...Effects of Marijuana Jesse Artis Marijuana is the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States. The main active chemical in marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC for short. It is a dry, shredded green and brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves. When most people smoke marijuana they empty out a cigar and use the leaf to roll the marijuana in. There are harmful chemicals in the cigar leaf that contains toxic chemicals. Marijuana does have a major effect on the brain. When a person smokes marijuana, THC is entered into the lungs and then passed into the bloodstream. Once its in the bloodstream the chemical is transferred to the brain and other organs in the body. People then experience the “high” feeling. Marijuana intoxication can cause distorted perceptions, impaired coordination, difficulty with thinking and problem solving, and problems with learning and memory. Research has shown that in chronic users, marijuana has an impact on learning and memory and it can last for days or weeks after the effects of the drug wear off. As a result, someone who smokes marijuana every day may not be functioning at his or her full potential. Marijuana increases heart rate by 20-100 percent shortly after smoking; this effect can last up to 3 hours. Other studies have shown marijuana smoke to contain carcinogens and to be an irritant to the lungs. Marijuana smoke contains 50-70% more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco...
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...The Effects of Marijuana Smoking a joint, Lighting a bowl, cuttin a blunt. These are all terms that are reffered to when someone is smoking Marijuana. Marijuana is becoming more mainstream every year. There are even some attempts to legalize it. But there still remains the fact that it has effects on different parts of the body when it is being smoked. There are three most known effects one is the effect of THC, the mental effects as well as the tar that it releases into your lungs. The chemical THC is a stimulant so it what it basiclly does it is it relaxs.Usually the mental and behavioral effects of marijuana consist of a sense of well-being (often termed euphoria or a high), feelings of relaxation, altered perception of time and distance, intensified sensory experiences, laughter, talkativeness, and increased sociability when taken in a social setting. Impaired memory for recent events, difficulty concentrating, dreamlike states, impaired motor coordination, impaired driving and other psychomotor skills, slowed reaction time, impaired goal-directed mental activity, and altered peripheral vision are common associated effects With repeated exposure, varying degrees of tolerance rapidly develops to many subjective and physiologic effects. Thus, intensity of acute effects is determined not only by THC dose but also by past experience, setting, expectations, and poorly understood individual differences in sensitivity Mental effects are a very large part of why marijuana is...
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...Dominic Terrible 9/28/14 Essay The Effects of Legalization of Marijuana Americans have gone back and forth about whether to legalize marijuana or not , in some states this has already been done and there are pharmacies that sell medicated marijuana to patients who have glaucoma. Legalizing marijuana could solve some of the US's problems , but could also create a plethora of new ones. One of the very few pros of legalizing marijuana is that it would put most of the drug dealers out of business. Why would anyone want to go to a drug dealer when they could go straight to the store and know exactly what they're getting and most importantly know what they're doing is legal. They would also go to the stores because there would be a variety of marijuana. There would probably be all the essentials you need to smoke marijuana which would be very convenient for marijuana smokers. One of the many negatives it can cause is more fatalities with driving. In 2007 , marijuana was not legal in Colorado but pot-positive drivers accounted for 7% of total fatalities in Colorado. In 2012 Colorado legalized marijuana for usage other than just medical usage. In 2012 , pot-positive drivers accounted for 16% of total fatalities in Colorado. This is a serious problem that would only become worse if legalization happens across the US. Another negative effect is that more and more kids would start to get into smoking marijuana. We don't need preteens walking around high as a kite...
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...Marijuana Use and Its Effects WebMD: Better information. Better health. Marijuana Use and Its Effects Marijuana, which comes from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa, is the most frequently used illegal drug in the U.S. About 4% of American adults smoke pot at least once a year. Roughly 1% of adults abuse pot, and one in 300 have a pot addiction. Most people smoke the plant's dried leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds. But marijuana also can be mixed into food or brewed as a tea. Marijuana goes by many street names, including pot, weed, and herb. Hash, a concentrated form of the drug, is short for hashish. The rates of marijuana smoking in adults have remained stable since the 1990s. However, the rates of addiction to pot have risen significantly over that same period. And, according to recent government studies, as many as 30% of today's teenagers are smoking marijuana. Occasional marijuana use is rarely seriously harmful, but smoking pot has important medical effects. Physiological Effects of Marijuana The active ingredient in marijuana is THC. That's short for delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol. THC is rapidly absorbed after smoking pot. Within minutes, THC and the other substances in marijuana smoke cause short-term medical effects. Signs of using marijuana include: Rapid heart rate Increased blood pressure Increased rate of breathing Red eyes Dry mouth Increased appetite, or "the munchies" Slowed reaction time These effects are reduced after three...
