What is Marijuana?
Marijuana is from the plant Cannabis Sativa and is a shredded mix of stems, leaves and dried flowers. Its colour is green-brown.
A stronger form of marijuana is black or brown and looks like cake. This is called Hashish also known as Hash. It is known as a
‘soft drug’ which implies that it is relatively harmless but it still has many terrible short term and long term effects. Marijuana is called many different names. These include:
* Weed * Reefer * Grass * Cheeba * Herb
* Pot * Chronic * Dope * Ganja * Mary Jane
* Hash * Skunk * Boom * BoBo *Blunt
Marijuana is from the plant Cannabis Sativa and is a shredded mix of stems, leaves and dried flowers. Its colour is green-brown.
A stronger form of marijuana is black or brown and looks like cake. This is called Hashish also known as Hash. It is known as a
‘soft drug’ which implies that it is relatively harmless but it still has many terrible short term and long term effects. Marijuana is called many different names. These include:
* Weed * Reefer * Grass * Cheeba * Herb
* Pot * Chronic * Dope * Ganja * Mary Jane
* Hash * Skunk * Boom * BoBo *Blunt
Cannabis Sativa
Shredded Marijuana Mix
Hashish (Hash)
Marijuana is mostly rolled and smoked like a cigarette. These cigarettes are known as doobies or joints. It is even put into food and drinks
too, including tea and cakes like brownies.
too, including tea and cakes like brownies.
Marijuana rolled up into Joints
Is Marijuana Legal?
It certainly depends where you live to know if marijuana is either legal, illegal or decriminalised. these countries give you a rough idea of the law:
Argentina: Illegal but decriminalized
Uruguay: Legal of personal use
Spain: Illegal but decriminalized
Australia: Illegal but decriminalized in certain states
Belgium: Illegal but decriminalized
Brazil: Illegal; however mostly tolerated
Canada: Illegal but legal for use in medicine and industries after obtaining a governed issued license.
Colombia: Illegal but decriminalized
Costa Rica: Illegal but decriminalized
Czech Republic: Illegal but decriminalized
Ecuador: Illegal but decriminalized
France: Illegal but legal for medical use
India: Illegal/Legal(under the regulation of government)
Iran: Regulated use is legal while unregulated use is illegal
Mexico: Illegal but decriminalized
North Korea: Legal
Pakistan: Illegal/Legal
Switzerland: Illegal but decriminalized
United States: Illegal at federal level but it is legal at state level in states such as Washington and Colorado.
It certainly depends where you live to know if marijuana is either legal, illegal or decriminalised. these countries give you a rough idea of the law:
Argentina: Illegal but decriminalized
Uruguay: Legal of personal use
Spain: Illegal but decriminalized
Australia: Illegal but decriminalized in certain states
Belgium: Illegal but decriminalized
Brazil: Illegal; however mostly tolerated
Canada: Illegal but legal for use in medicine and industries after obtaining a governed issued license.
Colombia: Illegal but decriminalized
Costa Rica: Illegal but decriminalized
Czech Republic: Illegal but decriminalized
Ecuador: Illegal but decriminalized
France: Illegal but legal for medical use
India: Illegal/Legal(under the regulation of government)
Iran: Regulated use is legal while unregulated use is illegal
Mexico: Illegal but decriminalized
North Korea: Legal
Pakistan: Illegal/Legal
Switzerland: Illegal but decriminalized
United States: Illegal at federal level but it is legal at state level in states such as Washington and Colorado.
What Type of Drug is Marijuana?
Marijuana is a depressant. Depressants slow down activity in the brain as they affect the
central nervous system. Some people take them to relax because it slows down your heart rate and your breathing. They are very dangerous though if you are under the influence of them and attempt to drive or perform other certain activities because depressants slow your reaction time and your reflexes. If large amounts are taken all at once it can cause unconsciousness, nausea and possibly deaths.
Marijuana is a depressant. Depressants slow down activity in the brain as they affect the
central nervous system. Some people take them to relax because it slows down your heart rate and your breathing. They are very dangerous though if you are under the influence of them and attempt to drive or perform other certain activities because depressants slow your reaction time and your reflexes. If large amounts are taken all at once it can cause unconsciousness, nausea and possibly deaths.
Short Term Effects of Marijuana Include:
* Increased appetite
*Relaxed muscles
*Reddening of the eyes
*Loss of coordination
*Sleepiness
Misinterpretations of things such as:
+ What you hear/heard
+ What the time is
+What you see/saw
* Heart rate can speed up.
Within the first hour of taking/smoking marijuana in fact, the risk of a heart attack increases by five times.
* School performance decreases.
This is because marijuana impairs your memory and your ability to solve problems.
* Increased appetite
*Relaxed muscles
*Reddening of the eyes
*Loss of coordination
*Sleepiness
Misinterpretations of things such as:
+ What you hear/heard
+ What the time is
+What you see/saw
* Heart rate can speed up.
Within the first hour of taking/smoking marijuana in fact, the risk of a heart attack increases by five times.
* School performance decreases.
This is because marijuana impairs your memory and your ability to solve problems.
Long Term Effects of Marijuana Include:
* Wheezing and coughing
* Psychotic symptoms
* Damage the heart
* Damage the lungs
* Decrease the ability of the body to fight illness and lung infections
* Worsen the symptoms of bronchitis
* Wheezing and coughing
* Psychotic symptoms
* Damage the heart
* Damage the lungs
* Decrease the ability of the body to fight illness and lung infections
* Worsen the symptoms of bronchitis
Harm Minimisation
Ways that young people can minimize the harm of taking marijuana are:
1. Surround yourself with the right people. If your friends are pressuring you into taking it, then they are obviously not your friends because they don’t respect your choices. Also if you are in a family surrounded by drug use, let somebody you know and trust about your situation, to try and get out of it.
2. Familiarise yourself with the consequences. This way you will know what risks you are taking for your health and choices.
3. Take the time to relax and let out all your stress, so you are not tempted to turn to something that may relive the stress but leave you with a whole lot more to worry about.
Ways that young people can minimize the harm of taking marijuana are:
1. Surround yourself with the right people. If your friends are pressuring you into taking it, then they are obviously not your friends because they don’t respect your choices. Also if you are in a family surrounded by drug use, let somebody you know and trust about your situation, to try and get out of it.
2. Familiarise yourself with the consequences. This way you will know what risks you are taking for your health and choices.
3. Take the time to relax and let out all your stress, so you are not tempted to turn to something that may relive the stress but leave you with a whole lot more to worry about.