From: The emergency department care of the cannabis and synthetic cannabinoid patient: a narrative review
Heart rate: cannabis can cause tachycardia, possibly due to increasing the sympathetic nervous system, vagal inhibition or vasodilation causing reflex tachycardia [17,18,19,20,21,22,23].a | |
Blood pressure: cannabis can cause hypertension but may lead to orthostatic hypotension by causing peripheral vasodilation [17, 18, 20, 24]. | |
Respiratory rate: cannabis may cause tachypnea [25].b | |
Eyes: conjunctival injection, diminished tears. There are case reports of blurry vision and nystagmus [17, 26, 27]c | |
Mouth: dry mouth [17] | |
Neurologic: slurred speech, disattention, decreased concentration, motor delay, ataxia, weakness, heightened sensation, drowsiness [17, 27, 29, 30]e | |
Psychiatric%: euphoria/dysphoria, anxiety/anxiolysis, confusion, hallucinations, exacerbation of psychotic states, sleep [17, 30] |