One Marijuana, and hundreds of names !!!

There are various slangs and street names by which marijuana is called, some  of the popular  ones are:
Smoking pot, munchies, getaway drug, cannabis ,ganja, dope, Jane, herb, gangster, Mary Jane, boom, chronic, ace, Aunt Mary, black bart ,  doobee, golden, leaf hash, haze, hemp, hydrophonic, kif, leaf, northern lights, Queen's Ann's Lace , spliff, skunk, sinsomilla, GOM......good old marijuana, grass, weed, bud,  jay, reefer, blunt, boom,  White Widow, Northern Lights, Hawaiian, Skunk,  Citrals,  Afghan, Ganja Dwar, Early misty, Sky walker, Presidential,  Durban poison, Mauwie Wauwie, Purple haze, Bob Marley, Carmelicious, White Queen, First girl, Skunk red, white widow, big bud, super skunk, easy rider, OG Kush,  Louis XIII…
 

Introduction
 

What is Marijuana?

• Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug in the United States. It is a dry, shredded green and brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves derived from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. The main active chemical compound found in marijuana is delta-9-tetruahydrocannabinol, or THC .
•  How Marijuana is consumed or rather misused?
• Marijuana is generally smoked as a cigarette (joint) or in a pipe. It is also smoked in blunts, which are cigars that have been emptied of tobacco and refilled with a mixture of marijuana and tobacco.
•  Marijuana can also be mixed in food such as cookies, brewed as a tea, or mixed in alcohol. When it is consumed this way it takes longer time to absorb in the body but has longer effect on the body.
• Hashish is the concentrated form of marijuana, in thick, black and gooey form it is called hash oil.

Marijuana smoke has a pungent and distinctive, usually sweet-and-sour odour.

Short term effects of MARIJUANA

• When THC the active compound found in marijuana enters our body the effects starts within few minutes and last up to 7-8 hours and it can causes one or some of these immediate effects:
• distorted perception of sight, space, sound, time and touch.
• short term memory loss and problem in learning.
• poor coordination
• induce panic attack
• increased heart rate
• reduced blood pressure
• may produce anxiety, fear, distrust
• reddening of eyes
• sensation of cold or hot hands and feet

Long Term effects of MARIJUANA

• The ill effects of Marijuana does not last only for 7-8 hours but has long term effects on the whole body. Its effects are both physiological and physiological.

• Neurological effects or effects on brain:

• Impaired memory and difficulty in learning.
• No control on body movement and coordination.
• Effects intelligence
• Leads to mental disorders such as schizophenenia, depression and psychosis.
• Disorientation, delusion and hallucination.

• Effects on heart:

• Within minutes of consumption of marijuana, the heart beats become faster and the blood pressure drops drastically which increases the chances of heart attack manifolds.
• Even young smokers of marijuana are equally susceptible to sudden heart attacks without any medical history.

• Effects on Lungs:

• Marijuana smokers inhale the pot deeper and hold the smoke in their lungs for longer time than the tobacco smokers which is way more injurious to the lungs.
• Smoking marijuana for a long period leads to burning and stinging of the mouth and throat.
• It causes heavy coughing and increased phylum.
• Leads to acute chest illness, lung infections and blocked air passage.
• Increased risk of lung cancer.

• Effects on Immunity:

• Even irregular consumption of marijuana ruins our immunity system.
• It stops fighting diseases.
• High risk of developing bacterial infections and tumors increases.

• Effects on pregnancy and Fertility:

• The heavy usage of Marijuana may lead to irregular ovulation, low sperm count, difficulty in conception, difficult pregnancy, unplanned pregnancy, frequent miscarriages.
• Moreover, babies born from mothers using marijuana during pregnancy develop various physical and behavioral problems.

How marijuana effects TEENAGERS

• It’s a scientifically proven fact that in teenage like any other body part brain is also developing and so it is more vulnerable to the ill effects of the drugs and the damage is permanent.
• The ill effects of the drugs on the whole body cannot be reversed even after quitting for many years.
• Its use leads to a drop in the IQ score, problem in concentrating and loss of emotional expression.
• The chances of developing psychosis and schizophrenia increase manifolds.
• It may lead to other drug use.
• It increases the tendency to steal for the purchase of marijuana for which the teenager can end up in jail, create a criminal record for himself permanently.
• All this hurts the plan for college, career and lucrative jobs.
• In most offices, a drug test is mandatory as part of hiring procedure, it takes several weeks for marijuana to leave its traces from the body so even after abstaining from it will not help.
•  Marijuana might seem like an attractive option In the short run but in the long run it could ruin one’s entire life.