Problematic Cannabis Use in the UK: Health, Legal, and Social Factors

This report examines the problematic use of cannabis in the UK, focusing on its physical, psychological, legal, and social consequences. It highlights the increasing consumption of cannabis among young people and its association with physical and mental health disorders. The report details the physical effects, such as increased heart rate and potential risks of heart attack, and the psychological effects, including hallucinations, mood swings, and potential links to mental illnesses like schizophrenia. Furthermore, it addresses the legal and social implications, including decreased academic performance, increased delinquency, and strained family relationships. The report also touches on the debate surrounding the legalization of cannabis and its medicinal use, while emphasizing the adverse effects on motivation, work performance, and social interactions. Finally, it discusses preventative strategies and theoretical perspectives on problematic drug use, providing a comprehensive overview of the issue.

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Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFRENCES ..................................................................................................................................8
Book and journals ...........................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Cannabis is also considered as Marijuana, and it has been used illegally in UK. While in some
countries, due to its medical benefits, it has been legalized. At present, it has been discovered that
the youth generation is in under influence of numerous of harmful drugs in which cannabis is
consumed more than the other. Companion strain or intensity of pressure to consume drugs is
highly found in young generation and also constant use of cannabis for long time period not only
increase risk factors of physical health, and also promotes them to induce mental health
disorders later. This report entails the consumption of cannabis within society in UK and also its
physical, psychological, pharmacological, legal and social factors and consequences which arise
due to high usage of drugs. In addition to this, it also illustrate the preventative strategies and
present theories of problematic drugs as cannabis.
MAIN BODY
Cannabis is one of most usual and common addictive drug after alcohol and smoking.
The data of 2020, represent that there are around 11.9 million of adults who reported
consumption of cannabis from past year. According to some researchers, cannabis consumption
is termed to be a gateway of other drugs and also precede consumption of drugs which are
whether licit or illicit and may induce addiction of other drugs. The early use of cannabis in
young generation may affect the brain reactivity. It has been considered as gate way of other
drugs. The gateway is described as the door for moving futher to use
Impacts of drugs
Physical effects
As per the studies, the consumption of cannabis smoke makes an individual's heart rate
faster than usual. After taking smoke of marijuana the breathing vessels get at ease and makes
blood vessels of eye enlarge that makes individual's eyes red. As per the limited evidence, it has
been concluded that it can increase the risk of heart attack and other . The cannabis can elevate
blood pressure in an individual. It can reduce the potential of heart to hold oxygen. It can cause
othostatic hypo-tension which is well-known as head rush and dizziness while standing straight.
It may impairs judgments, coordination of motor skills, reaction and responses and the marijuana
is directly linked to blood THC concentration as well as impaired driving abilities of an

individual. It has been discovered that the chronic use of drugs can promote cannabis based
associated syndrome which is Cannabinoids Hyperemesis Syndrome. It is a condition in which
an individual may suffer form dehydration, nausea and vomiting. The syndrome are most
common in people who are under 60 years and also with a long contact of marijuana use. It can
make an individual to go on often trips to hospitals, but in few cases it may be resolved if person
quits cannabis.
Psychological effects
The adverse psychological effects of cannabis that are hallucination, frequent mood
swings, amnesia, depression, paranoia, sometimes the long term usage of cannabis can also cause
delusion, loss of motivation, enthusiasm, disorientation, difficulties in learning, recalling things,
forgetting, dilemma, confusion and so on. It may also affect the sensory of organs of an
individual and may promote to loose he ability to sense things. An individual might see and
visualize the things differently as compared to sober people. Sometimes, due to adverse effect of
marijuana, an individual might see and visualize some extraordinary visuals that are not real, this
known as hallucination and hallucination is a prime sign of psychosis. It is sign of mental
distress that may also associated with schizophrenia, schizo-effective and in critical condition, it
promotes bipolar disorder in an individual.
The compound tertrahydrocannabinol is present cannabis which is directly responsible
for psychological impact on individual. It directly affect the CB receptors within body of a
person. In order to understand this, it is important to discuss about what are CB receptors are. It
has been differentiated into two parts that are CB1and another is CB2. While CB1 plays an
essential role in making groups of regulatory position inside the body and small parts are also
observed within brain cells. Whereas the CB2 most likely to attain and accept responses and
coordination the structure of immune system. The main function and role of CB are to form G-
proteins in the body then reduce the formulation of calcium particles while expanding the
distribution of potassium in body. Cannabis makes this process slower than usual and which
makes a significant rigid psychological barrier in individual's body.
Cannabis increase partial unconsciousness and the long term contact with cannabis able
to make task to quit. It has been used in medical field, it is prescribed when an individual
undergoes through chronic pain, but it can induce the depression, anxieties and also panic

