... endurance and overcome fatigue. One hundred years later as many as 90 percent of the natives of the Andes Mountains in Peru regularly chewed coca leaves. It wasn't until the early years of the 20th century that cocaine increased in popularity among athletes ("Coca"). Cocaine is a naturally occurring alkaloid, extracted from the leaves of the coca plant. It is an excellent local anesthetic and a widely abused ... each year. Eighty thousand tons of coca leaf will eventually produce about 200 tons of cocaine("Coca"). Marijuana was first smoked as a medicine as early as 2737 B.C.E. in China...

• Word Count: 3784
• Approx Pages: 15
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• Grade Level: High School

... endurance and overcome fatigue. One hundred years later as many as 90 percent of the natives of the Andes Mountains in Peru regularly chewed coca leaves. It wasn't until the early years of the 20th century that cocaine increased in popularity among athletes ("Coca"). Cocaine is a naturally occurring alkaloid, extracted from the leaves of the coca plant. It is an excellent local anesthetic and a widely abused ... each year. Eighty thousand tons of coca leaf will eventually produce about 200 tons of cocaine("Coca"). Marijuana was first smoked as a medicine as early as 2737 B.C.E. in China...

• Word Count: 3784
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... endurance and overcome fatigue. One hundred years later as many as 90 percent of the natives of the Andes Mountains in Peru regularly chewed coca leaves. It wasn't until the early years of the 20th century that cocaine increased in popularity among athletes ("Coca"). Cocaine is a naturally occurring alkaloid, extracted from the leaves of the coca plant. It is an excellent local anesthetic and a widely abused ... each year. Eighty thousand tons of coca leaf will eventually produce about 200 tons of cocaine("Coca"). Marijuana was first smoked as a medicine as early as 2737 B.C.E. in China...

• Word Count: 3787
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... the states who use medical marijuana legally, are still illegal drug offenders in the U.S. Even though illegal, one out of three American adults admits to smoking marijuana (Hightimes 73). Made from dried leaves and flowering hemp plant tops, marijuana's usage is widespread in the U.S. Grass, weed, pot, Mary Jane, hash, dope and reefer all refer to the drug marijuana. Pot creates a different type ... of high for every user. A person high from pot experiences a type of dreamy relaxed state, in which the user is more aware ... does not leave traces behind in the body once the substance l...

• Word Count: 3056
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... the states who use medical marijuana legally, are still illegal drug offenders in the U.S. Even though illegal, one out of three American adults admits to smoking marijuana (Hightimes 73). Made from dried leaves and flowering hemp plant tops, marijuana's usage is widespread in the U.S. Grass, weed, pot, Mary Jane, hash, dope and reefer all refer to the drug marijuana. Pot creates a different type ... of high for every user. A person high from pot experiences a type of dreamy relaxed state, in which the user is more aware ... does not leave traces behind in the body once the substance l...

• Word Count: 3390
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... the most commonly used illicit drug in America today (Nation 5)." "Marijuana refers to the leaves and flowering tops of the cannabis plant. Marijuana is usually smoked on form of loosely rolled cigarettes called joints or hollowed out commercial cigars called blunts (Nation 5)." Marijuana is ... put into these forms because they look like ordinary cigarettes or cigars. It's like a disguise. The street names for marijuana are pot, grass, weed, Mary ... Jane, Acapulco gold and reefer. According to some interviews, many teens smoke marijuana to "Get away from it all (interviews)." For many...

• Word Count: 1314
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... ceremonies. As time went by people who lived in the Andean mountains either made tea from them or chewed on the coca leaves. They did this to relive mountain sickness, hunger and sometimes for refreshment. Crack is smokable. It usually appears as off-white ... nose bleeds. Inhalants often cause, weird feelings as: weakness, dizziness, slow heart beat and sometimes even heart attacks. When taking a great amount of inhalants, there will not be a pleasant high but mental confusion, and delusions, sometimes it can also cause paranoia. By harming the central nervous ... and nervous system. ...

• Word Count: 2633
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School