cannabis

These are the conclusions of one of the most exhaustive reports that have been made on the effects of the use of cannabis and its derivatives.

The main component of cannabis, known as THC or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, is also the most potent and psychoactive.

In the state of Colorado (United States) these types of proposals proliferate.

Cannabis alters the structure of DNA causing mutations that can be passed from parent to child.

The attitude and social perception, as well as the legal treatment towards this drug is changing.

Although it is true that cannabis is socially conceived as something harmful, its non-psychoactive component accumulates more and more advantages from the therapeutic point of view.

Abusing cannabis can cause, in those who consume it, an accentuated distortion of memories, making them believe that they have gone through situations that are far from resembling the real thing; that is, the excessive and chronic consumption of this psychoactive substance generates false memories, according to the latest study carried out by the Institute for Biomedical Research of the Hospital de Sant Pau and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) and which is collected in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.

A team of researchers from the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University (USA), and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, has found that young people who smoke marijuana daily for long periods of time are especially prone to developing problems with memory.