Marijuana misuse facts and myths

June 19, 2017

Marijuana misuse facts and myths

Marijuana misuse facts and myths: What dealers will tell you to sell?

The known facts around marijuana and other substances of abuse are very disturbing. And the dealers will do anything to add salt to the injury this is very evident in the findings where some teens were surveyed with a view to finding out why and when they started using drugs. 55% of the respondent were categorical that it was due to pressure from their friends and that they wanted to belong and popular. These facts are known to the dealers and so they will approach you as a friend and appear very helpful with the myth that the drug will help you fit in and feel cool. All these are nothing but an invitation to make them sell at the expense of your health and life in general. They will talk good about marijuana, cocaine, heroin and all kinds of drugs. In all these doctors Dalal Akoury MD and founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center advice these are all traps and you must never fall prey. You may want to seek more professional advice from the experts at this facility by calling on doctor Akoury today. But for now, let’s understand more about marijuana as a substance.

Marijuana misuse facts and myths: Cannabis

Marijuana also is known as cannabis is often rolled up in a cigarette like a form for easy use. Besides that, it can also be brewed as a tea or mixed with food or smoked through a water pipe called a bong. In the US this drug comes third among the most abused substances at 16%. Marijuana is often more potent today than it used to be. Growing techniques and selective use of seeds have produced a more powerful drug. As a result, there has been a sharp increase in the number of marijuana-related emergency room visits by young pot smokers.

One of the most important facts about marijuana is that when ones begin usage, it’s tolerance builds up, and by and by the user is likely to graduate into using more stronger drugs to achieve the same high. When the effects start to wear off, the person may turn to more potent drugs to rid themselves of the unwanted conditions that prompted them to take marijuana in the first place. The truth is that marijuana only masks the problem for a time while the user is high and when the “high” fades off, the problem, returns more intensely than before prompting the user to turn to stronger drugs since marijuana no longer “works.”

Marijuana misuse facts and myths: Long and short-term effects

Like any other drug, marijuana has both short and long-term effects on its users. Loss of coordination and distortions in the sense of time, vision and hearing, sleepiness, reddening of the eyes, increased appetite and relaxed muscles. Heart rate can speed up. In fact, in the first hour of smoking marijuana, a user’s risk of a heart attack could increase fivefold. School performance is reduced through impaired memory and lessened ability to solve problems. Long-term use can cause psychotic symptoms. It can also damage the lungs and the heart, worsen the symptoms of bronchitis and cause coughing and wheezing. It may reduce the body’s ability to fight lung infections and illness.

Marijuana misuse facts and myths: What dealers will tell you to sell?

Marijuana addiction alertness

June 15, 2017

Marijuana addiction alertness is essential in ensuring that timely precautions are taken

Marijuana addiction alertness: Cannabis sativa solution

A lot of information can be misleading, especially those statements about illicit drugs. Once illicit, it can only be bad and nothing less. Forget about the persuasion from users. The truth is that once illicit it is bad and nothing can be good about it. Looking at the way drugs ruin families, societies and even nations, I cannot just sit and pretend that things will normalize with time without doing something. And that is the reason why doctor Dalal Akoury MD a renowned addiction expert of several decades made a very passionate decision to create a medical center (AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center) whose main objective is to transform each individual’s life through increasing awareness about health and wellness and by empowering individuals to finding their own inner healing power and exercising it for total recovery about all kinds of addictions. And as we explore on all kinds of addiction, we want to narrow down on the marijuana addiction alertness, awareness and treatment.

Professionally, it will interest you to note that Dr. Akoury’s practice primarily focuses on personalized medicine through healthy lifestyle choices that deal with primary prevention and underlying causes instead of patching up symptoms. And now with such a professional onboard we can proceed to sharing with you what you need to know about marijuana so that you can separate between myths and facts. In the meantime, if you have any concerns that you need clarification from the expert then you can call doctor Akoury on telephone number 843 213 1480 and she will gladly address your concerns professionally.

