Hookah: Social Factors Causing Skewed Perceptions of the Tobacco Product
Tobacco is undeniably the largest legal drug in the world, with millions addicted to tobacco despite the clear negative effects it can have on people’s health. Hookah is a tobacco product that has increased in popularity in recent years due to its prevalence in college social scenes and bars across America. The biggest problem is […]
Hookah: An Underratedly Dangerous Tobacco Product
New generations of young people have brought different different ways of using tobacco into popular culture. Currently, hookah is a very popular use of tobacco that has quite ludicrously taken ahold of a large portion of young party goers. Hookah bars typically also serve alcohol, so they have become an alternative to traditional bars. While […]
Cannabis Use and its Relation to Psychological Disorders including Anxiety and Depression
Cannabis has become a very popular drug world wide, and has even been legalized in some countries. Avid cannabis users love the benefits that cannabis can provide, and medical professionals even prescribe it to patients as a natural pain remedy. While cannabis is widely known to calm people down and relieve physical pain, it has […]
Cannabis and its Effects in Relation to Schizophrenia
The debate continues in the United States as to whether cannabis should be legalized throughout the country. Many avid cannabis smokers advocate for cannabis legalization because it can provide some benefits to people’s health. However, studies show that cannabis can worsen psychotic symptoms especially in patients with schizophrenia. For example, a study published in the […]
Cannabis Part II: Further Explication of Pros and Cons
A study published in the Society for the Study of Addiction’s journal tested behavioral effects of the cannabinoid agonist WIN on adult and pubertal rats. The study tested both long-term and short-term effects of the cannabinoid. As seen in the figure, the results showed that cannabinoid treatment on both pubertal and adult rats caused decreased […]
The Physiological and Neurological Dangers of Marijuana Use
Marijuana is a drug that has been popular for decades, but in recent years, more and more debate has risen about whether it is safe to use and whether it should be legalized across the United States. Many studies have been conducted that show the dangers that marijuana can impose upon users of the drug, […]
E-cigarettes Part II: Further Analysis of Pros and Cons and Contradictory Information
A recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine conducted research on children in grades 6 through 12 to determine young people’s opinions about e-cigarettes in comparison to their opinions about traditional cigarettes. As the figure below shows, the study found that of the 49.2 percent of students who knew about e-cigarettes, a […]
E-Cigarettes: Safe Alternative, or Dangerous Gateway Drug?
E-cigarettes have increased in popularity in the last 5 years, and many people are unsure about whether they are safe to use. Recent studies show that e-cigarettes pollute the air with dangerous chemicals, and that their use has sparked greater likelihoods of poisoning and tobacco use. However, there is also some evidence that supports the […]
