A Popular Psychoactive Substance Among Youth; Synthetic Cannabinoid (bonsai): A Review

Gençler Arasındaki Popüler Psikoaktif Madde; Sentetik Kannabinoid (bonzai): Bir Gözden Geçirme

Abstract

Addiction refers to not being able to control over desiretowards an object or someone even though it has negative impact on one's health and social life. Nowadays,psychoactive drug use has become very serious issue forpeople. Since it threatens most of the countries in theworld, many researchers have focused on psychoactivedrugs. Bonsai is popular substance in this category. Thissubstance is known as bonsai among public whichaffects health and social life of teenage and youngadults negatively. Since it has become a threat for publichealth, this psychoactive drug has attracted notice significantly in short time. This drug is entitled as "new generation" snythetic cannabinoid and recently, it has beenused very frequently in all around the world includingTurkey. Findings from various research have indicatedthat the use of synthetic cannabinoid (bonsai) hasincreased dramatically among youth in last 10 years.People generally think that synthetic cannabinoid (bonsai) has very similar effect with cannabis (i.e. marijuana).Although they show some similar effects, syntheticcannabinoid (bonsai) is very dangerous since it haschemical additions. It is also known that person who usethis drug can develop substance addiction rapidly. Thisreview study has focused on synthetic cannabinoid (bonsai) which is commonly abused by youth. The aim of thisstudy is therefore, to understand the reasons of theincrease in the usage; to examine the negative impactsand to consider the prevalence of the synthetic cannabinoid (bonsai).

Özet

Ba?ymlylyk, insanlaryn sa?lyk ve sosyal ya?amlaryny olumsuz etkilemesine ra?men bir nesneye veya ki?iye duyulankontrol edilemeyen istek duygusudur. Günümüzde,dünyadaki ço?u ülkeyi ciddi bir ?ekilde tehdit eden ve enfazla tarty?ylan ba?ymlylyk çe?idi, psikoaktif madde ba?ymlyly?ydyr. Bu kategoride bulunan ve insanlar arasyndagenellikle bonzai olarak bilinen popüler madde, özelliklegençlerin sa?lyklaryny ve sosyal ya?amlaryny kötü ?ekildeetkilemektedir. Kullanymynyn arty? göstermesi ve halksa?ly?yna kar?y bir tehdit olu?turmasy ile bu madde, sa?lykdünyasynda önemli derecede dikkat çekmi?tir. Dünyadave Türkiye'de özellikle son zamanlarda syklykla kullanylanbonzai, "yeni nesil" sentetik kannabinoid (SK) olarakisimlendirilmektedir. Birçok ara?tyrma verilerine göre son10 yylda özellikle gençler arasynda bir psikoaktif maddeolan sentetik kannabinoid maddesinin kullanymynyn hyzlybir ?ekilde artty?y anla?ylmy?tyr. Kannabis (örne?in, marihuana) ile benzer etkiler gösterdi?i inancy insanlar arasynda çok yaygyndyr. Fakat bazy benzer etkiler göstermelerinera?men, sentetik kannabinoid'in yapysyndaki kimyasaleklentiler bu maddeyi çok tehlikeli kylmy?tyr. Bu çaly?ma,özellikle gençler tarafyndan kötüye kullanylan ve hyzly bir?ekilde ba?ymlylyk geli?tirebilen sentetik kannabinoid(bonzai) maddesini ele alan bir derleme çaly?masydyr.Çaly?manyn amacy, son zamanlarda özellikle gençleritehdit eden sentetik kannabinoidlerin hyzla yayylmanedenlerini anlamak, kullanycylar üzerindeki etkileriincelemek ve kullanym sykly?y hakkynda bilgilendirmektir.