Marijuana addiction alertness: The hemp plant

Now back to the discussion, marijuana is derived from the hemp plant, cannabis sativa and it is a dry, shredded green and brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves. Marijuana is one of the most commonly used and abused illicit drug globally with the U.S being one of the highly rated in is abuse. This substance is loaded with over 400 different chemicals with the main one being that which brings alteration to the mind known as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. The level of THC content in marijuana after cultivation can range from less than 1% to more than 30% and has been increasing dramatically, making marijuana increasingly potent and more addictive. This therefore defeats the myth that marijuana is harmless because the fact is and according to the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), in 2010 there were over 572,000 marijuana-involved admissions to hospital emergency rooms. This is not a small thing that you can easily wish away, and in the same report it was also established that during the same timeframe, an estimated 11,406 emergency department visits involved a synthetic cannabinoid product, sometimes referred to as “synthetic marijuana” and commonly known by street names like “Spice” or “K2”. That can only mean that this is a very dangerous drug and this awareness is timely.

Marijuana addiction alertness: Cannabis sativa solution

Addiction elimination quest successes

June 13, 2017

Addiction elimination quest successes must begin from the brain

Addiction elimination quest successes: Tracing your addiction roots

Success is everybody’s desire but so many times we have failed. One area where failure is evident is in addiction elimination quest. And to succeed in eliminating addiction from our system, we begin by addressing the real root course. Many people become victims of addiction not really because they were induced by their substance of abuse but because of their background and how they were brought up. The genetics position of addiction and family history, therefore, becomes a serious component of consideration when it comes to dealing with this problem of addiction. Because of that, we are confident that it has become necessary for all of us to trace our roots and be sure that what we are going through now is not as a result of lineage.

Addiction elimination quest successes: Genetics and family addiction history

To that effect, we want to explore in details the genetics of addiction and family history in a couple of postings that we are going to making on this link. We are also going to engage the experts from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center in this discussion to give you the expert opinion on this matter and how best you can approach it for a quick and more professional way of treatment. This is something you do not want to miss because doctor Dalal Akoury who is also the founder of this facility (AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center) will be impacting on us positively for the better health of our present and future generation. As we progress into the discussion, it will interest you to note that doctor Akoury is a veteran addiction expert and has brought a lot of transformation in people’s lives over the last few decades and her experience is something you need to hook up to if you are struggling with any kind of addiction by scheduling an appointment today so that your condition can be attended to timely and professionally.

Now to the topic of the day, in many instances, the prevalence of addiction is rated in a ratio of 50 percent to genetic predisposition and 50 percent to poor coping skills. These are facts that have been confirmed by numerous studies both in the present and in the past. Doctor Akoury is confirming that in one of the studies where researchers sampled some 861 identical twin pairs and 653 fraternal (non-identical) twin pairs. It was established that when one identical twin was addicted to alcohol, the other twin had a high probability of being addicted to the same substance. However, when one of the non-identical twins was addicted to alcohol, the other twin did not necessarily have an addiction. Based on the differences between the identical and non-identical twins, it became very clear from the study that an estimated population of about 50-60% of addiction is due to genetic factors. And like I have already mentioned, those figures have been confirmed by other studies globally as well.

Addiction elimination quest successes: Tracing your addiction roots

Healthy lifestyle exercises

June 6, 2017

Healthy lifestyle exercises for all age groups

Healthy lifestyle exercises: Keeping children away from food addiction

Healthy lifestyle exercises and training are very key in ensuring that our future generation is brought up in the right way. This is very important and it begins with encouraging new foods stuff in your menu. Many may see this as a serious obstacle owing to the kind of lifestyle many are living today but the following guidelines can be very effective in helping you in embracing the kind of lifestyle you would want your children to live:

Serve a new food with one your child likes.
Being patient and keep offering new foods, even if they are rejected at first and assume that your child will like new foods.
Offer new foods in a relaxed environment.
Don’t use food as a reward, pacifier or punishment.

Make mealtimes a positive experience

Mealtimes should be relaxed and happy. Suggestions include:

Let your child explore food by touching and expect some mess.
Let children feed themselves and give help if needed.
Enjoy family meals together at a table, so children can watch and copy others, try the family foods and enjoy company while eating.
Keep mealtimes relaxed. Don’t have too many distractions like the TV on.
Offer encouragement, but don’t argue or force your child to eat.
Talk pleasantly to your child at mealtimes, not just about food.
Don’t ask your child to eat quickly.

