Medical Questions » Illegal Drugs Questions » Question No. 531
| Question: | Is marijuana harmful? |
| Answer: | Marijuana is far more harmful to the human than alcohol, and is also more addictive. It is stored in the body fat, and can cause flash-backs that may disorientate and hallucinate the user at inappropriate times days or weeks later. Mothers who use the drug can cause congenital abnormalities in their babies, and regular users may suffer brain damage, behavioural changes, breast enlargement, reduction in sex hormone levels, lung damage and many more biochemical changes to the body.
It is also possible that addiction to marijuana may be the start of a very slippery slope to hard drug addiction.
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