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How does Marijuana Affect Your Body? What are the Marijuana Physical Effects?

Written by: Wendy Moelker, Psychologist in charge, tutor, Emergis center for mental health care, Goes, the Netherlands.

First version: 22 Jul 2008. Latest version: 19 Sep 2008.

Abstract:
Marijuana will affect your body and several ways, listed in this text.

Question:

What are the cannabis/haschish/marijuana physical effects?

Answer:

The use of cannabis has all kinds of physical consequences. The most important ones are:

Increased heartbeat. Generally, it slows down in about 20 minutes.
Drop of the pressure in your eyeball.
Change of blood pressure.
Sense of cold or hot hands and feet.
Discoloration of the white of the eye to somewhat pink because of dilation of the vessels in the conjunctiva of the eye.
Relaxation of the muscles.
A dry mouth.

These effects are temporary and mostly disappear after a couple of hours.

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