Healthy lifestyle exercises: Safety suggestions

To reduce the risk of choking, safety suggestions may include the following:

Always supervise young children when they are eating.
Encourage your child to always eat sitting down to prevent falls and reduce the risk of choking.
Avoid small hard foods such as nuts, raw carrot, hard lilies, and popcorn. Offer lightly steamed vegetable sticks instead.

Healthy lifestyle exercises: Drinks for children

It is very important that you offer all drinks to your children in a cup. Sometimes children fill up on drinks, particularly sweet ones like juice, and this leaves less room for foods. This you can avoid by:

Offering up to three cups of milk only each day, with water at other times for thirst. Full fat milk should be given up to two years of age and then reduced fat may be given.
Remember that juice and sweetened drinks are unnecessary.

Healthy lifestyle exercises: Seeking for professional help

Many parents worry about their children’s eating at some stage, particularly in younger children when food intake and appetite appear to change daily. Therefore if this concerns you, then you should ask for professional help if:

You have concerns about your child’s growth
Your child is unwell, tired and not eating
Mealtimes are causing lots of stress and anxiety.

Finally, remember that good training on healthy feeding and acceptable healthy lifestyle are the foundations that will make children grow up in resistance to the temptation of wrong foodstuff that can be very addictive and injurious to their general wellbeing. This should be the desire of all parents so that together we can bring up young and vibrant healthy society now and in the future.

Healthy lifestyle exercises: Keeping children away from food addiction

Brains explicit roles in fighting addiction

June 3, 2017

Brains explicit roles in fighting addiction will only be effective when the brain is in good health

Brains explicit roles in fighting addiction: To fight addiction, feed your brains

The brain being the nerve center and engine of human life, its importance cannot be overlooked. Nothing will happen in the body without it being registered in or from the brain. The brain plays an integral function in effective communication to various parts of the body. Because of this, we have certain brains explicit roles including those that support the fight against substance abuse. Having said that, the next question is how possible is it and what do we know about the brain, addiction and effects of addiction to the brain? To help us get the answers, we sought the professional opinion of experts from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury (MD) and founder of the same. Doctor Akoury shares with us her personal experience with her clients over the years as follows.

Brains explicit roles in fighting addiction: Denial and denying the brain the essential fats

Denial is the biggest problem we face when dealing with addiction. This is evident in most patients who visit our facility and at one point I was attending to a client who for purposes of confidentiality I will refer to as Miss Agnes. Ideally if you met her, you might presume she had everything to live for. And just to share briefly, in her early thirties she was doing well as a junior executive who was married with two young children. Yet when Agnes opened up as she sat on my couch during a session, she narrated how her troubles at home and work had brought her, more than once, to put a killer knife at her wrist and imagine ending her emotional pain forever.

For over a decade Miss Agnes disorderly drank bottles of wine every night and regularly smoked marijuana alongside taking pain killers. Even though she knew her actions she denied it first to herself, her family and to me (her doctor) that substance abuse was a part of her problem. “I’m not an alcoholic,” she said with a lot of confidence. Because she was such a long way from even addressing her addictions, I inquired about what else she was ingesting and so I ask “What did you eat for breakfast?” That question revealed to me that she wasn’t just intoxicating her brain but she was also starving it of the essential nutrients. It was almost a routine for her skipping breakfast most days and when she took it will be only a cup of coffee or glass of juice once in a while. According to her, she put soy milk in her coffee because she thought that all dairy and meat products were unhealthy. She also avoided fat in all her foods because she believed fat would make her fat. What she didn’t know is, the brains rely on healthy fats for their functioning and for that reason two fats, EPA and DHA, are known for their mood-boosting qualities. By avoiding any fats she was literally avoiding foods that would provide her brain with these natural essentials and therapeutic molecules.

Doctor Akoury continues that realizing all these she asked her to go to a local lab for some blood test. We talked about her making some dietary changes, especially the merits of nutrient-rich brain foods, such as eggs and fish. She admitted in a guilty whisper, “I’ve been craving a hamburger” and you will agree with me that wasn’t really surprising. Like a good number of other women of reproductive age, there was great deficiency of iron in her blood further explaining what was lucking in her body to function well. With this deficiency she actually felt listless; she lacked the energy to cope with her demanding job and a family as well. Many are following the steps of Agnes and even as we continue with Agnes’s story, if you are in the same position, you can talk to doctor Akoury for professional advice today.

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