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Marijuana
Marijuana is a natural herb from the earth, which comes from the hemp plant and has positive as well as negative effects to it if smoked or eaten. ... Whether someone smokes or eats marijuana, it is addictive and will cause damage to the body and brain.
“Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant” (U. ... Common names marijuana is known by would be weed, pot, hash, grass, and chronic. ... There are hundreds of names that marijuana is known by, but people are able to make a name up for it, and then it would be commonly used among them and their friends. Marijuana was used thousands of years ago in Asia as well as the Middle Eastern part of the world. Once it was discovered in the United States marijuana was used by early Native Americans for religious ceremonies as well as medicinal purposes. Marijuana was also used in peace pipes, to confirm peace treaties or making deals with other Indians. There are over 400 chemicals inside marijuana that are harmful and disruptive to the body, but the main ingredient would be called THC, also known as Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol. ...
“A drug is addicting if it causes compulsive, often uncontrollable drug craving, seeking, and use, even in the face of negative health and social consequences” (“Marijuana Information”). When people are addicted to marijuana they seem to want more of the product because their bodies are having withdrawals from it even if they know it’s harmful to one’s health. ...
Is marijuana addictive? “NIDA [National Institute on Drug Abuse] says marijuana causes compulsive and often uncontrollable craving and use, despite health and social consequences, and so is addictive”(Ritter). Narconon, a drug rehabilitation program in California, says that “marijuana addiction is a phenomenon experienced by more than 150,000 individuals each year who enter treatment for their proclaimed addiction to marijuana.
Approximate Word count = 1479
Approximate Pages = 5.9
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