What You Should Know About Cannabis 🌎
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Description: Regardless of whether an individual chooses to use cannabis products, it's important for employees to understand the facts and risks associated with cannabis to help protect them and prevent incidents of impairment at work. In this subject, employees will learn about different types of cannabis and how it can affect a person's body, and the potential health and safety risks associated with using cannabis products.
Languages: English, French, Spanish (North America)
Media Editing: The video module(s) in this subject are editable under our Content Studio offering unless otherwise indicated. For more information about Content Studio, contact your CSM.
Description: Regardless of whether an individual chooses to use cannabis products, it's important for employees to understand the facts and risks associated with cannabis to help protect them and prevent incidents of impairment at work. In this subject, employees will learn about different types of cannabis and how it can affect a person's body, and the potential health and safety risks associated with using cannabis products.
Languages: English, French, Spanish (North America)
Media Editing: The video module(s) in this subject are editable under our Content Studio offering unless otherwise indicated. For more information about Content Studio, contact your CSM.
Description: Regardless of whether an individual chooses to use cannabis products, it's important for employees to understand the facts and risks associated with cannabis to help protect them and prevent incidents of impairment at work. In this subject, employees will learn about different types of cannabis and how it can affect a person's body, and the potential health and safety risks associated with using cannabis products.
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Cannabis Fundamentals
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Understanding how cannabis can be consumed and how it can affect a person’s body is important for everyone’s safety. Everyone responds differently to cannabis, and negative responses aren’t uncommon. In this topic, you’ll learn how the type of consumption changes the effects of cannabis and how long those effects can last.
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Cannabis can be consumed using a variety of tools and methods, including inhalation and ingestion, and each type of consumption has associated effects and potential health risks.
An individual’s response to cannabis depends on several factors including pre-existing medical conditions, prior experience with cannabis, recent consumption of food, alcohol, and other drugs, as well as the individual’s demographic factors like age and sex.
An individual’s response to cannabis may change from one consumption period to another, so it’s not safe to assume the response will be the same as a previous experience with cannabis.
The psychoactive component of cannabis is tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly known as THC, and causes the consumer to feel “high”.
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) may cause the consumer to experience disruptions to memory and attention, as well as difficulties with balance and coordination.
Cannabidiol, commonly referred to as CBD, is non-psychoactive and does not cause a “high,” but still has effects on the functioning of the brain and body.
When cannabis products are inhaled, they start to take effect within seconds and the full effects are usually felt approximately 10 to 30 minutes later. The effects of inhaled products are felt more quickly due to the compounds being inhaled into the lungs, allowing them to be quickly absorbed into the bloodstream.
When cannabis products are ingested, it may take from 30 minutes to four hours to feel their full effects, and these effects may last up to twelve hours. Ingested products must pass through the digestive system to be absorbed, meaning the effects take and last longer than inhaled products.
Hemp is form of the cannabis plant that contains less than 0.3% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), meaning it cannot be psychoactive. Hemp is used in edible products as well as textiles, like rope and fabric.
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Cannabis Safety
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If cannabis is legal in your area, it doesn’t mean that it is perfectly safe. There are a variety of potential health risks and safety considerations in relation to consuming and storing these products. In this topic, you’ll learn what some of these risks are and how cannabis impairment can negatively impact the safety of the workplace.
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Consuming cannabis with other substances such as nicotine, alcohol, health products, as well as prescriptions and recreational drugs can result in unpredictable and negative effects.
It is never safe to operate a vehicle or machinery after consuming cannabis products as they can alter your attention and response time.
Consult a healthcare practitioner before consuming cannabis products if you have questions about their effects and your health.
Always store cannabis products in a safe location where they can’t be accessed by children, youth, or pets.
Research performed on the use of cannabis products suggests the cause or worsening of physical or mental health problems by consuming marijuana.
The legalization of cannabis doesn’t guarantee that it is safe to consume it. There may still be negative health side effects associated with using cannabis products.
Cannabis-related impairment in the workplace can put everyone at risk, including the consumer of the cannabis, their co-workers, and their customers.
If you witness hazardous behavior or circumstances in the workplace that are potentially linked to cannabis, report them to your manager or employer.
