How does marijuana affect our health?
PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA
- Heart
- Brain
- Respiratory system, lung, bronchitis (asthma)
- Immune system
- Reproductive system
- May cause cancer (risk of malignant disease)

PSYCHICAL EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA
- Disturbed memory and learning difficulties
- Slower motions and confused thinking
- Damage to memory
- Lack of motivation (amotivational syndrome)
- Aggression and panic attacks
- Long-term use can cause hallucinations, illusions, loss of personal identity
- Individually, it affects the development of schizophrenia

Social effects
- Poor grades and lack of interest in school (poor grades, frequent absences, laziness)
- Proneness to violence, fights
- Problems with peers (leaving old friends)
- Family problems (lying, cheating, stealing, conflicts, rarely spending time with family members)
- Deviant behavior and inclination to crime and offenses
Social consequences
1.Family consequences:
- Communication – the addict establishes disturbed communication patterns
- Emotional relations – the essential feature is instability
- Family roles – none of the family members are in a position to be in the role he/she has
- Financial problems – the family falls into constant existential fear, living from day to day
- Deformed social relationships – expressed through neglecting old friends
- An unstable psychological atmosphere in the family of an addict
2. Professional consequences
- Weak results in learning
- Unemployment
- Lack of productivity at work
3. Criminal consequences and other social consequences
- Aggression, anger attacks, rebellion without a cause
- A higher rate of deviant behavior that even borders on crime
- Tendency towards crime, theft, sale of marijuana
- Causing a large number of traffic accidents, especially in combination with alcohol
- Seriously interferes with cautiousness, ability to concentrate, coordination and ability to react quickly