What are the effects of cannabis use?
This depends often on the strength, how it is taken, and the person taking it. As with any drug cannabis does affect people in different ways. Immediate effects: Felt within a few minutes, users feel chilled, talkative, relaxed and de-stressed and can have heightened creativity and sensitivity to sound and colour. The appetite often becomes active with a yearning for ‘munchies’ – the need to eat food. Cannabis is sometimes ingested through food whereby the effects are sometimes stronger and more difficult to control. Longer term effects: Research has indicated prolonged and regular heavy usage of Cannabis can lead to the development and active regression of positive mental health. This often translates as users suffering from terrifying hallucinations and different levels of paranoia. Heavy usage also leads to difficult withdrawal symptoms. Smoked with tobacco further increases the health risks and include those linked to tobacco use (heart, lung, and respiratory diseases). It can lead
