Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried shredded flowers and leaves

of “cannabis sativa,” or more simply, the hemp plant. Marijuana is a mood altering or

“psychoactive” drug, it is also known as weed, trees, pot and many more nicknames.(Comptons)

Marijuana itself comes from the Indian hemp plant. It is the third most widely used drug in the United States. And according to a survey taken in 1988, and it is the number one illegally used drug in the United States. Marijuana is so popular that an estimated one out of every three people in the US has tried it and around 44% of US high school students have smoked it. Marijuana users are not easily detected. It is a drug used in all areas of society.

The Indian hemp plant is found all over the world, including the US. There are three different

Marijuana is very harmful yet very widespread. It causes structural damages in brain cells, and has been found to cause brain damage, mental illness, memory impairment and behavioral abnormalities. It is an illegal drug that can harm almost every vital part of your body. It can make your memory vanish and causes your heart rate to slow. You could develop lung cancer or a dangerously low blood pressure. (Klein, TW) This drug isn’t deadly, but close to it. It causes Americans everyday suffering just for those few minutes or hours of a good feeling. Is it worth it?

Marijuana has different effects on people, and certain types of cannabis can cause different effects in the same person. The amount of “THC” (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) may also change the reaction. THC, which is the active ingredient in marijuana, lingers in the body for a long time. Four days after a joint is smoked, 20% of the THC is still in the body’s fatty tissues. In some cases THC is prescribed for

Short-term marijuana use leads to a drowsiness and relaxing effect. This is why marijuana users have trouble remembering things. A heavy dose of marijuana can decrease the amount of blood pumped into the brain. Marijuana affects the brain's control over muscles also. Heavy usage of marijuana can have a lasting effect on the users short-term memory. The blood flow to the back of the brain is greater than the front, after smoking. This is believed to cause the high sensation the user is after. The short-term effect of marijuana will increase blood pressure and pulse rate up to 16 points above normal. It will also slow down the digestive processing of food. People who smoke marijuana often will have a below normal pulse rate and blood pressure. A chronic user may experience dizziness or even faint. A user may not even need to be high to experience that, if the person stands up quickly they may faint. (Mathew, RJ) Marijuana reduces mobility of sperm in males. It increases the production of abnormal sperm. Female marijuana users have three times as many defective monthly cycles.

The effects of being high peak within seventy minutes of the first inhale. Within two to

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