CANNABIS
Did you know cannabis is the most abused illicit drug?
Did you know the most consumed form of cannabis is marijuana?
Did you know the active substance in cannabis is δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol?
Did you know cannabis is mostly used by males within the age group of 18 – 34?
Did you know the Cannabis cause pleasure by flooding the nucleus accumbens with dopamine hence serving as a shortcut?
Did you know cannabis use makes you try other harder drugs ( Gateway drug)?
TOBACCO
Did you know Tobacco is in legal use everywhere in the world, yet it causes far more deaths than all other psychoactive substances combined?
Did you know Cigarette smoking is the most common form of tobacco use worldwide?
Did you know Tobacco contained Nicotine, Carbon Monoxide and Tar amongst other components?
Did you know Nicotine is the addictive substance in cigarette smoking?
Did you know the Carbon Monoxide in tobacco is absorbed in red blood cells and stops them doing their job, which invariably means the heart has to pump harder to supply the body with the oxygen it needs?
Did you know when smoked, the tobacco reaches the brain from the lungs within 7 seconds?
Did you know Nicotine is both a stimulant and a depressant depending on the dose?
TOBACCO AND CANNABIS
Did you know they could cause tachycardia?
Did you know they could cause hypertension?
Did you know they could Increase the peristaltic activity of gastrointestinal tract?
Did you know they could reduces appetite?
Did you know they could facilitates release of dopamine and serotonin?
Did you know they could Increase anxiety?
Did you know they could affect memory storage and retrieval?
Did you know they could cause you poor judgement?
Did you know they could Increase risk of heart problems?
Did you know they could Increase greater risk of blindness?
Did you know Smoking could damage arterial walls and cause arteriosclerosis?
Did you know they could cause diminished immunity to diseases?
Did you know they could cause damage to body structures such as liver, lungs,
pancreas, nerves and brain?
Did you know they could cause hallucination?
Did you know they could dispose you to psychotic illnesses?
Did you know they could make you lose your sense of responsibility?
Did you know they could cost you your job?
Did you know they could create financial problems for you and your family?
Did you know they could stop you from achieving your life purpose?
Did you know they are stimulants?
Did you know they could cause withdrawal symptoms?
Did you know they could exhibit tolerance?
Did you know they could exhibit cravings?
Did you know the drugs used in their management are expensive?
Do You Still Smoke Excessively Even After Knowing This?
References:
https://www.slideshare.net/hawraz1982/tobacco-smoking-81712300
https://www.studypool.com/documents/5780948/chemical-composition-of-cannabis-as-a-drug
https://communitymedicine4all.com/2021/05/
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