JWH-018 Addiction Potential as a Drug | Health Testing & Drug ...

Out of 13 listed signs of dysfunctional behavior and perceptual abnormalities correlated with acute cannabinoid use, JWH-018 users experience a mean average of eleven, segregated as weakness or an anxiety/ depression withdrawal symptom type, namely euphoria, loss of inhibition, anxiety, agitation, suspiciousness or paranoid ideas, impaired judgment, attention and reaction time, interference with personal functioning, auditory and visual hallucinations . Type and severity of JWH-018 withdrawal symptoms depends on the length of use, gender, age and family history . Long term use and age is associated with both types of withdrawal symptoms, weakness and anxiety/ depression while gender is associated with weakness symptoms only, more prevalent in men than women . Particularly potent in adolescents and young adults due to high metabolic turnover, JWH-018 withdrawal is correlated with major depressive disorders . Tags: , , , , This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 7:39 pm and is filed under .