Marijuana

Marijuana

Marijuana is a drug that is harmful and addictive. Marijuana is a plant grown and smoked. More than 2 million americans have at least tried marijuana once. Marijuana creates adverse physical and mental effects. Marijuana is a drug.

Marijuana is a plant grown and smoked. Marijuana is often called pot, grass, reefer, weed, herb, mary jane or mj. It is a greenish gray mixture of dried leaves stems and flowers of the plant Cannabis Sativa. It is smoked in cigerettes called joints or in a bong. Or users slice open cigars and make blunts. It has also been used in food or brewed in a tea. The major chemical in marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). This causes the effects of so called highness. The amount of THC in marijuana now is at an all time. (www.drugabuse.gov/researchreports/marijuana/marijuana2.html)

More than 2 million americans have at least tried marijuana once. In the 1970s the drug of choice was marijuana. More than sixty 12 grade students had tried marijuana. Then the amount decreased to a low 33 percent. Though in 1993 marijuana