“Consumo de cannabis y su relación con las funciones ejecutivas en personas privadas de la libertad del centro de privación de libertad de personas adultas Ambato”

Abstract

Cannabis is one of the most consumed drugs worldwide, in free people and prison population, this phenomenon affects the progress of the process of social rehabilitation, influences cerebral biochemistry thanks to the endocannabinoid receptors and this influences the executive functions. The main objective of this study was to determine if there is a relationship between cannabis use and executive functions in the penitentiary population of the Adult Deprivation Center in the city of Ambato, with a sample of 40 male people, 20 of them consumers and the rest non-consumers, with ages ranging from 18 to 65 years. To evaluate the variables, the psychometric tests were used: Neuropsychological Battery of Executive Functions and Frontal Lobes (BANFE 2) and the Cannabis Abuse Screening Test CAST. As a result, it was found that there is no relationship between Cannabis Consumption and Executive Functions, however higher average ranges were found in the areas evaluated by BANFE in non-consumers compared to consumers, and higher scores were found in inmates with more years of schooling and although these differences were not statistically significant, they propose lines for future studies, in a population as complex as the penitentiary.