WHAT IS MARIJUANA
What are the street names/slang terms for it?
Aunt Mary, Boom, Bud, Chronic, Dope Ganja, Gangster, Grass, Hash, Herb, Kif, Mary Jane, Pot, Reefer, Sinsemilla, Skunk, Trees, Weed
What is it?
Marijuana, the most often commonly used illegal drug in this country, is a product of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. The main active chemical in marijuana, also present in other forms of cannabis, is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). Of the roughly 400 chemicals found in the cannabis plant, THC affects the brain the most.
What does it look like?
Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds and flowers of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). A more concentrated, resinous form is called hashish or hash.
How is it used?
Most users roll loose marijuana into a cigarette called a "joint". It can be smoked in a water pipe, called a "bong", or mixed into food or brewed as tea. It has also appeared in cigars called "blunts".
The hype:
"It will make you laugh and have fun," "It's an herbal 'chill pill' and totally natural," "Marijuana won't hurt you, it's not addicting" and "Marijuana smoke isn't all that dangerous."
The reality:
"I had horrible anxiety attacks. I've gained a lot of weight and I'm forgetting stuff", "You just can't fix some of the things you might do when you're high", "When you start to smoke pot you start to care less about things." P.S. "Natural doesn't mean harmless - cocaine comes from coca plants, heroin from poppy plants and both are harmful."
What can happen while you're high?
Short-term effects of marijuana can include problems with memory and learning, distorted perception (sights, sounds, time, touch), trouble with thinking and problem solving, loss of motor coordination, increased heart rate, and anxiety. These effects are even greater when other drugs are mixed with marijuana. A user may also experience dry mouth and throat.
What can happen long term?
Marijuana smoke contains some of the same cancer-causing compounds as tobacco, sometimes in higher concentrations. Smoking one marijuana joint exposes users to four times the cancer-causing tar found in one cigarette.
Aunt Mary, Boom, Bud, Chronic, Dope Ganja, Gangster, Grass, Hash, Herb, Kif, Mary Jane, Pot, Reefer, Sinsemilla, Skunk, Trees, Weed
What is it?
Marijuana, the most often commonly used illegal drug in this country, is a product of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. The main active chemical in marijuana, also present in other forms of cannabis, is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). Of the roughly 400 chemicals found in the cannabis plant, THC affects the brain the most.
What does it look like?
Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds and flowers of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). A more concentrated, resinous form is called hashish or hash.
How is it used?
Most users roll loose marijuana into a cigarette called a "joint". It can be smoked in a water pipe, called a "bong", or mixed into food or brewed as tea. It has also appeared in cigars called "blunts".
The hype:
"It will make you laugh and have fun," "It's an herbal 'chill pill' and totally natural," "Marijuana won't hurt you, it's not addicting" and "Marijuana smoke isn't all that dangerous."
The reality:
"I had horrible anxiety attacks. I've gained a lot of weight and I'm forgetting stuff", "You just can't fix some of the things you might do when you're high", "When you start to smoke pot you start to care less about things." P.S. "Natural doesn't mean harmless - cocaine comes from coca plants, heroin from poppy plants and both are harmful."
What can happen while you're high?
Short-term effects of marijuana can include problems with memory and learning, distorted perception (sights, sounds, time, touch), trouble with thinking and problem solving, loss of motor coordination, increased heart rate, and anxiety. These effects are even greater when other drugs are mixed with marijuana. A user may also experience dry mouth and throat.
What can happen long term?
Marijuana smoke contains some of the same cancer-causing compounds as tobacco, sometimes in higher concentrations. Smoking one marijuana joint exposes users to four times the cancer-causing tar found in one cigarette.