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

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Short Term Effects

• Rapid heartbeat
• Disorientation
• Lack of coordination
• Depression
• Sleepiness
• Panic attacks
• Anxiety

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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