Cannabis Sativa (marijuana) has been thought to 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 body for about 28 days.
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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 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. 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). The user may lose his short-term memory, but after a week of not using it is usually regained. Only 40% of high school students graduated in 1995 without ever trying it. The therapeutic ratio in marijuana has yet to be found. The effects depend upon the level of potency and how much is consumed. Most AIDS sufferers will contract several of these 30 during the course of their illness before finally succumbing to one of them. There are no immediate physiological effects. In twenty years two hundred and fifty people have been hung for possession. When consumed in foods the effects start after one half-hour and last from three to four hours. The feeling usually lasts from one to three hours. from Columbia, Jamaica, and Mexico bring in five billion dollars worth each year. When smoked the THC goes into the lungs, directly into the bloodstream and to every cell in your body.
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