NESC 3237 Lecture Notes - 5-Ht Receptor, Partial Agonist, Psilocybin
18 Apr 2013
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Some of the long-term consequences of heavy marijuana use. Acute effects of marijuana on cognitive function. Know nature of cognitive deficits associated with acute weed use. Know to what extent there are detectible decrements in cognitive performance after marijuana use, and for how long are they measurable for. Know how marijuana use is related to increased risk to psychosis, what type of users, the genotypes that make it more likely. Reduces pressure of fluid in eyes for glaucoma: probably most effective. Effective analgesic: advantage over morphine is that there is no risk of opiate overdose. Also useful for movement type disorders (ms, epilepsy, spinal cord injury) A good anti-nausea drug, and stimulates appetite: very good for patients undergoing chemotherapy. There are many cognitive side-effects that are unwanted. There is a dose dependant relationship between therapeutic effects and psychological effects: maybe because some of the systems they both act on overlap.
