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According to Gallup, the number of Americans who think that marijuana has a positive effect on users fell by 10 points (53 percent to 43 percent) between 2022 and 2024.
The short-term effects of cannabis are caused by many chemical compounds in the cannabis plant, including 113 [clarification needed] different cannabinoids, such as tetrahydrocannabinol, and 120 terpenes, [1] which allow its drug to have various psychological and physiological effects on the human body.
Over time, the marijuana gateway hypothesis has been studied more and more. In one published study, the use of marijuana was shown not a reliable gateway cause of illicit drug use. [67] However, social factors and environment influence drug use and abuse, making the gateway effects of cannabis different for those in differing social circumstances.
Effects have included an increase in cannabis-related calls to the Oregon state poison center, [29] an increase in perception among youth that marijuana use is harmful, [29] a decrease in arrest rates for cannabis related offenses, [29] stores sold $250 million in cannabis products which resulted in $70 million in state tax revenue (higher than ...
On the positive side, a 2020 research article published in BMC Psychiatry concluded that there is "encouraging, albeit embryonic" (meaning, early stage) evidence for using medicinal cannabis to ...
A participant in a study on the effects of cannabis, shows the marijuana flowers he has grown in his backyard, in Longmont, Colorado, U.S., December 19, 2019.
Nelson claims that relative to marijuana, products containing synthetic cannabinoids "are really quite different, and the effects are much more unpredictable. It's dangerous". [ 47 ] Since the term synthetic does not apply to the plant, but rather to the cannabinoid that the plant contains ( THC ), the term synthetic cannabinoid is more ...
The effects last for two to six hours, depending on the amount used. At high doses, mental effects can include anxiety, delusions (including ideas of reference), hallucinations, panic, paranoia, and psychosis. There is a strong relation between cannabis use and the risk of psychosis, though the direction of causality is debated.