laws just make it harder and more expensive to acquire. Since the black.
market has no regulations the consumers of drugs have to trust their.
dealers. What's particularly dangerous about black market drugs is that.
they can be mixed with other drugs or chemicals and can be contaminated.
with pesticides. When banning the use of marijuana the government also.
bans drug paraphernalia that impedes the production and marketing of water.
pipes and other more advanced technology that could reduce the harmfulness.
of the marijuana smoke.5 Since the price of marijuana is higher than it.
would be if it were legalized it is less economical to eat, which is the.
best way to avoid the harmful smoke; this is because it takes two or three.
times more marijuana when eaten to produce the same high when smoked.6.
The use of marijuana has steadily declined since 1979, and an Addiction.
Research Foundation survey in 1987 showed that four of every one hundred.
Canadians between the ages of 18 and 19 use marijuana on a daily basis.7.
The decline in the number of marijuana users since 1979 is probably a.
result of numerous drug awareness campaigns and the publication of other.
biased information on the subject. It could also be that hippies are.
getting older and more responsible.
What is Marijuana?.
Marijuana refers to a mixture of leaves, stems and flowering tops of.
cannabis sativa8. It has hallucinogenic and pleasure-giving effects on the.
user when smoked or eaten. Tetrahydrocannabinal (THC) is the non-narcotic.
psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.9.
Marijuana use has been documented as far back as 3000 BC in Central Asia.
and China, where it was used as a folk medicine.10 By the 20th century the.
drug started to be used as a pleasure-inducing drug, and by the 1960s and.
70s it was, after alcohol, the second most popular drug in North America.11.
Marijuana has never been proven to be physically addictive, but users.
develop a psychological dependency.