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...Modern American History by Alan Renga 2nd Mid Term! You will be given 3 Short Essay questions and 20 Multiple Choice questions deriving from this list! 80 points total! The 1920s Warren Harding then Calvin Coolidge Tea Pot Dome 1st Red Scare Immigration Restriction, Sacco and Vanzetti Langston Hughes, Marcus Garvey, KKK Prosperity, advertising Prohibition, Al Capone Flappers, Clara Bow, Rudolph Valentino Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Knute Rockne, Helen Willis Scopes Trail, F Scott Fitzgerald The Depression Herbert Hoover Stocks on Margin & Land Speculation Dust Bowl Bonus Army Hoover Blankets, Hoover Flags, Hoover Ville Strikes: John L Lewis, United Mine Workers, Goons Father Coughlin Gangsters: John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde Movies: Marx Brothers, Shirley Temple Radio: Amos and Andy, Bennie Goodman, Swing Franklin Roosevelt: Fireside Chats, New Deal, 100 Days Public Works Administration National Recovery Administration TVA-Tennessee Valley Authority Social Security World War Two Good Neighbor Policy Fascism: Hitler, Mussolini NAZI=National Socialists Lebensraum Invasion of Poland The Battle of Britain Pearl Harbor Bataan Death March Doolittle Raid on Tokyo D-Day The Holocaust Pacific: Island Hopping Rosie the Riveter Revenue Act of 1942 Balloon Bombs Rationing-Victory Gardens The Draft Propaganda: Dehumanization Internment: Executive Order 9066 Tuskegee Airmen After the War/Cold War GI Bill National Security...
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...Marijuana, many people have heard of the drug and many people have used, or actively do use, the drug without thinking of the negative side effects it can cause. There are no records of a person dying by the use of marijuana, but it has aided in death. Marijuana is a drug that clouds your judgement, deeming you unable to make a sober choice. It has many negative side effects when it is used for long amounts of time, such as the fact that heavy usage of marijuana can lower dopamine levels in the brain, smoking marijuana can cause anatomical changes in the brain, smoking marijuana harms your lungs, and can cause people with psychiatric disorders to become, not addicted, but dependent on the drug. Using marijuana in bulk can cause dopamine- a neurotransmitter - levels to decrease. Depletion of dopamine may cause Parkinson’s...
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...Medical Marijuana Laws and their Effects Keith Reese COM/156 7/23/2014 Jennifer Preus Medical Marijuana Laws and their Effects In 1936, George Herliman produced the propaganda film “Tell Your Children”, later titled “Reefer Madness”(“IMBD”, 1990-2014). This film, financed by a church group to display the exaggerated consequences of marijuana usage, was intended to inspire fear in parents and children alike. Though marijuana legalization has become a front burner topic, one would assume that our technological advances would invoke more rational responses from the general public seeking facts to support claims. However, the same type of fear induced media messages are employed today by anti-marijuana groups and politicians to sway public opinion. Contrary to the seemingly credible publications throughout the media, the legalization of marijuana, medical or recreational, does not increase crime. As the debate regarding the legalization of marijuana, both medicinal and recreational, has heated up, several groups have been formed to speak out about the perceived consequences. Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy has co-founded the anti-marijuana group, Project SAM, with Kevin Sabet who also is the director of the organization. After the Justice Department allowed Colorado and Washington to move forward with their respective marijuana legislation, Kennedy claimed, “we can look forward to more drugged driving accidents,...
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...study using a true experimental research design in order to investigate the effects of marijuana use on an individual’s problem solving ability. Marijuana use is the independent variable which is operationally defined as consumption in the form of smoking 0.5 grams of cannabis in a marijuana cigarette. Problem solving abilities is the dependent variable which is operationally defined as the total score on various math problems as well as time taken to complete said math problems. Scores on the math test can range from 0 to 100. 40 participants, 20 males and 20 females all of whom are 18 year old Freshmen taking Math 131 at Pasadena City College, will be utilized in this study. 10 males and 10 females will be randomly assigned to group A and will all smoke marijuana, while 10 males and 10 females will be randomly assigned to group B and will not smoke marijuana. In order to ensure that every participant in group A is affected by the marijuana equally, only students that consent to a drug test prior to the study and are found to have no traces of THC present in their blood will be eligible to participate in the study. This will ensure that all participants in group A are affected by marijuana equally by eliminating the possibility of one participant having a higher tolerance than another. In order to eliminate all possible plausible alternative explanations for the relationship observed between marijuana use and problem solving abilities, all aspects of the environment will be controlled...
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...What does research demonstrate about the effects of marijuana? The Effects Marijuana Has On an Individual Michael Garcia Motlow State Community College Introduction The use of marijuana is a much debated topic in most states. Marijuana has many effects to the human body that many people could agree on. Some effects may be good and some may be bad. Researches have come up with a conclusion on the effects it has towards the human body. For example, it helps with nausea and vomiting for people who are have chemo therapy. It is hard to determine all of the symptoms for using marijuana, since it is illegal in most states in the United States. In the view of a nursing student, she believes that people don’t have enough proof and facts about what happens to the body once it consumes marijuana. Either way she thinks they are some side effects in consuming marijuana like Hypertension, coughing, fast heart beats, and many more in consuming marijuana like Hypertension, coughing, fast heart beats, and many more. Dr. Michael Schwartz is testing and trying to figure out most of the effects marijuana does to the body. Review of Literature Colorado legalized the use of medical marijuana in the year 2000 (Scriber 1). This allowed people with serious illnesses and that are close to death. The people who have this benefit have to go through a physician approval. In the article Marijuana legalization in Colorado: a nursing student’s perspective, Kelly C. Scriber mentioned that...
