Balance disturbance in hashish consumers

Abstract

Cannabis is the most used drug worldwide, near 4% of people from 15 to 64 years old use it, hashis is the most common way to use drugs in Europe. In Spain, the average age of initiation to cannabis use is 14,6 years old. The 36,2% of spanish population from 14 to 18 years old have at least use it once in their lifes, being one of the major european prevalences. This piece of information must alarm to the physical education professionals, because the cannabis use entails an added risk to their classes, as we are going to prove in this work. The hypothesis which we raise is: inhaling hashis through a cigarette causes corporal balance alteration. In this research, two groups take part, one group of hashis consumers and another of non-consumers, observing the results of the use of this drug on their balance. Two measurements were taken (before and after the use) of the following tests: finger-nose, Romberg, Unterberger, Babinsky-Weill. After the data were analyzed an interpreted, this conclusion was reached: to inhale hashis through a cigarrette changes balance; the subjects who inhale hashis show more alteration in balance that those who don´t; the alteration in balance caused by hashis use are related to neurotransmission problems in basal nodes and cerebelum that alter its regulation function of the posture and muscular tone. All these conclusions confirm the pointed hypothesis and the risk hashis entails for physical education.