Marijuana and America
Forty-nine percent of high school seniors have tried marijuana, why is the number so high? It is because of the lack of programs that are informing America’s youth of the harmful things that marijuana can do to you personally, mentally, and socially. It is becoming more and more popular with the population of today’s youth. Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug or “street drug”. Marijuana is also known as bud, dope, and weed. It is a greenish plant that is dried and smoked in many different ways. Smokers make weed cigarettes (joints), smoke from a pipe, or even a bong (a vase like device that uses water). It contains the drug THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), which gives you the feeling known as a “high”. The higher the THC content the more intense “high” a smoker receives. This feeling makes you sleepy, hungry and even paranoid of your surroundings. Then you get what every drug has and that is the side effects. These effects include: problems with memory and learning, distorted perception, difficulty in thinking and problem solving, loss of coordination, increased heart rate, and anxiety. Wouldn’t these effects listed scare off potential users? It doesn’
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Approximate Word count = 870
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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