attacks, but on the other hand, the high amount of cannabis and long term use can promote
stroke, major stage of depression, problems while breathing and so on.
Cannabis is one of major cause that can develop and promote the mental illness in an
individual. But, it has been discovered that not each one of them get affected. Not each person
who has consumed cannabis induce the schizo-effective or psychosis. Similarly not everyone
who undergo with mental distress used to marijuana to cope. But people who are genetically
eligible have major chances to develop the mental disorder. Genetically vulnerable means if an
individual have any family history in regards with mental illness, then an individual is most
likely to induce the mental health disorders if he or she intake cannabis.
The negative impacts cannabis that can be characterized difficult to manage for a person
independently. The regular user of cannabis might undergo in withdrawal condition if they do not
consume at least for one day. It can be irritating behavior, disturbed sleep, restlessness, frequent
headaches and stomach ache, often mood swings and so on. Due to presence of mind altering
compounds, mind get used with this unconsciousness feeling and numbness that tends an
individual to have use regularly. The presences of THC that response brain to release pleasure in
which an individual attracted towards music, food and others. Hnece, these properties makes a
person to utilize more drugs.
Legal and Social
Weed use in youth connected with changed psychological wellness, an abatement in
scholarly limit and defenseless academic execution. Teens who use cannabis perform more
deplorable being investigated of basic intuition, with issues in like manner in spaces of thought,
memory and learning.Weed use in youth is connected with changed psychological wellness, an
abatement in scholarly limit and defenseless academic execution. Teens who use cannabis
perform more deplorable being investigated of basic intuition, with issues in like manner in
spaces of thought, memory and learning. Following 27 days' limitation from weed use, there was
at this point decreased execution in spaces of complex thought, verbal memory and organizing in
specific assessments. It is in like manner accepted that cannabis use in helpless youngsters and
energetic adults might provoke schizophrenia or other insane issues. Weed and alcohol are
routinely used together, with 58% of youngsters who drink similarly using Weed is the most as
often as possible mishandled unlawful medication in the country. The legitimization of cannabis

in certain states stays a disputable issue, and there keeps on being a great deal of discussion
about cannabis t whether Maryjane is unsafe to one's wellbeing. Adding to the discussion is the
way that weed is as often as possible utilized for therapeutic purposes. Many individuals use it to
facilitate the inconvenience brought about by malignant growth and other persistent illnesses. As
indicated by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, researchers have discovered that Maryjane
offers restorative impacts that can alleviate queasiness, ease torment and animate craving. In any
case, persistent Maryjane use may likewise add to the improvement of psychological wellness
issues, just as lung and coronary illness. Also, weed can be habit-forming. In spite of the fact that
it seldom (if at any time) causes passing, it can cause numerous social impacts. As per the
National Institute on Drug Abuse, cannabis use can have various adverse consequences on a
client's day by day life. It has been related with diminished inspiration, which can influence one's
school or work execution. Weed use has been associated with expanded nonappearances and
diminished work execution. There are likewise more work mishaps, which lead to more
specialists' pay claims. These components can ultimately prompt a pot client losing their
employment over drug use. It can likewise influence one's public activity and psychological
capacities, prompting issues with memory, eased back response times, nervousness and frenzy,
just as friendly and relational deficiencies. Further actual impacts of pot use incorporate a
smothered invulnerable framework and respiratory issues originating from the way that cannabis
contains more noteworthy measures of tars than those found in tobacco smoke, just as large
numbers of a similar malignant growth causing synthetics. Constant utilization of weed can
likewise decrease richness and sexual power in men and periods in ladies. At long last, THC can
cross the placenta, influencing a child's creating cerebrum and cause other pre-birth weights on
the embryo. It is in like manner accepted that cannabis use in helpless youngsters and energetic
adults might provoke schizophrenia or other insane issues. Weed and alcohol are routinely used
together, with 58% of youngsters who drink similarly using Weed is the most as often as possible
mishandled unlawful medication in the country. The legitimization of cannabis in certain states
stays a disputable issue, and there keeps on being a great deal of discussion about cannabis t
whether Maryanne is unsafe to one's well being.
Adding to the discussion is the way that weed is as often as possible utilized for
therapeutic purposes. Many individuals use it to facilitate the inconvenience brought about by
malignant growth and other persistent illnesses. As indicated by the National Institute on Drug

