... . (New York State Journal of Medicine) Some who smoke marijuana feel no effects; others feel relaxed and sociable, tend to laugh a great deal, and have a profound loss of the sense of time. Characteristically, those under the influence of marijuana show bad coordination and impaired ability to perform skilled acts. Still others experience a wide range of emotions including feelings of ... perception, fear, insanity, happiness, love and anger. Although marijuana is not addicting, it may be habituating. The individual may become mentally rather than physically dependent on the drug. (Snyde...

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... influence in on the brain. Marijuana is mind altering, in other words it changes how your brain works. In short term use, marijuana impairs perception, judgment, thinking, memory and learning. Memory impairs may occur up to six weeks after your last use. In addition, marijuana use has many ... indirect effects on health. Its effects on coordination, perception, and judgment means that it causes a number of accidents, vehicular and otherwise. Also marijuana, just as cigarettes do, contain the increase in spreading lung ... this drug actually was. Many people find it hard to perform ordin...

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... had to do with hashish, the resin part at the top of the bud on a marijuana plant. Egypt said that people under the influence of hashish would lose their sense of reason and become victims of violent delirium, or become addicted to it. Although, it is not physically possible to get addicted to marijuana, it does have other harmful ... by marijuana use. It gives you the feeling like you"re in a 3-D show where you can't touch anything. Pot distorts perception, making one see thing differently than if not under the influence. It is also responsible for distorting you depth perception. This...

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... just might look bad. To society, pot has a bad image. It makes you act uncontrollably and do things that our society frowns upon. It also inhibits your memory and sense of perception, as well as causing people to become abusive and do things that they normally wouldn't do. The issue of smoking also scares people. By smoking any substance you are hurting ... near our kids and in our society. Our Society makes marijuana look and seem worse than it really is. Pot does cause short-term memory loss and impair your sense of judgment and perception, but these are not permanent (Cloud, 65). And...

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... has been observed by many philosophers of Psychology, Sociology, and especially Phrenology have seen. Marijuana has some psycho-active chemical, which once it hits the patients brain, opens doors of perception which, in most Americans, remain shut throughout most of their days and even lives. The effects of marijuana being legalized would be considerably well worth while from the secular humanistic ... alcohol for marijuana. Rather than people showing aggressive behavior as occurs when intoxicated by alcohol, people would become much more passive toward fighting and aggressive behavior....

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... marijuana being less harmful then alcohol if this is the case then why is alcohol legal but not marijuana. Marijuana has been illegal in Canada sense 1923 when the Opium and Drug Narcotics came into effect. Ever sense then people have been fighting to try to legalize it. So far we seem to be doing all right they have legalized marijuana for ... a wide range of effects may occur. The usual most noticeable effect is intensification of sensation and increased clarity of perception. Visually colors may seem to be brighter and scenes may seem to have more depth, patterns are more easy to pic...

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... ingested. Marijuana is smoked in the form of a hand-rolled cigarettes, but it is also smoked in a variety of pipes. After smoking marijuana, the user has a "high," including an increased sense of well-being, relaxation, and sleepiness. Most users learn to avoid overdosage by taking only as many inhalations as required to produce the desired "high." Steroids may have some therapeutic ... pocket and if he was stealing a base he would slide head first, making sure not to break the bottle ( Meer 24). Cocaine is not an addictive drug in a strictly physical sense. The body does not develop a ...

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... ingested. Marijuana is smoked in the form of a hand-rolled cigarettes, but it is also smoked in a variety of pipes. After smoking marijuana, the user has a "high," including an increased sense of well-being, relaxation, and sleepiness. Most users learn to avoid overdosage by taking only as many inhalations as required to produce the desired "high." Steroids may have some therapeutic ... pocket and if he was stealing a base he would slide head first, making sure not to break the bottle ( Meer 24). Cocaine is not an addictive drug in a strictly physical sense. The body does not develop a ...

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... ingested. Marijuana is smoked in the form of a hand-rolled cigarettes, but it is also smoked in a variety of pipes. After smoking marijuana, the user has a "high," including an increased sense of well-being, relaxation, and sleepiness. Most users learn to avoid overdosage by taking only as many inhalations as required to produce the desired "high." Steroids may have some therapeutic ... pocket and if he was stealing a base he would slide head first, making sure not to break the bottle ( Meer 24). Cocaine is not an addictive drug in a strictly physical sense. The body does not develop a ...

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... For addicts, whether they smoke, inject, or inhale, promiscuous sexual activity can increase the risk of HIV infection. Strokes, seizures and brain infections, Nausea, sexual dysfunction, headaches, sleeplessness and limited sense of smell. Fluid in the lungs, aggravation of asthma and other lung disorders, and not being able to breath correctly. HEROIN What is Heroin? Known on the street as horse ... pregnant women use marijuana, they run the risk of having smaller babies with lower birth weights, who are more likely than other babies to develop health problems. Marijuana Dangers Impai...

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