Ingabe Yenza Imithetho Yobunikazi I-Marijuana Yathumela Umlayezo Ongalungile?

Ukubhema kwentsha kusenandaba kakhulu

Izikhulu zezeMpilo zikhathazekile ukuthi ukujwayela ukubambisa inambuzane ekusebenziseni kwezokwelapha nokuzilibazisa kuthumela umlayezo ongalungile kulabo abasengozini kakhulu emiphumeleni yayo: izingane ezinemizimba nezingqondo zabo ezisathuthuka.

Ngisho nasezintweni lapho ukuzithokozisa kokugcoba kutholakala khona ngokomthetho ngokuvota, ukusetshenziswa kwayo kungokomthetho kuphela kubantu abadala abaneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-21. Akukho ndawo ukubhema ukhula olusemthethweni kubantwana noma okubhekwa njengokuphephile ukusetshenziswa kwentsha, kepha akusiyo njalo umyalezo abawutholayo .

Ukunciphisa Umqondo Wokulimaza

Ekuqaleni, umyalezo osanda kuyithola wawuthi, "Uma imithi, kufanele ihambe kahle." Muva nje, umyalezo uwukuthi, "Uma kungokomthetho, kufanele kube ephephile."

Ucwaningo lwe-National Institute for Drug Abuse lwe-Monitoring the Future (MTF) lubonisa ukuthi ukubhekwa kwentsha yenzakalala kancane kancane eminyakeni edlule, okuvame ukukhombisa ukwanda okuzayo okusetshenziselwa phakathi kwentsha.

Ngokwenhlolovo enjalo ye-MTF, kuphela amaphesenti angu-41.7 wabalandeli abayisishiyagalombili abona ukusetshenziswa kwesibambiso njengokungathi kuyingozi. Njengoba bekhula, lelo phesenti liyancipha: kuphela amaphesenti angu-20.6 angama-12th graders abona ukusetshenziswa kokhula ngezikhathi ezithile njengokulimaza.

Umlayezo Ongalungile?

Njengoba izifunda eziningi futhi zenza inambuzane yezokwelapha nokuzilibazisa isebenzise ngokomthetho, ukuqonda kwentsha kokulimaza okungabangela kunciphisa.

"Ngokuqinisekile asiyithumeli umlayezo omuhle kakhulu uma sikubiza ngokuthi umuthi futhi siwubhalise," kusho uRi. R. Ker Kerkowske, umqondisi we-Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Kunezizathu ezithile ezinhle kakhulu, ezibhalwe ucwaningo lwesayensi, ukuthi ukubhema inambuzane kuyingozi kubasebenzisi abangaphansi. Nazi ezinye izingozi eziye zahlolwa ngezifundo ezihlukahlukene:

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Ama-Brain Teen abhekene nokulimala yi-Useavy Marijuana

Abacwaningi e-Children's Hospital of Philadelphia bakwazi ukusebenzisa ukuhlaziywa kwe-imagination magnetic resonance (MRIs) ukuze babhale ukulimala okubonakalayo kobuchopho ababhekene nabasebenzisi abanobunzima abasesikhungweni sokunakekelwa kwezidakamizwa. Izindawo zobuchopho ezithinteka kakhulu ukusetshenziswa zibandakanya labo abathintekayo ekukhunjweni, ukunakwa, ukwenza izinqumo, ulimi, kanye namakhono okusebenza okuphatha.

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Ukusetshenziswa kokuqala kokusetshenziswa kwamanzi okuxhunyaniswe nokukhubazeka kwengqondo

Ososayensi abavela eHarvard Medical School bathola ubufakazi bokuthi ababhemayo abaqala ukusebenzisa inambuzane ngaphambi kweminyaka engu-17 babe nokulahlekelwa kwengqondo okungatholakali kulabo abaqala ukubhema kamuva ekuphileni, futhi ngubani owasebenzisa lesi sidakamizwa kancane. Labo abaqala ukubhema ekuseni benza "okubi nakakhulu" ekuhlolweni okubandakanya i-verbal IQ kanye nenkumbulo yezinhlu.

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Ukusetshenziswa kokhula okunamandla kuthinta ukufunda, amakhono omphakathi

Ukubuyekezwa kwezifundo eziyi-11 ezihlukene zocwaningo yiNational Institute for Drug Abuse kutholakale ukuthi inzalo enzima yokubhema ayithinti nje kuphela amakhono okufunda abasebenzisi, kodwa futhi namakhono abo emphakathini, okwenza izinkinga zangempela ekuphileni kwabo kwansuku zonke. Ucwaningo lwabonisa ukuthi imbiza yokubhema inomthelela ekghono lomsebenzisi lokufunda, nokukhumbula lokho abakufundile.

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Ukubhema I-Double Dougha Ingozi ye-Cancer Testicular

Umdlavuza wesobufakazi uhlobo oluvamile lwesifo somdlavuza, kodwa abesilisa abasha ababhema inambuzane bavame ukuthuthukisa uhlobo oluthile lomdlavuza we-testicular, kuhlanganise nohlobo olunzima ukuluphatha. Ucwaningo e-Keck School of Medicine eNyuvesi yase-Southern California ngenye yeziningana eziye zaxhuma ukusetshenziswa kwegciwane kwengozi enkulu yomdlavuza we-testicular.

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Ukusetshenziswa kwe-Binge Marijuana Esemncane Kuxhunywe Nge-Stroke

Nakuba ingozi yokushaywa isifo kwabasha kanye nezinsizwa ezingavamile kakhulu, isifundo e-St. Louis University sithole ukuthi ukuzitika ngokweqile kwamantombazane-abasha abasebenzisa lesi sidakamizwa kodwa ngezikhathi ezithile ukubhebhetheka-kuye kwahlanganiswa nokutholakala kwezigungu zentsha, ezinye zazo ezibulalayo.

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Intsha Iyingozi Kakhulu Izidakamizwa

Ngesikhathi sokukhula, ubuchopho obusuka ebuchosheni obukhuthaza ukuhlangenwe nakho kweveli, njengokuzama ukusebenzisa izidakamizwa, kukhula ngesivinini esisheshayo. Ngeshwa, lokhu kuhambisana nesimo esingaphansi kokuthuthukiswa kwamanye izingxenye zobuchopho ezihileleke ekulawuleni ukucindezela-inhlanganisela engaholela ekuvivinyeni okunzima ngezidakamizwa eziluthayo, ngokusho kwabacwaningi eYale University School of Medicine.

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Ubulili, Ukusetshenziswa Kwezidakamizwa Ukwandisa Ingozi Yokuzibulala Kwezingane

Abacwaningi bePacific Institute for Research and Evaluation ku-Chapel Hill, eNorth Carolina, baye bahlanganisa ukusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa ezinganeni zibe yengozi enkulu yokucindezeleka, imicabango yokuzibulala kanye nokuzama ukuzibulala. Nakuba abesifazane besencane amathuba okuba bahlanganyele ekuziphatheni okuyingozi, lapho bekwenza, babebuthakathaka kakhulu kunabesilisa ekucindezelekeni nasekuzicabangeni.

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