MARIJUANA

Introduction

 Prevalence of the drug

 Effects on the brain
 Marijuana and the culture
 Prevention options and campaigns
 Addiction and change opportunities
 Treatment options
Common Uses

• When the drug has been

Medical prescribed by a physician,
Use to help ail pain or
illnesses

• Used socially or for

Recreation enjoyment, for ones
al Use pleasure, or out of habit
Medical Components

• Tetrahydrocannabinol helps
TH controlling chronic pain, and
helps with hunger issues. This is
C the component of marijuana,
that gets you high

CB • Cannabinoid is used to decrease

pain, help control seizures, as
well as help with addictions. This
D does not give you the high.
Recreational or Abuse?

• Most times this use is just for fun, when hanging

out with friends or used to relax and take the
edge off.
• Abuse of the drug comes into play when using it
to supress feelings, and just not wanting to feel at
all.

• Recreational use can turn into a addiction,

using it daily before you notice this. All users
must use with caution, and not lose
themselves in the process.
 Brain Effects

Using marijuana influences many parts

of the brain as we can see in the
picture
• It slows down abilities to learn and
retain information in the memory, and
also decreases motor movements.

• This drug intensifies hunger and

mental states, such as paranoia,
depression and anxiety. Negatively
influencing your thinking process.
 Movies

Marijuana has always had mixed messages within

the world, especially in movies and music in
general.

• Most comedy movies have marijuana use as

people being “pot heads”, the users lives are
always fun and entertaining. Outsiders tend to
look down on them, but the smokers do not care.
Ex. Grandma’s Boy

• Then there are drama movies about your life

spiralling out of control after starting smoking
marijuana. These movies show that it is a
gateway drug leading to more serious addictions.
Ex. Thirteen
Music

Two different messages pertaining to

marijuana and music.

• First, the songs about how much fun

being high is. The great parties you
attended, crazy things you do, or forget
because of being high.

• Second, the addiction of the drug. The

depression that takes place because the
only way you can function is using the
drug. You only have one relationship, and
it is with marijuana.
Prevention Programs

Universal Selective Indicated

Program Program Program
• This is an open • This program • These are
program for focuses on kids programs for kids
anything, to help that have already using.
prevent use. personal factors, • Focused on
• These programs which increase preventing or
are run through chances of using. stopping further
the school or • They could have use, before the
community. To genetic factors, addictive traits
help prevention attitude start.
early on, to save problems, or
you from drug trouble with
issues. homelife.
 D.A.R.E Campaign

This program was deemed ineffective in the

early 2000s, and has since been redesigned
to be effective.

• The old program made kids more curious

about drugs, instead of preventing drug
actions.

• With the new campaign of D.A.R.E., called

Keepin’ it Real, we can only hope that it is
more effective to the leaders of tomorrow.
Treatment Options

Cognitive Motivational
Contingency
Behavioural Enhancement
Management
Therapy Therapy
• This is a type? Of • This is where the • Is a quick therapy,
talk therapy, related recovery is being with only meeting
to drug use. monitored. usually four times.
• Discussing drug • Most times the • The therapy
behaviour addict will get wrapped solely
• Reasons for rewarded for good around the addicts
behaviour behaviour in the motivation to
• Why drugs is the treatment. change.
reaction • For example, you • The counsellor will
• teaches different will get rewarded, if point out ways to
strategies of quick you abstain from change behaviour
reactions and drugs and have a and keys of
control. clean drug test. motivating.
 Effective?

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Contingency Enhancement

Motivational Enhancement
Therapy

These therapies have had very good results so far.

With continual use of them researchers expect to
proceed with positive results.
 Conclusion

• In the end it comes down to how informed you want to be about the

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drug, uses, effects, prevention and treatment.

• The way we view drugs, prevention, and treatment have changed

positively through the years. Programs have been fixed to better suit
age groups and their needs.

• The only way to stay informed, is to keep up-to-date with new

developments in all of these categories with the drug