Transcript Marijuana - Angelfire

Marijuana:
The Facts
What is it?
• Hallucinogen
• Addictive
What does it look like?
• To the right, is a dried
brick of Marijuana.
Nasty isn’t it??
• This is a Marijuana
Plant
What are its nicknames?
And how do you use it?
• There are over 200
nicknames for Marijuana,
such as: Pit, herb, grass,
weed, Mary Jane, reefer,
Aunt Mary, skunk, boom,
gangster, kif, ganja.
• Marijuana is smoked, in
cigarette form, called a
joint, or inhaled from a
“bong” which is a pipe.
Percentage of 8th-Graders Who Have Used Marijuana
Nationwide
Ever Used
Used in Past Year
Used in Past Month
25
23.1
20
22.6
22.2
22
16.9
16.5
9.7
9.7
19.9
18.3
17.7
16.7
Percentage
15.8
15
12.6
13
11.3
11.2
10
10.2
10.2
9.2
9.1
7.8
7.2
6.2
5.1
5
3.2
3.7
0
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Year
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What does it do?
• Marijuana, at first makes you high like
other drugs. It gives the user a feeling of
pleasure or happiness. Then, after that
high, everything is fine right? Wrong.
Negative Effects
• After the high, the user feels confused,
panicked, anxiety attacks, fear, a sense of
helplessness, and loss of self-control. It also,
like alcohol impairs judgment, comprehension,
memory, speech, problem-solving ability,
reaction time, and driving skills.
• Chronic users may get amotivational syndrome,
decreased motivation.
Medical Marijuana
• Some people are allowed to smoke
marijuana for medical reasons. This is
only allowed in a handful of states: Alaska,
Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii,
Maine, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
In order for the people to legally smoke it,
they must have permission by there
doctor.
• So, when/if you are asked to smoke
marijuana, say “no.” Some people say, “its
only marijuana, what can it do?” It can kill.
Marijuana is a gateway drug to many other
bigger drugs like Cocaine, or Heroin.
Brian Strickrodt
B Period Science