Abuse, researchers have discovered that Maryjane offers restorative impacts that can alleviate
queasiness, ease torment and animate craving. In any case, persistent Maryjane use may likewise
add to the improvement of psychological wellness issues, just as lung and coronary illness. Also,
weed can be habit-forming. In spite of the fact that it seldom (if at any time) causes passing, it
can cause numerous social impacts.
As per the National Institute on Drug Abuse, cannabis use can have various adverse
consequences on a client's day by day life. It has been related with diminished inspiration, which
can influence one's school or work execution. Weed use has been associated with expanded
nonappearances and diminished work execution. There are likewise more work mishaps, which
lead to more specialists' pay claims. These components can ultimately prompt a pot client losing
their employment over drug use. It can likewise influence one's public activity and psychological
capacities, prompting issues with memory, eased back response times, nervousness and frenzy,
just as friendly and relational deficiencies.
Further actual impacts of pot use incorporate a smothered invulnerable framework and
respiratory issues originating from the way that cannabis contains more noteworthy measures of
tars than those found in tobacco smoke, just as large numbers of a similar malignant growth
causing synthetics. Constant utilization of weed can likewise decrease richness and sexual power
in men and periods in ladies. At long last, THC can cross the placenta, influencing a child's
creating cerebrum and cause other per-birth weights on the embryo.
Social consequences
As per the studies it has been concluded that the long term consumption of cannabis
affect the learning abilities and memory capacity of an individual that is associated with all low
achievements. It has been observed that youngsters who are in high school and or in college.
Cannabis usage have potential to cause delinquent occurrence in the behavior of an individual,
due to long term use of cannabis an individual may aggressive, rebellious and also may induce
the poor relationship among family, in which family disputes are observed frequent. The factors
which are socially impacted through cannabis are dependence, criminal behavior and also lower
life satisfaction of an individual.

Moreover, the reports observed that cannabis can impact on individual completely. By
represent the effects on the such factors which are noticeable. Hence, it is determined as problem
drug among the society. It has been impacted person's mental capabilities, brain development and
development, it can promote the complete IQ loss of an individual especially , athletic
performance by making body lethargic and numbness hence it can affect the timing of reactions
and responds, movement and also coordination. Individuals who can drive in the influence of
cannabis may also deal the adverse affect of mental health disabilities that can affect the most of
individuals in UK, the most common mental health affect that is promoted through usage of
cannabis can be concluded as depression, anxieties, mood swings and also it can also promote
suicidal tendencies in youngsters.
The people who might get in influence of cannabis are seem to be addicted towards drugs
and also it has been state through person in Dug Rehabilitation Home, if he do not intake the
drug even one day, he gets deal with craving of drugs, stomach ache, headache, restlessness and
so in. on the basis of legal terms cannabis is termed to be illegal at federal level, even though it
has been legalized through number of states. In many states where cannabis is developing and
also fast growing among the sales of persons which has been discovered over 21 coffee shops,
retailing shops, wineries, on online platforms and as well as it has been grown at home. It has
been observed that due to use of marijuana as the essential factors which is affected is terms with
family. As this addiction of an individual may lead to deal with numerous of health affecting
factors and also can make an individual disable, in order to eliminate this factor there are
numerous of interventions are introduced with in society that can promote the agenda as Free
From Drugs.
Knowledge Of Preventative and Intervention Strategies in Place With cannabis
In order to address these current issued of cannabis there are numerous of general
strategies that should be implemented on each individual. First considered strategy that should be
implemented on an individuals is application of Bi-cultural competence and also social learning
theories in order to understand and teach the learning, communication skills as well as coping
skills in regards with handling the spontaneous situation instead of using cannabis to calm their
mind. Through this considered strategy the risk which has been addressed are drug resistance,
problem solving communication and so on. The approach which is applied in this Bi-cultural

