Puberty 101Drug Abuse
| Marijuana | |||
 Cannabis Leaf |
 Cannabis Ready To Sell on the Street | ||
 Hashish | |||
| 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. | |||
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