MJ–Touted as Cure-all … March 03, 2014

Various postings I have seen on Facebook have asserted, actually asserted, health benefits in smoking Marijuana. It is, I admit, a proven fact that marijuana can inhibit pain in some suffering individuals, but, they need not smoke it.

Some of the short-term effects are:

• Rapid heart rate
• Increased blood pressure
• Increased rate of breathing
• Red eyes
• Dry mouth
• Increased appetite
• Slowed reaction time

Although these short-term effects diminish somewhat after three or four hours, marijuana remains in your system up to a month after use. Lingering effects mean you will be impaired for several days to weeks after the high.

Other short-term effects of MJ:

• Distorted sense of time
• Paranoia
• Magical or “random” thinking
• Short-term memory loss
• Anxiety and depression

Many will dispute my assertion that Magical or “random” thinking and a Distorted sense of time are hallucinations, but since they really do not happen, distorted time, or magical…