#question 1.3

Are teenagers enlightened about the real effect of drugs or do they just think they are? To find out if students really are enlightened I first asked them, if they feel enlightened (question 1.2) and then what negative side effects of consuming drugs they see, to prove if they really know what the consumption causes (question 1.3). 

As already discussed when talking about media influence teenagers feel enlightened well (question 1.2).

when smoked, the effect starts after approximately 15 minutes

after 2-3 hours it fades

while eating cannabis, e.g. in cookies, it takes up to 2 hours until you can recognize the effect (depending on how much you ate), but you can feel a more intense effect up to 8 hours or even the next day

how: in the cerebellum, the basal ganglia, the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus, there are anandamid receptors, on which the THC can dock. This is why the hormone anandamid is inhibited.  

as the hormone anandamid was just found in 1992, it is not clear which function it has. Experts suppose it takes part in the processing of pain and sensory impressions.

side effects:

dock on the cerebellum & basal ganglia --> influence on the movement and coordination

dock on cerebral cortex --> concentration & sense of time

dock on hippocampus --> memory