Consumo de cannabis y deterioro en las funciones psíquicas

Abstract

Drug use is a problematic situation that causes public health concern, being a risk factor for the world population due to its high costs and its addictive effects on health. The drug most consumed is cannabis, having a considerable increase since the 90s, it is a serious social problem because consumers consider that it is not harmful and that its consequences are only adverse when its administration is frequent and consumed for a long time time frame. Adolescents have the greatest distortions about cannabis, although they perceive it as an illegal drug. They think that its components are not harmful to health, but rather, they stimulate the mental functions of the brain. However, there are several psychic functions that are altered in adolescents by marijuana, therefore, the present academic essay aimed to analyze the deterioration of psychic functions due to the consumption of cannabis. The methodology of the research was bibliographic, based on the review, search and analysis of the categories that address the topic. The conclusions of the work indicate that there is a deterioration in the psychic functions due to the fact that the brain of the adolescents is still in the process of maturation, memory, attention, perception, thought and emotions being mostly compromised; although the severity of the alterations will depend on the beginning of the consumption, quantity, frequency and of the prolongation in time.