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Hash
Signs of Hashish abuse:
- Rapid,
loud talking and bursts of laughter in early stages of intoxication.
- Sleepy
or stuporous in the later stages
- Lack
of concentration and coordination.
- Forgetfulness
in conversation.
- Inflammation
in whites of eyes.
- Odor
similar to burnt rope on clothing or breath.
- Distorted
sense of time passage - tendency to overestimate time intervals.
- Craving
for sweets.
- Increased
appetite.
How
does Hashish affect the body?
Some
immediate physical effects of Hashish include:
- a
faster heartbeat and pulse rate.
- bloodshot
eyes.
- dry
mouth and throat.
- No
scientific evidence indicates that marijuana improves hearing,
eyesight, and skin sensitivity
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Marijuana use increases the heart rate as much as 50 percent,
depending on the amount of THC.
- It
can cause chest pain in people who have a poor blood supply
to the heart - and it produces these effects more rapidly
than tobacco smoke does.
- Scientists
believe that marijuana can be especially harmful to the
lungs because users often inhale the unfiltered smoke deeply
and hold it in their lungs as long as possible. Therefore,
the smoke is in contact with lung tissues for long periods
of time, which irritates the lungs and damages the way they
work.
- "Burnout"
is a term first used by marijuana smokers themselves to
describe the effect of prolonged use. Young people who smoke
marijuana heavily over long periods of time can become dull,
slow moving, and inattentive. These "burned-out"
users are sometimes so unaware of their surroundings that
they do not respond when friends speak to them, and they
do not realize they have a problem.
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How
does Hashish affect your mind?
Laboratory
studies have shown that animals exhibit symptoms of drug withdrawal
after cessation of prolonged marijuana administration. Some human
studies have also demonstrated withdrawal symptoms such as irritability,
stomach pain, aggression, and anxiety after cessation of oral administration
of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), marijuana's principal psychoactive
component. Now, NIDA-supported researchers at McLean Hospital in
Belmont, Massachusetts, and Columbia University in New York City
have shown that individuals who regularly smoke marijuana experience
withdrawal symptoms after they stop smoking the drug.
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