Gabriela

Hi my name is Gabriela Pineda, and i use this page for talk about my research proyect tha is about "College students and marijuana use "

**__ COLLEGE STUDENTS AND MARIJUANA USE __** __ FATP Chart  __ From || Research Report || Audience || Grazzia Mendoza || Topic || College students and marijuana use || Purpose || To explain how the people that go to the university consume marijuana and how we can help to stop the use of this drug. ||  __  OUTLINE  __ Title: College students and marijuana use Main Topic: The addiction of marijuana use Subtopic: The facts of marijuana consumption Supporting detail: ·  Marijuana uses cause negatively impacts in teen learning and academic success. ·  Marijuana stops the psychological development of students. Related Detail: ·  How often do people smoke marijuana. ·  What are the reasons why students smoke marijuana. // Martindale,G. (2008) States that Following a decline in the 1980s, the use of marijuana among college students has steadily risen since the early 1990s. This increase is a concern because it is believed that marijuana may act as a gateway drug, serving as an introduction to additional types of drug use. (P.1) // // Martindale. G. (2008) States that Frequent marijuana use may be physically and emotionally harmful. A study by The Harvard School of Public Health found that 9 out of 10 students (91 percent) who use marijuana participate in other high-risk activities such as heavy drinking or cigarette smoking. It is also associated with a variety of other social and behavioral problems, including criminal acts, isolation, and poor academic performance. (P.8) // // Martindale. G. (2008) States that t //// he specific effects of marijuana use depends on the type of cannabis //// (Marijuana) that people //// used, //// the form //// in which it is used, //// the //// expectations of the //// consumer, and if they use in conjunction whit other type of drugs ////. // // Martindale. G. (2008) Explain that //// Marijuana is the second most frequent drug used by college students. Approximately 46.9% of college students surveyed in 2006 reported using marijuana during their lifetime. The increase in marijuana use was reported among all races and types of students, though the study found that the majori //// ty of marijuana users are white. //// (P.10) // // Boyum R. Marijuana is the second most frequent drug used by college students (alcohol, of course, is first). Like alcohol, occasional and infrequent marijuana use seems to have limited negative effects on college students who are users.(P.1) // **__ COLLEGE STUDENTS AND MARIJUANA USE __** Ejelonu A. (2004) Marijuana is a cannabis plant that that is "usually smoked or eaten to entice euphoria. ===Marijuana act on the central nervous system by attaching to brain's neurons and affects with normal communication between the neurons. These nerves respond by altering their initial behavior  ===  Boyum M. (2008) States Marijuana is one of the most used drugs, is the second most frequent drug used by university students (alcohol is the first). Like alcohol the marihuana use occasional and frequent has negative effects on universal students that use.  The big problem whit marijuana is that people who use this drug increase the amount of marijuana, there are becoming prone to anxiety disorders and panic attacks and this is called a paradoxical response.  Person who experience anxiety or panic when they use marijuana they need to stop whit using the drug immediately because this problems persist in the consumer and need psychologist assistance.  <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Most of the people say that once experience they experience these symptoms that any reuse of marijuana causes the symptoms to increase again. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">A second big problem whit marijuana is amotivational syndrome. This syndrome depends on individuals genetics, the frequency that they use marijuana. Amotivational syndrome in a persona basically decreases the frequency of doing things that they need to do, but that they don’t like to do. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Amotivational syndrome not only can create problems in grades and time to degree, this syndrome also can create problems with financial aid money because of rules and regulations regarding GPA and credits earned. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">If a person who have this syndrome need psychologist assistance but that they can do is to stop using marijuana. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">When you say someone that are addicted that stop using marijuana is difficult because of the rituals and friendships that are involved in marijuana use. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">In this case it is important that the person be honest with their friends and let them know the difficulty that they have. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">This can help you to have a better life whit out a problems. //<span style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Martindale,G //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> (2008) stay that In the use of marijuana among college students has steadily risen since the early 1990s. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This preoccupy because it is believed that marijuana may act as a gateway drug, serving as an introduction to additional types of drug use. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The main active chemical in marijuana is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The membranes of certain nerve cells in the brain contain protein receptors that bind to THC. Once securely in place, THC kicks off a series of cellular reactions that ultimately lead to the high that users experience. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">When someone smokes marijuana, THC rapidly passes from the lungs into the bloodstream. This carries the chemical to organs throughout the body, including the brain. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Once it enters the brain, THC connects to specific sites called cannabinoid receptors on nerve cells and influences the activity of those cells. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Some brain areas have many cannabinoid receptors; others have few or none. Many cannabinoid receptors are found in the parts of the brain that influence memory, pleasure, concentration, thought, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">THC <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> alters the way information is processed by the hippocampus, a brain area responsible for memory formation. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This leads to the damage to short-term memory that users often experience. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Frequent in marijuana use may be physically and emotionally harmful. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Harvard School Public Health found that 9 out of 10 students (91 percent) who use marijuana at the same time participate in other dangerous activities like drinking a lot or cigarette smoking. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It is related with a variety of other social and behavioral problems, including criminal acts, isolation, and poor academic performance. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Other factors related with marijuana use include spending larger amounts of time at parties and socializing, spending less time studying, and perceiving community service and religion as unimportant. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The use of marijuana is also associated with poor academic performance. Those students who used marijuana were less likely to study and more likely to have a GPA of B or less. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The use of marijuana, alcohol and other drugs may be associated with a big range of negative consequences. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Some of these consequences are the decreased academic performance, fighting, vandalism, acquaintance rape, and unprotected sex. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The specific effects of marijuana use depends on: <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The type of cannabis used. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">They way in which it is used. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The setting in which it is used. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The expectations of the user. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">If marijuana it is used in conjunction with other drugs. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Potential short-term effects of marijuana use include the following: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Potential long-term effects of marijuana use include: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Marijuana use may affect academic achievement for those persons that experience difficulty in problem solving and poor memory. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">46.9% of college students surveyed in 2006 reflected that using marijuana during their lifetime. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The increase in marijuana use was reported among all races and types of students, though the study found that the majority of marijuana users are white. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Marijuana use was higher among those who participate in other high-risk behaviors, such as binge drinking, cigarette smoking, and multiple sexual partners. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Marijuana use was highest at colleges in the Northeast and lowest in Southern colleges. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It was also highest at colleges considered to be very competitive, and lowest at those considered not competitive. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Feelings of intoxication
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rapid heartbeat
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Dry mouth and throat
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Bloodshot or glassy eyes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Loss of coordination or poor sense of balance
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Decreased reaction time
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Difficulty in listening or speaking
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Impaired or reduced short-term memory
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Impaired or reduced comprehension
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Impairments in learning and memory, perception, problem solving, and judgment
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Altered sense of time
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Reduced ability to perform tasks requiring concentration and coordination, such as driving a car
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Altered motivation and cognition, making the acquisition of new information difficult
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Paranoia
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Intense anxiety or panic attacks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Psychological dependence While there hasn’t been much research done to determine the specific effects of marijuana, according to the American Council for Drug Education there is growing evidence that it may adversely affect the brain, lungs, heart, and immune system.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A decreased ability to learn and remember things
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Delay of the onset of puberty and decreased sperm production in men
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Disrupt the menstrual cycle and inhibit discharge of eggs from the ovaries in females
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Damage to the immune system
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Increase in cancer rates
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Increase in the rates of respiratory problems and disease

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