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Medical professionals don't know how to treat marijuana addiction
Last reviewed: 02.07.2025
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Marijuana or cannabis is a psychoactive substance that is produced from certain types of hemp. Recently, there have been more and more people addicted to marijuana in the world, despite the fact that experts do not classify hemp as a narcotic and note a lower degree of dependence on it, in comparison with harder drugs or potent substances.
In recent studies, scientists have found that medicine at this stage of development is not able to help people with marijuana addiction, since there are simply no effective drugs to help cope with the bad habit.
The problem was discussed at a conference held at the Canadian National University. Experts noted that marijuana users experience rather “unexpected symptoms.” As studies show, substances contained in cannabis cause agitation and decreased impulse control, up to complete loss. To solve this problem, scientists have developed a drug that has shown good results in clinical trials.
The first studies of the new drug showed that among marijuana users, the percentage of those who combined it with other synthetic substances that are more dangerous to health decreased. In addition, the new drug made it possible to reduce the number of marijuana addicts by 10%.
According to one of the specialists who took part in the new study, there is currently an increase in people addicted to marijuana in the world, but medical centers simply do not know how to help them. For this purpose, scientists have developed a new drug that can help people who want to get rid of the harmful addiction.
At the University of Texas, scientists have found out what causes marijuana addiction, as it turned out, cannabis is a full-fledged drug, although some experts do not recognize it as such. In Texas, a team of researchers found that marijuana has the same properties as other drugs. During the experiments, it was proven that long-term smoking of weed causes the same changes in the brain as with regular use of harder drugs. Also, specialists have found that cannabis smoke causes strong addiction, and with systematic use of marijuana, some areas of the brain are activated, in particular, the area responsible for pleasure. In experiments, it was found that if a person is shown an image of drugs or drugs themselves, a strong desire to use them appears.
By the way, another research group from Columbia, which also studied the effects of marijuana on the human body, came to the conclusion that smoking weed increases the risk of addiction to other, harder drugs and alcohol.
Therefore, the new drug developed by Canadian specialists has appeared just in time and may well become the beginning of the development of more effective means for getting rid of cannabis addiction.
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