there are almost no cannabis users who do not smoke tobacco. Introduction to the cannabis generally begins with a cigarette, so the risk is even higher.
