Cannabis: una sustancia que afecta al desarrollo de las habilidades de comunicación y al uso del lenguaje de los adolescentes consumidores. Revisión sobre algunos aspectos

Abstract

The use of cannabis by adolescents and young people produces negatives effects on their biopsychosocial health. This may be temporary, as this substance reduces normal brain function and depresses the central nervous system due to its immediate effects, or permanent, when the drug has caused serious structural changes and damage in the brain tissue. In this article we show how cannabis consumption affects language and communication on the basis of results obtained by the observation and analysis of cases on treatment due to consuming this substance. The young people observed were between sixteen and twenty two years old. We will describe some aspects surrounding this situation, including: consumption data, which may let us know the extent to which the population is affected by this problem; the characteristics of the substance and the age of starting as a determining factor of the appearance and severity of the consequences on language and communication, on the development and continuous learning process through social interaction; the easy access of the young population to a illegal drug; some of the consequences and risks of using it as a result of its effect on the central nervous system; the elements required to intervene in the learning process and how they may be directly affected by the cannabis consumption: the influence of cannabis consumption on language and interpersonal communication. © 2011 AELFA. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L. Todos los derechos reservados.