What is marijuana? “Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant intended for medical or recreational use.” Another names for marijuana are Boom, Bud, Chronic, Gangster, Ganja, Grass, Herb, Kif, Mary Jane, MJ, Pot, Reefer, Skunk, and Weed. Marijuana is one of the most dangerous drugs in the world and people smoke it because of their mental and physical effects. Gives you a feeling of "high" or "stoned", a general change in attitude, euphoria, and hunger. People don’t know what marijuana can cause to your life and health. Is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States, the young population are the most common users of it. Marijuana can be used by smoking, vaporizing, in food,
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The effects can perform in sports or video games.
● Judgment: The THC affects areas of the frontal cortex, that is the incharge of decision making. The use of it can make you to choose engage in risky activities, such as unprotected sex or getting in a car with someone who is at the state of drunk or drugged.
● Increased heart rate: Heart rate normally is 70 to 80 beats per minute, when you use marijuana may increase by 20 to 50 beats per minute the double. The increased heart rate makes the hard to even harder to keep up the beating and you alive.
● Respiratory problems: The smoke from marijuana harsh the lungs and can cause a chronic cough effects that are similar to those from cigarettes. In addition, studies have shown that smoking marijuana could make you difficult to quit cigarette smoking.
● Increased risk for mental health problems: Marijuana use has been united with depression and anxiety, also suicide thoughts by adolescents. “In addition, research has proved that in people with a genetic risk for developing schizophrenia, smoking marijuana during adolescence may increase the risk for developing psychosis and for it developing at an earlier
The effects can perform in sports or video games.
● Judgment: The THC affects areas of the frontal cortex, that is the incharge of decision making. The use of it can make you to choose engage in risky activities, such as unprotected sex or getting in a car with someone who is at the state of drunk or drugged.
● Increased heart rate: Heart rate normally is 70 to 80 beats per minute, when you use marijuana may increase by 20 to 50 beats per minute the double. The increased heart rate makes the hard to even harder to keep up the beating and you alive.
● Respiratory problems: The smoke from marijuana harsh the lungs and can cause a chronic cough effects that are similar to those from cigarettes. In addition, studies have shown that smoking marijuana could make you difficult to quit cigarette smoking.
● Increased risk for mental health problems: Marijuana use has been united with depression and anxiety, also suicide thoughts by adolescents. “In addition, research has proved that in people with a genetic risk for developing schizophrenia, smoking marijuana during adolescence may increase the risk for developing psychosis and for it developing at an earlier