Marijuana Information
Hash, Mary Jane, Pot, Chronic,
Bud, 420, The Kind, and various other names given to the cannabis
plant are rooted in a sub-culture that began in the 1950's and
continues to attract new inductees and centers around the consumption
of different varieties of cannabis leaves. These are usually
smoked in hand-rolled cigarettes, called joints. The cannabis can
also be smoked in pipes or long tubes that use water as a filter,
called bongs. The tradition of consuming marijuana for religious,
social, medicinal and cultural reasons go back more than 5000 years.
Today, however, the herb has
gotten a fresh revival due to media and grassroots support. In
the US, several states have approved the drug for medicinal purposes
and many more are looking to pass similar legislation. The problem
with this is that it lets those who consume the herb for other
than legitimate reasons get their message out that the cannabis
plant is not harmful and is less damaging than what experience tells
us.
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Marijuana
plants grow on large stalks that range in height from a
few feet to
12-15
feet high with small
flowers
or "buds" appearing when the crop is ripe for harvest. |
The Real Reasons To Stay Away From Marijuana
by John Duff
There seems to be a consensus
of agreement about the dangers of cocaine, heroin, and even cigarettes
and alcohol, but not marijuana. What are the real dangers with
it and how do you handle responses such as; "marijuana is an herb", "it
is harmless", "it is used as a medicine", "it's organic", "it makes
me feel creative and I write and perform better!".
As a youth during the 1960's
I became deeply involved with drugs including marijuana and was
arrested numerous times prior to going through the Narconon Drug
rehabilitation program in December of 1971. I bought, sold, and
smuggled drugs out of the Mexican Border town of Mexicali, Mexico
for a number of years.
I once thought that everyone
should smoke pot and I thought it was my job to get them to. This
is no longer how I feel and now I have the task of trying to change
the damage done.
So lets look at what the real
dangers are and some of the more frequent responses to them.
What all drugs have in common
is that each and every one contain or are a poison. The poison
molecule in marijuana is THC. It is the THC that causes the high.
What are the problems?
Ambition
Ambition is the very thing
that a person acquires natural highs from. Of all the drugs I used,
marijuana sapped my ambition more than any other. In high school
my only goal in life became "to find the ultimate bud (bud means:
potent cluster of marijuana flowers)" All else became unimportant
or secondary.
Memory
It has been stated in the past that marijuana effects "short-term
memory". It is more than this. Using marijuana as well as other drugs
effect concentration, recording (learning) and recalling (remembering).
Education
Individuals who use marijuana are going to have a hard time
educating themselves either inside or outside the classroom. The
reason is the mind is your computer and it depends on attention,
concentration, recording and recalling and memory. Grades and performance
usually drop with regular use.
Personality
Marijuana, like all recreationally used drugs, changes ones
personality. It can make the shy feel outgoing, the weak feel strong,
the inhibited feel uninhibited - especially concerning sex. Instead
of developing these qualities the addict relies on drugs to produce
the illusion that they possess them.
For more information on marijuana check: www.potabuse.net
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