Competence Skills Approach, the specific outcome which has been expected to derive through
implementation of this approach and strategy highly focused less and minimized sage of
cannabis.
Skill based classroom curriculum, multi-cultural addressed and informed by
communication competence theory and also a cultural grounded resiliency model, the expected
risk which can be minimized through this application of strategy can be low perception of use
and consumption of drugs resistance skills, normative behaviors, attitudes and beliefs in regards
with drugs. Through it the expected outcome which can be attains through it are decreasing the
use of cannabis. As per the studies, the efficient theories are termed to be have potential that can
affect the causes of marijuana. Whereas, the considered therapy which are placed for the
minimize is motivational enhancement therapy session, in which an individual is being
motivated and provided a better understanding of quality of life and positive attitudes towards
healthy life.
It has been also observed that this therapy my also help an individual to clear and
minimize the mental affects which are arises due to long term use of drugs. In this the considered
outcome which is aims on the reductions: in days of cannabis use, quantity of weekly used drugs.
The studies reported the several DSM symptoms are being addressed. The specific program
name termed as Adolescent Cannabis Check up. Another efficient programs which are
considered to minimize the effects of cannabis in a UK are on trending, as this issue become a
major health challenge. The programs such as ATHENA (mostly used for youth in UK), Family
Spirit, BRAVE, Guiding Good Choices, In-shape are determined for each group of UK
population. The campaigns which highly aims on the elimination of drugs are FIT LIFE,
DRUGS FREE ENVIORMENT and so on. As these campaigns may include the understanding
and better learning of concept and provide a enough learning of serious outcomes through
learning.
As per the records, it has been exaggerated that the motivational interviewing might help
an individual to cope and also allow to attain the optimistic lead towards the quitting marijuana.
The behavioral and cognitive approaches are efficient in terms of cannabis, thus it can make a
numerous of changes in pattern and behavior of an individual and can help to promote the quality
and standard living. The cannabis can harm their life dimensions such as it can affect the

economical factor of an individual, being lethargic and lazy can affect an individual productivity
and make a person unemployed. Hence, being unemployed is directly related to dealing and
serving the numerous of mental health outcomes as well.
An Evaluation of Current Theories of Cannabis Use
As per the studies of Koob and Volkow, illustrated the the definition of addiction of drugs
by using the term chronically relapsing disorder, that has been marked as compulsive drug that
may also seek as well as intake, may termed to loose of control in the limit of intake, and also it
can emergence the negative emotional state when it is access to drug makes prevented. As this
model consist of three stages of addiction towards drugs which has been disturbed through three
major microcircuits, the binge or can be refereed as intoxicated stage that has been driven by any
sudden chances among the basal ganglia, the with drawl stage is termed as amygdala and also
last preoccupation or anticipation can be termed as PFC or prefrontal content.
The binge intoxicated stage is stage of addiction to an individual in which he or she may
undergo in the feeling of compulsive to consume drugs, despite of knowing the negative
consequences of drugs that are interconnected with it. As this stage may include the hyper-
activation of Mesolithic that has been rewarded as the pathway of brain, it has been highly
associated with affirmatives reinforcement which has been regarded as the negative affects of
cannabis. The considered hallmark of the intoxication, in this staying motivated toward to use
drugs and also may build the tolerance in an individual in respect to consume the cannabis. As
per the report, the cannabis is drug that can promote the tolerance of itself within continuous use
for 6 months as well.
This major incentive salience dysfunction may also represent a derive DA signaling in
order to motivate to intake the drugs that may depend upon the exposure to conditioned cues and
also even its pharmaceutical effects minimizing, the secondary in order to promote the
development of enough and major tolerance. Hence, the opponent process represents and are
marked through within system and with in system neurological alterations and changes that are
efficient to the major loss of motivations in regards with non drugs affirmatives and may help to
impair emotion regulation system that may also developed in this stage. It included the changes
and alteration in dorsal properties of brain system.

