WHAT EFFECTS DOES MARIJUANA HAVE?
Marijuana — also called weed, herb, pot, grass, bud, ganja, Mary Jane, and a host of other street terms — is a gray-green mixture of dried, shredded leaves and flowers of the cannabis Sativa, the hemp plant. Some people smoke marijuana in rolled cigarettes called joints; many use pipes, hookahs (sometimes called bongs), or marijuana cigars called blunts (which are usually made by cutting a cigar lengthwise and replacing all or part of the tobacco with marijuana). See here for more information about this.
Marijuana can also be used to make tea, and especially when sold or consumed medicinally, it is often mixed into foods (edibles) such as brownies, cookies, or candy. The most potent forms of marijuana include sinsemilla (sourced from female special care plants) and concentrated resins that contain high doses of the active ingredients in marijuana, such as honey-like hash oil, smooth, waxy budder, and the firm shatter, looking like amber. These resins are becoming increasingly popular with those who consume them for recreational or medical purposes.
The main psychoactive (meaning mind-altering) substance in marijuana, which is responsible for most of the heady effects people seek, is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). This substance is found in the resin produced by the leaves and buds, mainly of the female cannabis plant. The plant also contains more than 500 chemicals, including more than 100 compounds that are chemically related to THC, it is called cannabinoids.
Marijuana use is widespread among teens and young adults. According to the Monitoring, the Future survey - an annual survey of drug use and the attitude of middle and high school students toward drugs across the country - most measures of marijuana use among 8 students or, 10 or and 12 degrees peaked in the mid-to-late 1990s, then began a period of gradual decline until the mid-2000s, before leveling off. Most of the measurements showed some decline again in the last 5 years.
Adolescents' perception of the risks of marijuana use has steadily declined over the past decade in the cannabis dispensaries, possibly as a result of increased public debate about legalizing or easing restrictions on medicinal and recreational marijuana use.
9.4% of students 8 or older reported using marijuana in the past year, and 5.4% in the last month (current use). Among students, 9% had used marijuana in the last year and 14.0% had used it in the last month. Consumption rates of 12 students or degrees were even higher: 35.6% had used marijuana during the year before the survey and 22.5% had done so in the last month; 6.0% said they used marijuana every day or almost every day.
It is not known if this increase is due to an increase in consumption, an increase in power marijuana (the amount of THC it contains), or other factors. However, it should be noted that the mention of marijuana in medical records does not necessarily indicate that these emergencies were directly related to marijuana intoxication.
When marijuana is smoked, THC and other plant chemicals pass from the lungs into the bloodstream, which quickly transports them through the body and to the brain. The person begins to feel the effects almost immediately (see " How does marijuana work? ") in the cannabis dispensaries. Many experiences a pleasant euphoria and a sense of relaxation. Other common effects, which can vary widely from person to person, include increased sensory perception (eg, brighter colors), laughter, altered perception of time, and increased appetite.
If marijuana is consumed in food or drink, the effects take a little longer — usually after 30 minutes to an hour — because the drug must pass through the digestive system first. When eating or drinking marijuana, the amount of THC that enters the bloodstream is considerably less than when an equivalent amount of the plant is smoked in the cannabis dispensaries. Due to the slower effects, people may inadvertently consume more THC than they intended to consume.