High School Marijuana Case Study

Did you know that 5.8% of twelfth graders smoke marijuana daily? (“Marijuana”) Although that number may seem small, it is affecting a large population of students around the world. Not just twelfth graders but eighth grade up to eleventh grade also. Growing up in a small town in Iowa with 2,396 people, where everyone knows everyone and the community is tight knit, no one would expect that marijuana would become such talk within the town. Composed of roughly 1,408 students in the high school and with such strong academics and athletics program and the success over the years, no one ever thought marijuana would be such a problem as it has become. Within the last year and a half, there has been a staggering increase in marijuana use with students …show more content…
However, that is just what was heard and no one really knows who, individually, those students were” said by a staff member at the high school. It is predominantly more in the high school, than in any of the other building. Therefore, the supposed cause was linked to the graduating class of 2014, which then generates additional information related to the effects of marijuana on people. Producing such effects on the brain from marijuana is a chemical called, THC. This addictive chemical is released into the bloodstream when marijuana is smoked and travels to other organs and the brain. While attaching to cannabinoid receptors in the brain, it thinks of this chemical as a natural chemical in our body that normally attaches to these receptors. These specific cannabinoid receptors are involved in the communication network in brain that is important to functioning and brain development. Certain areas of the brain where it is being affected includes: coordination, learning and memory and