Last is concluded as anticipation stage, implementation through the executive control on
the craving of drugs and also impulsive is maintain and medicated through health care
professionals in order to promote the coping process with cannabis, as this stage marked as a
indication with in PFC and also particular areas of brain of an individual that can moderate and
control decision making, self analysis, inhibitory control as well as interventions that can
promote the memory capabilities and efficiency. This also may include numerous of activities
such as glutamatergic and GABAergic. These can help and promote the coping properties of an
individual which are decision making, problem solving, attaining conscious mind, alertness as
well as healthy health factor for people who are seeking help from health care professionals to
cope.
Cannabis can promote co-morbid mental distress such as effective disorders, anxiety
issues as well as alcohol related distress that are observed in the long term affect of use cannabis.
In addition, stressful and critical life conditions such as accident, parent separation, early parental
death, bullying, teasing, trauma, physical abuse are the reason that may influence individual to
consume the drugs, hence they are temporary peace which is provided by cannabis, and this
temporary effect can lead addiction and also may seem motivate to consume drugs. It has been
observed that an individual who usually intake high amount of cannabis are most likely to loss
their appetite or they do not feel hungry at the correct time, thus it can lead an individual to serve
health challenges such as weakness in body, insomnia and so on.
The positive response has been collected in regards with if cannabis is directly link to
sleeping pattern f an individual. Studies concluded that cannabis can make subconscious mind,
that can promote an individual to overthink and make self question what if, suppose if. These
factors may lead a person to face challenges in staying and keeping themselves calm and healthy.
There are no concrete studies that may reflect that the cannabis may help to recover depression,
but in the medical field in extreme level, health care professionals might suggest medicines
which are made up of with cannabis compounds. Studies concluded that it may help in
minimizing the pain of an individual whoa re suffering from chronic injury.
Cannabis is also interlinked with stress responses. At the time of chronic stress an
individual may undergo the adverse reaction. The stress management intervention can include
interventions such as management of response towards stress but if an individual is a substance

user it might becomes difficult to manage. Since, it can depend on the behavior pattern of an
individual. In many countries, people are legally taking cannabis as a medicine, but as per the
prescribed through doctor. It is mostly used in the chronic illness and have tendencies to lower or
decrease the intensity of pain. Studies concluded that the long term affect of consuming the
cannabis may lead an individual also undergo to deal with effects such as hallucination, headache
and so on. There are no solid evidence of studies which concluded that there is interconnection of
connection of cannabis to mythology as well.
CONCLUSION
Over all, it has been concluded that cannabis is a problematic drug that can make an
individual to serve numerous life challenges and risk. In young generation, it can be the reason of
mental distress such as depression, anxiety, hypertension, disturbed relations with folks and so
on. Short term usage of cannabis may lead an individual to loss he concentration whereas long
term use of cannabis can make an individual to deal with health issues such as problems in
breathing, loosing appetite, loss of cognitive skills, loss of concentration, numbness, lethargic
and so on. The interventions which should be implemented in order to promote the recovery and
coping of an individual, includes resistance of craving of drugs, yoga helps in establishing the
concentration abilities and also promote the curing from drugs.