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If they would not have used marijuana, they would not have developed schizophrenia.
– National Institutes of Health
– Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
– pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22775447
In 2021, only 80 compliance checks were completed for
the 1,074 marijuana dispensaries in CO. Only 16 were done in the 1st quarter of 2022.
– CO Marijuana Enforcement Division
Marijuana use before the age of 18 increases the risk of using and developing addiction to opioids.
– 2019 CDC Youth Risk Behavioral Study
What Substance is Most Found After They Die? THC
– Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Cannabis use is associated with increased risk for serious adverse health events. Compared with control individuals, cannabis users had significantly increased odds of all-cause ER visit or hospitalization.
– BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Cannabis effects on mental health and addiction-related outcomes were worse in adolescents and early cannabis initiators.
– Frontiers in Psychiatry
– Johnny’s Ambassadors
Psychotic Symptoms in Adulthood
• Hallucinations
• Paranoia
• Delusional beliefs
– Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Marijuana use can reduce sperm count by 50+%.
– Am J Epidemiol
psychotic disorders
– Lancet Psychiatry
– Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
“Starting marijuana use during adolescence or young adulthood is strongly associated with future marijuana addiction.”
– Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Something of Yourself?
Cannabis users who began regular use in their teens had poorer later life outcomes than non-using peers, such as less likely to be in a relationship.
– Drug and Alcohol Review
“Adolescents and young adults who quit marijuana use have a lower risk of developing mental health disorders than those who continue to use.”
– Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
This impairment increases with frequent use and is associated with failure to graduate from high school and not attaining a college degree.
– marijuanahealthinfo.colorado.gov/literature-review/public-health-statements
“Teens who use marijuana are more likely to quit high school or not get a college degree.”
– CDC.gov
Cannabis use was linked to an increased risk of depression, suicidal ideation, and suicidal attempts in young adulthood.
– JAMA Psychiatry
• Increased acute care visits
• Mental health disorders
• Cannabis-induced psychosis
– Adolescent Psychiatry www.eurekaselect.com/article/116201
– SAMHSA.gov
of Emergency Room Discharges
Likely Attributed to Cannabis: YOUTH AGES 13-17
(232.0 per 100,000 discharges)
– marijuanahealthreport.colorado.gov
Long-term marijuana use results in a loss of IQ points from childhood to midlife.
– The American Journal of Psychiatry
Marijuana use during adolescence increases the likelihood of becoming depressed
or attempting suicide in young adulthood.
– ncbi.nml.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6450286
Makes You Creative?
Teens who use marijuana are more likely to quit high school or not get a college degree.
– CDC.gov
Marijuana smoke can cause symptoms of chronic bronchitis, a heavy cough, and lung irritation.
– drugabuse.gov
Early initiation of marijuana use
is associated with deficits in auditory-verbal memory in young adults.
– Neurotoxicol Teratol
Until your mid-20s, marijuana use might have permanent effects on your developing brain!
– CDC.gov
– Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
1-in-3 teens who use the drug daily can become addicted, and 1-in-6 teens who use before the age of 18 can become addicted.
– nida.nih.gov
Using THC leads to cognitive impairments including:
• Making decisions
• Suppressing inappropriate responses
• Learning through reading and listening
• The ability to remember what one reads or hears
• The time needed to complete a mental task
– Society for the Study of Addiction
While the legal age to use marijuana is 18 (medical) or 21 (recreational), the scientific age for an adult brain is 25 to 30 years old. We would have less addiction if people abstained from any addictive substance until age 30.
– Drug and Alcohol Dependence volume 92
The brain continues to grow until the late-20s.
When teens use marijuana, they stunt the formation of their prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain in charge of decision making, motivation, and judgment.
– JAMA Psychiatry 2021
A radiology study comparing the CT scans of chronic marijuana smokers, verses tobacco smokers and non-smokers, found the marijuana smokers showed the worst effects. Another study comparing second hand smoke from a Marlboro cigarette, a marijuana joint, and a nicotine vape, found that a marijuana joint produces 3.5 times as much secondhand smoke as a Marlboro cigarette.
– Journal of Adolescent Health 2021
Just because pot is sold in a dispensary does not mean it’s safe. The public has no FDA protective standards.
20 of 20 plant-based samples from legal dispensaries were found to have contaminants, toxins, carcinogens, bacteria, and/or fungus.
– UC Davis
While the brain is the number one target for THC, the heart is number two.
Use of high-potency THC is associated with heart attack, stroke, and irregular heart rhythms.
– American Heart Association
The number of children under the age of 5 accidentally poisoned by cannabis edibles has soared 1,375% since 2017.
– Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Jan. 2023
Marijuana is genotoxic, meaning it can damage your DNA. Altered male sperm DNA is associated with the birth of autistic children, and prenatal cannabis exposure is linked to elevated childhood Acute Lymphoid Leukemia (ALL). – BMC Cancer #21 2021
• Marijuana binds to cannabinoid receptors throughout the brain and body and alter their functions, but there are no alcohol receptors.
• Alcohol leaves the body in days, but marijuana takes weeks.
• Psychosis associated with marijuana can happen at first use and happens at a younger age.
– Psychiatric Times
Marijuana actually increases the risk of seizures. Epidiolex, a cannabis-derived medication for seizures, is CBD, not THC. Children with seizure disorders should not smoke pot or use any type of THC products.
– J Med Toxicol, July 2022
Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) is a poorly understood vomiting disorder associated with chronic cannabis use, highest in the 16-24 age group.
– pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36307209