Document Type
Oral Presentation
Location
Oxford Convention Center, 102 Ed Perry Boulevard Oxford, MS 38655
Event Website
https://oxfordicsb.org/
Start Date
17-4-2024 9:30 AM
End Date
17-4-2024 10:00 AM
Description
As the medicalization and legalization of the United States continues to increase it is important to understand the short- and long-term consequences of cannabis use. The endogenous cannabinoid neurotransmitter system is critical for the appropriate functioning of survival functions including hunger, body temperature control, memory and reproduction. When individuals use cannabis, they hijack the normal functioning of the system that attempts to maintain homeostasis. The most important short-term consequence of cannabis use is the morbidity and mortality of driving under the influence of cannabis. Also, legalization reduced the perception of risk of using cannabis that leads to higher adolescent and adult cannabis intake. Accidental intake by children increased emergency department visits, especially with the advent of edibles, frequently packaged to be attractive to children and adolescents. However, adults unfamiliar with the pharmacokinetics of oral cannabis and the time required to reach peak effects, may ingest multiple doses, become highly intoxicated and require emergency assistance as well. The lack of quality control of unregulated cannabis can result in serious harm, as occurred with the vaping crisis, when vitamin E acetate, harmless when taken orally or used topically, was seriously toxic when inhaled. The developing brain is adversely affected by exposure to cannabis with long-term consequences. In utero exposure during maternal cannabis use can produce long-term effects on offspring. Many pregnant women do not believe that cannabis is harmful to the fetus. Two long-term follow-up studies of maternal cannabis use, one in middle-class Caucasian women and one in lower socioeconomic class African-American women, showed similar impairments in developmental outcomes. There clearly are differences in the effects of occasional (less than daily) cannabis use and chronic frequent (daily) cannabis intake. Additional research is critically needed into t
Recommended Citation
Huestis, Marilyn, "Short & Long-term Consequences of Cannabis Intake & Differences between Occasional & Chronic Frequent Cannabis Use" (2024). Oxford ICSB. 20.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/icsb/2024_ICSB/Schedule/20
Publication Date
April 2024
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Short & Long-term Consequences of Cannabis Intake & Differences between Occasional & Chronic Frequent Cannabis Use
Oxford Convention Center, 102 Ed Perry Boulevard Oxford, MS 38655
As the medicalization and legalization of the United States continues to increase it is important to understand the short- and long-term consequences of cannabis use. The endogenous cannabinoid neurotransmitter system is critical for the appropriate functioning of survival functions including hunger, body temperature control, memory and reproduction. When individuals use cannabis, they hijack the normal functioning of the system that attempts to maintain homeostasis. The most important short-term consequence of cannabis use is the morbidity and mortality of driving under the influence of cannabis. Also, legalization reduced the perception of risk of using cannabis that leads to higher adolescent and adult cannabis intake. Accidental intake by children increased emergency department visits, especially with the advent of edibles, frequently packaged to be attractive to children and adolescents. However, adults unfamiliar with the pharmacokinetics of oral cannabis and the time required to reach peak effects, may ingest multiple doses, become highly intoxicated and require emergency assistance as well. The lack of quality control of unregulated cannabis can result in serious harm, as occurred with the vaping crisis, when vitamin E acetate, harmless when taken orally or used topically, was seriously toxic when inhaled. The developing brain is adversely affected by exposure to cannabis with long-term consequences. In utero exposure during maternal cannabis use can produce long-term effects on offspring. Many pregnant women do not believe that cannabis is harmful to the fetus. Two long-term follow-up studies of maternal cannabis use, one in middle-class Caucasian women and one in lower socioeconomic class African-American women, showed similar impairments in developmental outcomes. There clearly are differences in the effects of occasional (less than daily) cannabis use and chronic frequent (daily) cannabis intake. Additional research is critically needed into t
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/icsb/2024_ICSB/Schedule/20