Marihuaha. The breaking point between public health and public decision
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The marijuana plant has more than 500 substances called cannabinoids, from here, THC or tetrahydrocannabinol has been studied because it is considered the active principle that, at a physical level, has certain affinity with compounds produced by our own brain. Because of this affinity, the consumption of this substance gives a diffuse neurotransmission in important areas of the human brain that is auspicious to a cascade of emotions in our reward circuit, which stimulates the production of responses in a wide spectrum of perception ranging from the approval, or even the fear, depending on the dose administered and the quality of the product used. It is indeed a substance that alters the brain but the real question is if its consumption constitutes a public health problem or a public or criminal policy decision. This article aims to answer this question from the medical point of view and taking into account the effects that the substance generates in the brain.
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