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Medicinal Marijuana. The pros and cons of using marijuana for medical uses are
exaggerated by both government officials and pro-marijuana organizations. ...
Legalize Marijuana. ... Due to all these lobbying groups, it clearly shows substantial
evidence that marijuana can be used as a prescribed drug. ...
legalization of Marijuana. ... We have two factions fighting each other; one those
who are pro-marijuana and those who are Anti-marijuana. ...
Legalization Of Marijuana. ... We have two factions fighting each other; one those
who are pro-marijuana and those who are anti-marijuana. ...
Positive/Negative Effects of Marijuana. Marijuana has many positive and negative
effects on the body. ... There was a similar use for marijuana in Africa. ...
Submitted by princeb2k5 on December 5, 2005
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Marijuana
Pot, herb, weed, grass, widow, ganja, and hash are only a few ways that people refer to marijuana. Marijuana is an illegal drug that gives the user a high due to a chemical agent known as THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol)(0NDCP). THC is one of over 400 cannibols present in the cannabis plant. It is usually smoked through the mouth. The drug has many deleterious short and long term effects on ones health. Despite the great health risks the government wants to legalize it. Officials have many reasons for legalizing the substance but most of the reasons, I think, are simply wrong.
Marijuana's effect on the body is very extensive. When one smokes marijuana, THC rapidly passes from the lungs into the bloodstream, which carries the chemical to organs throughout the body, including the brain. In the brain, THC connects to specific sites called cannabinoid receptors on nerve cells and influences the activity of those cells. Some brain areas have many cannabinoid receptors and others have few. Many cannabinoid receptors are found in the parts of the brain that influence pleasure, memory, thought, concentration, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement. The short term effects of smoking marijuana include memory and learning distortion; perception loss; difficulty in thinking and problem solving; loss of coordination; and increased heart rate. Extended use of marijuana is substantially worse. It causes problems throughout the other major organ systems of the body including the respiratory and circulatory systems. For the circulatory system, in the first hour after smoking marijuana the risk of a heart attack quadruples and greatly reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood. As for the respiratory system users usually suffer the same symptoms as tobacco smokers such as daily cough and phlegm production, more frequent acute chest illness, a heightened risk of lung infections, and a greater tendency to obstructed...
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