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What are the street names/slang terms for Marijuana?
Aunt Mary, Boom, Chronic (Marijuana alone or with crack), Dope, Gangster, Ganja, Grass, Hash, Herb, Kif, Mary Jane, Pot, Reefer, Sinsemilla, Skunk, Weed.

What is Marijuana?
Marijuana, the most often 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 or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa).

How is it used?
Most users roll loose marijuana into a cigarette called a "joint". Weed 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" aslo you can use a "pipe"

What are its short-term effects?
Short-term effects of marijuana 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 weed. A user may also experience dry mouth and throat.

What are its long-term effects?
Marijuana smoke contains some of the same cancer-causing compounds as tobacco, sometimes in higher concentrations.Studies show that someone who smokes five joints per week may be taking in as many cancer-causing chemicals as someone who smokes a full pack of cigarettes every day.

legalization of marijuana

marijuana is a common herb, medicine, and drug ware live witch is mendo county. many people smoke it from ages that are not expected. there are pro and con for using and legalizing weed.

PROS: the good things are Marijuana has never killed a person, You can't overdose on marijuana,Marijuana isn't addicting like cocaine, alcohol, or tobacco, People have used marijuana as a medical treatment for thousands of years, also used it to stimulate the appetite, relieve chronic pain, and treat asthma and migraines, * Enhancement of many other drug effects such as alcohol, Ecstasy, tobacco, heroin, cocaine…
* Auditory or visual hallucinations
* Amnesia
* Increased appetite
* Induced sense of novelty
* Increased or decreased sexual pleasure
* Increased sensations
* Increased awareness of patterns and colors
* Respect for music and other arts
* Increased mental activity
* Meditative states of mind
* Gain or loss of some inhibitions
* Varying degree of euphoria, ranging from feelings of general well-being to lengthy pointless laughter
* Relaxation or stress reduction
* Mild tachycardia
* Mild, temporary dry mouth
* Varying amounts of paranoia and anxiety in some


CONS: smoking marijuana produces second hand smoke to those around the smoker, Many of the dangerous chemicals found in smoked marijuana as identical to those found in cigarette smoke, adding legal marijuana would just increase the number of drivers under some type of influence, when you stop smoking weed it gives you moud swings and bad aditude.