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be an illegal and very harmful drug for many years. But as
you read this report you will learn that marijuana has been
around for many years (most years legal) and isn't as
harmful as some people may think. Marijuana has been
used for many things in the past, including medicine, hemp
rope, crude cloth and enjoyment. Now it is mainly used as
a narcotic. Marijuana is an illegal weed that grows up to
eighteen feet tall with little or no cultivation. The plant has
many branches that extend with large, hairy, pointed leaves
with saw tooth edges. Marijuana grows wild all over the
world and in some states and countries it's legal. Cloth and
rope are made from the stem which contains a tough fiber
called "hence." The mind-altering drug in marijuana is called
"Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannibinol," or THC. The mildest form
of marijuana contains between zero to three percent of
THC. Most of the THC is contained in the resign, which is
secreted around the flowers, seeds, and topmast leaves.
Until recently it was thought that only the female plant
contained the drug. But it is now known that both the
female and the male plants contain THC. THC stays in the
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use are, possible lung cancer, heart attacks in juveniles,
strokes in people under forty, and it depletes the brain of
serotonin and the user may lose his sense of well being or
may become depressed. Virtually
the only medicine capable of treating the entire spectrum of
side effects without causing harm to the user is marijuana.
Most AIDS sufferers will contract several of these 30
during the course of their illness before finally succumbing
to one of them. There are two hundred
million users in the country, and sixty million say that they
have tried it. Marijuana is one of the oldest
and widely used drugs in the world. Marijuana is
one of the mildest drugs out there and the one of the only
drugs that serves another purpose besides a "trip" or a
"high". The effects depend upon the level of potency and
how much is consumed. Recently a large ship was spotted off of the U. Marijuana can be measured by it's "therapeutic
ratio," (the difference between the size of the dose needed
for the desired effect and the! size that produces
poisoning). It is the second most
popular intoxicant, next to alcohol. The main effects of smoking are:
the heart rate may increase from 80 beats to 150 beats a
minute, the bronchial tubes enlarge and become relaxed
allowing extra oxygen to enter the body, giving a "High" like
feeling. Provided by
the "High Times" website.
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