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Title: Marijuana


1
Marijuana
  • Jordan, Chris, and David

2
Street Names
  • Pot
  • Weed
  • Astro turf
  • Mary Jane
  • J
  • Herb
  • Grass
  • Dagga
  • Dope
  • Reefer

3
How it enters the body
  • It can enter the body by being smoked, mixed into
    food, or brewed as tea

4
History
  • It comes from the Indian hemp plant
  • It has been used as hallucinogen for at least
    2000 years

5
Statistics
  • It is used by 158.8 million people
  • It has been used at least once by 94 million
    people
  • 242200 emergency room visits in 2005 in the US
    involved marijuana

6
Short Term Effects
  • Rapid heartbeat
  • Disorientation
  • Lack of coordination
  • Depression
  • Sleepiness
  • Panic attacks
  • Anxiety

7
Long Term Effects
  • Bronchitis
  • Brain abnormalities
  • Psychosis
  • Lung cancer

8
How people get started
  • Peer pressure is the main cause for people to
    start smoking marijuana
  • Dealers also will tell people that it is good for
    you and that you should try it

9
Additional Facts
  • It was responsible for 4.3 of driver fatalities
    in Australia
  • The majority of people who used marijuana at one
    point have gone on to use other drugs at least
    once in their lives
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