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When you undergo surgery, it is absolutely essential that you inform the anesthetist which legal and illegal drugs you are using. Any anesthesia is performed thanks to legal psychotropic drugs. If the patient uses cannabis or any other drugs, the anesthetist will take it into account to prevent any potentialization of drugs, such a modification of the drugs' effects could be lethal. Anesthesia is always complicated and precise. Anesthetists study for a long time in order to control these poisons and save us from many risks.

Our teenagers must be aware of this, because it is not always possible to make a report before an anesthesia, eg. road accident, peritonitis, fainting or coma, emergency...


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Quiz

Is an occasional joint dangerous ?

  • Yes
  • No

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A joint is made out of pure cannabis or grass; or hashish mixed with tobacco.
Alcohol is a general term, which covers a wide variety of products:
wine, cider, beer, port, cognac, whisky, vodka are types of alcohol with various rates of alcoholic content ranging from 5 to 90 ° (active principles)
Cannabis works the same way: but when we talk about a joint of grass or hashish, there are more than 100 varieties and its T.H.C. rate (active principles) –ranges from 4% to 35% - goes unnoted.alcools aux taux variés de 5 à 90 degrés ( principes actifs)

Is current cannabis an average of 10 times more dosed than in 1968 ?

  • Yes
  • No

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In 1968, it contained from 0,6 to 6% of THC – TetraHydroCannabinol - principal active substance. In recent years through genetic modifications, hybrids and greenhouse cultures, it can contain up to 35% of THC. Nowadays, cannabis consumed by teenagers does not have anything in common with what their parents knew. For more information about cannabis see “Technical Information” section.

Can a psychotropic drug lead to ill being, depression, suicide?

  • Yes
  • No

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Any psychotropic drug, be it legal - anxiolytic, tranquillizer, benzodiazepine, neuroleptic - or illegal - street drugs - leads to ill-being, depression and to suicide. See table with side effects of psychotropic drugs – Technical Information/Classification .

Voir le tableau des effets secondaires des drogues psychotropes (Fiches  / Classification)

Are our physicians concerned by drug addiction ?

  • Yes
  • No

oui

Physicians are the first witnesses of drug addiction (See: News or Did you know sections)

Would you lend your car to your child knowing that he/she cannot drive ?

  • Yes
  • No

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No parent would lend his car to his child knowing he/she has not learnt to drive. It would also be unconscionable to let one’s teenager go out without having taught him/her what drugs are. Nowadays availability of these products is such that youth can procure them in all the places they frequent – educational establishments, parties, class dinners, rallies, sport clubs... Parents must inform themselves objectively and scientifically about the products so to educate their children on drugs and provide them with the arguments to refuse them. Let us remember that drug addiction doesn’t just happen to others!