Marijuana Can Lead to Dangerous Behavior

Marijuana Can Lead to Dangerous Behavior

 

Several experts say high-potency marijuana can lead to dangerous behavior, such as intoxicated driving. CNN reports that “Many marijuana growers are trying to increase the content of the drug’s active ingredient, THC, as high as it will go”.

The article notes that the most potent strains have a THC content of about 25 percent. In 1972 the average THC potency was less than 1 percent, In 1990 it increase 3 to 4 percent and its almost 13 percent nowadays.

Dr. Mahmoud ElSohly, who directs the lab at the University of Mississippi says “You really have to be careful, The danger of this high-potency material is not with the experienced marijuana smokers, but young people who really don’t know what they’re smoking. They don’t know what to expect, and before they know it, they’ve inhaled too much.”.

“Certain behaviors, such as driving, can be dangerous for a person who is acutely intoxicated from THC, The risk is not that you’ll stop breathing or that you’ll die”, Dr. Julie Holland, a New York psychiatrist says. She also says “The risk is that you’ll become very altered and disoriented, and you can get anxious and panicky in that situation.”

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