Its Effects & Hazards

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8 Marijuana causes less brain damage Than alcohol

9 Marijuana can cure some diseases.

10 Marijuana weakens the immune system.

11 Cigarettes are worse than Marijuana.

12 Marijuana is more potent than it was 25 years ago.

13 People rarely, if ever, die of a marijuana overdose.

14 Marijuana can stay in the body days after use.

15 Marijuana is not addictive.

16 Marijuana damages the reproductive system

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18 MARIJUANA IS A DANGEROUS DRUG MADE FROM THE PLANT CALLED CANABIS SATIVA. MARIJUANA CONTAINS 421 DIFFERENT CHEMICALS, 61 OF WHICH ARE FOUND IN NO OTHER PLANT. DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINAOL (THC) IS THE DRUG THAT GIVE MARIJUANA THE MIND ALTERING EFFECTS.

19 STREET NAMES INCLUDE: POT, DOPE, WEED, GRASS, GANJA, DOOBIE, REEFER, MARY JANE. PREPARED MARIJUANA IS DRIED, GREENISH-BROWN, CHOPPED AND RESEMBLES OREGANO.

20 MARIJUANA IS USUALLY SMOKED IN HAND ROLLED CIGARETTES CALLED JOINTS.

21 IT CAN ALSO BE SMOKED IN PIPES OR BONGS.

22 IT CAN ALSO BE SMOKED IN PIPES OR BONGS OR EATEN IN FOODS.

23 HASHISH IS THE DARK-BROWN RESIN FROM THE TOP OF THE PLANT. IT HAS MUCH HIGHER LEVELS OF THC.

24 HASH OIL IS A DARK BROWN LIQUID, ALSO HIGH IN THC. CIGARETTES ARE OFTEN DIPPED IN THIS LIQUID.

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49 FACT:MARIJUANA IS STRONGER AND MORE DANGEROUS THAN IT WAS IN THE 1960 S. BACK THEN MARIJUANA HAD ABOUT 3% THC. TODAY MARIJUANA CONTAINS 15-20% THC.

50 FACT: YOUTHS WITH AN AVERAGE GRADE OF D OR BELOW ARE 4 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE USED MARIJUANA THAN THOSE WITH A B AVERAGE OR HIGHER.

51 MYTH: MARIJUANA IS USED TO TREAT CANCER AND OTHER DISEASES.

52 FACT: MARIJUANA AS A SMOKED PRODUCT HAS NEVER BEEN PROVEN TO BE MEDICALLY BENEFICIAL, AND IN REALITY, IS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE HARM TO ONE S HEALTH.

53 FACT: KIDS WHO SMOKE MARIJUANA WEEKLY ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT SUICIDE THAN NON-USERS.

54 FACT: ADULTS WHO USED MARIJUANA AS TEENAGERSARE MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO DEVELOP SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS LATER IN LIFE. DEPRESSION, ETC.

55 MYTH: MARIJUANA IS NOT ADDICTIVE.

56 FACT: ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT BE A STRONG PHYSICALLY ADDICTIVE DRUG,RESEARCH INDICATES THAT MARIJUANA USERS CAN DEVELOP A STRONG PSYCHOLOGICAL ADDICTION. THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR LONG TERM USERS TO QUIT.

57 FACT: THE EARLIER KIDS START USING MARIJUANA, THE MORE LIKLEY THEY ARE TO BECOME DEPENDENT ON OTHER ILLICIT DRUGS LATER IN LIFE. GATEWAY DRUG

58 MYTH: MARIJUANA IS NOT AS HARMFUL AS TOBACCO.

59 FACT: MARIJUANA SMOKE CONTAINS MORE TAR AND CANCER CAUSING SUBSTANCES THAN TOBACCO SMOKE. THC STAYS IN THE BODY UP TO 30 DAYS AFTER ONEUSES IT. IT IS A FAT SOLUBLE DRUG.

60 WITH EACH PUFF A MARIJUANA SMOKER INHALES 150 CANCER CAUSING SUBSTANCES.

61 THERE IS AS MUCH TAR AND CANCER CAUSING SUBSTANCES IN 1 JOINT AS THERE ARE IN ABOUT 20 CIGARETTES.

62 MARIJUANA IS OFTEN MIXED WITH OTHER DRUGS, SUCH AS PCP, WHICH MAKE IT EVEN MORE DANGEROUS AND MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE.

63 MYTH: MARIJUANA MAKES YOU MELLOW.

64 FACT: MARIJUANA ACTUALLY MAKES YOU MORE AGGRESSIVE. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT USERS ARE MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKLEY TO BE INVOLVED IN INCIDENCES OF PHYSICALLY ATTACKING PEOPLE, STEALING, AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.

65 FACT: MARIJUANA INTERFERES WITH THE PRODUCTION OF T CELLS, WHICH ARE USED TO HELP BATTLE INFECTIONS. THE IMMUNE SYSTEM WEAKENS AND MARIJUANA USERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP INFECTIONS, ESPECIALLY RESPIRATORY SYSTEM INFECTIONS.

66 FACT: AMOTIVATIONAL SYNDROME IS WHEN A PERSON HAS NO GOALS OR AMBITIONS. THE HIGH FEELING OCCURS IN THE PART OF THE BRAIN CALLED THE LIMBIC SYSTEM. USE OF MARIJUANA CAN AFFECT A PERSONS MEMORY AND THEIR ABILITY TO DO MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS. BRAIN DAMAGE

67 FACT: MARIJUANA REDUCES THE LEVEL OF THE HORMONE TESTOSTERONE IN MALES. MARIJUANA CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SPERM CELLS THAT ARE CREATED AND CAN ALSO LEAD TO BIRTH DEFECTS. DAMAGE TO MALES

68 FACT: MARIJUANA INCREASES THE LEVEL OF THE HORMONE TESTOSTERONE IN FEMALES. WOMEN CAN DEVELOP DARK BODY HAIR, FACIAL HAIR AND ACNE. MARIJUANA CAN DAMAGE THE EGG CELLS IN A WOMENS OVARIES AND LEAD TO BIRTH DEFECTS. DAMAGE TO FEMALES

69 FACT:THC CAN EASILY ENTER THE BLOODSTREAM OF A DEVELOPING FETUS CAUSING BIRTH DEFECTS. WOMEN HAVE A MUCH HIGHER RISK FOR A MISCARRIAGE. FETAL CANABIS SYNDROME IN NEWBORNS, BIRTH DEFECTS AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHTS ARE POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO FETUSES

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71 FACT: MARIJUANA WIDENS THE TINY GAPS BETWEEN NERVE CELLS MAKING COMMUNICATION DIFFICULT. MARIJUANA REDUCES A PERSONS ABILITY TO CONCENTRATE ON TOPICS FOR LONG PERIODSOF TIME.

72 Marijuana widens the gap between nerve cells

73 This slows down the function of the nervous system

74 MARIJUANA ACTS AS AN ANTI MEDIC. IT SUPRESSES THE VOMIT REFLEX. THIS CAN LEAD TO DEATH BY ALCOHOL POISONING IF THE PERSON IS ALSO DRINKING.