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What It Is

Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug in America. Marijuana comes from the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Marijuanas is made from the leaves, flowers (buds), and seeds. After harvesting they are dried, shredded, and mixed together.

Street Names

Marijuana, weed, pot, reefer, grass, dope, ganja, Mary Jane, sinsemilla, hash, herb., Aunt Mary, skunk, boom, kif, gangster, chronic, blunt.

How It Is Taken

Usually smoked and sometimes eaten in cookies, brownies or brewed in like tea.

What It Does

Marijuana is a mind-altering (psychoactive) drug that gives users a sense of feeling good or high. While under its influence, users may feel more hungry, temporarily lose their normal inhibitions, and become more easily sexually excited.

Smokers usually roll loose marijuana into cigarettes called joints or use a water pipe called a bong. Recently it has become popular to smoke blunts which are made by cutting a cigar open and replacing the tobacco with marijuana.

Marijuana is not addictive but it can be habit forming.

Medical Uses

Although there is disagreement among professionals about its medical uses, a growing number support its use for relief for cancer victims, migraines, glaucoma., and others illnesses. Marijuana was once frequently prescribed by doctors in the United States in the 19th century for treatment of migraines, rheumatism, and insomnia until it was outlawed by the Marijuana Stamp Act in 1937.

Marijuana is used for medical purposes in many countries.

Did you Know?

22.6% of 8th graders have tried marijuana.

42.3% of 10th graders have tried marijuana.

49.6% of 12th grades have tried marijuana.