Today, a frightening amount of Americans are using marijuana. According to The Journal of Family Practice, 49% of Americans use or have tried cannabis. By using any type of cannabis a person is essentially damaging his or her body and brain. The three main reasons why a person should not use marijuana are short term and long term effects, addiction, and the fetal harm during pregnancy. Marijuana is one of the most abused drugs in the world. As the National Institute on Drug Abuse says, it comes from a hemp plant and the part that contains the “drug” is mostly found in the flowers, or buds. Not so much in the seeds, leaves or the stem of the plant. When it is sold, it is a mixture of dried leaves, stems, flowers, and seeds of the plant. The color varies but marijuana is usually green, brown, or grey. Because of its popularity, marijuana has many street names and
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First, the most common one is smoking it in hand-rolled cigarettes, or joints. The word joint comes from the French language in which it means “joined together.” Joints are hand-rolled by the user with rolling papers. In some cases, the joints are machine rolled. People also smoke it in blunts, which are cigars with the tobacco completely emptied and refilled with marijuana. Blunts are usually considered to have the heaviest effects due to the tobacco paper and the cannabis. Another way to smoke marijuana is a spliff. A spliff is part tobacco and part cannabis. They are rolled in the same paper wraps as joints. Tobacco, in spliffs, provides a head rush and energetic buzz. One might compare it to a caffeine high. The popularity of joints, blunts, and spliffs depends on the region. Spliffs are very popular in Europe, whereas consumers in the United States are more likely to roll a joint. This is partially due to the advertising of tobacco health effects in the past few years.
First, the most common one is smoking it in hand-rolled cigarettes, or joints. The word joint comes from the French language in which it means “joined together.” Joints are hand-rolled by the user with rolling papers. In some cases, the joints are machine rolled. People also smoke it in blunts, which are cigars with the tobacco completely emptied and refilled with marijuana. Blunts are usually considered to have the heaviest effects due to the tobacco paper and the cannabis. Another way to smoke marijuana is a spliff. A spliff is part tobacco and part cannabis. They are rolled in the same paper wraps as joints. Tobacco, in spliffs, provides a head rush and energetic buzz. One might compare it to a caffeine high. The popularity of joints, blunts, and spliffs depends on the region. Spliffs are very popular in Europe, whereas consumers in the United States are more likely to roll a joint. This is partially due to the advertising of tobacco health effects in the past few years.