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...Professor Course no Date Marijuana Medicine The term marijuana refers to the components of the hemp plant cannabis sativa after they dry .The use of the whole unprocessed marijuana plant or its extract is what is called marijuana medicine. According to the U.S Food and Drug Administration, this usage is illegal. The usage of some processed extract is legalized by the federal law. These are Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). It is compound of marijuana that increases desire for food and reduces nausea .It also act as an analgesic and an anti-inflammatory drug. The other one is Cannabichromene (CBC) which has the same function in addition of being an antiepileptic drug(Owen, Sutter, and Albertson, 4 ). Marijuana plant has been used for many years as a herbal medicine .In the ancient world marijuana plant was used to treat different ailment .In china it was used to treat menstrual disorder. In Egypt it was used as an antihelmithic drug .There is clear documentation of its use as a herb drug. The argument in the modern medicine is the balance between the benefits of marijuana and the health risk it has to the user(Owen, Sutter, and Albertson). In America, 23 states and Washington Dc has legalized the usage of smoked marijuana in variety of medical conditions. The federal is still clear, that the use of marijuana is illegal. According to the Director National Institute of Drug Abuse, the call for the legalization and the acceptance of usage of marijuana as a recreational drug is evident...
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...SAPP 407- Pharmacology Fall term junior yr. Term Paper Marijuana – Medicine, Menace, or What? There have been many arguments throughout history about whether marijuana is a source of medicine or whether it’s a gateway drug. This question may never truly be solved but there have been valid arguments for both sides. I would like to delve in on the topic by analyzing what the effects of marijuana are, what the positive and negative aspects of the drug are, and whether or not cannabis should be illegal. The first topic I would like to discuss is what the effects of marijuana are when it is used. The article Marijuana in Medicine: Past, Present and Future in the Western Journal of Medicine wrote about an experiment where marijuana was tested on animals. One reason why they found a lot of variability of reactions among the animals tested was because: “different batches of cannabis derivatives vary greatly in strength” (36). They go on to explain “there is a wide variation among humans in their individual responses to cannabis” (36). This brings light to a very important effect of marijuana, which is that it varies in strength from batch to batch. This is important to know when using the drug because it can affect people very differently based on the strength of the drug. Another effect of marijuana discussed by the Western Journal of Medicine is that cannabis “mildly stimulates, and then sedates the higher centers of the brain” (36). The article continues on to say that...
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...You may know the substance marijuana, but you may not know that marijuana can be mixed in food like cookies and it can be brewed in drinks. (The Harmful Effects of Marijuana - Drug Free World.")In the U.S, over 38% of the Americans have consumed marijuana. Until this day fewer young people have used marijuana than in the 1970s and 80s (In U.S., 38% Have Tried Marijuana, Little Changed Since '80s." ), The way marijuana works is when people smoke marijuana THC rapidly passes from the lungs into the bloodstream which carries chemicals to the brain and to the organs throughout the body.("DrugFacts: Marijuana | National Institute on Drug Abuse ..." ) .The effects for men are it will change the structure of sperm cells, deforming them, even a small...
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...Bele E Mrs. Martin 8th Period 22 February 2017 Marijuana Marijuana has multiple negative effects on the human’s brain and body. Marijuana might possibly affect a person’s body and mind any time it gets into their system, even if they only use it occasionally. More than one in three people in America have tried marijuana at some point in their lives, that is more than 3.8% of the planet’s population. Sadly, marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug. There are many things that come along with smoking marijuana, such as risks, and physical effects, as well as mental effects, and none of them are very pleasant sounding. Marijuana is a combination of shredded leaves, stems, and flower buds of the Cannabis sativa plant. Marijuana can be...
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...Marijuana is a recreational drug that has been around the United States for quite some time now. This drug is popular amongst people of all ages and is often sold illegally to the masses of the people of the United States. As of now, marijuana is illegal in almost every state in the United States. Some states such as Alaska, Colorado, California, and Nevada have taken a proactive step by legalizing marijuana (Goggin). While other states aren’t as proactive and still upholds certain laws that makes marijuana illegal. To some people marijuana should be legalized across the United States. In their opinion, the drug has a positive effect on the life of its users. Some of those positive effects include improved lung health and it can be used to...
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...legRunning Head: Should marijuana be legalized? Should marijuana be legalized? Should marijuana be legalized? There are various reason why people smoke or have smoked marijuana. The reasons may range from extracurricular drug use medicinal uses and anywhere in between. The positive effects medical research states marijuana can assist with cancer patients and terminally ill individuals, but only for pain reduction and appetite increases. In the case of glaucoma the pressure from the eyeballs are reduced by the blood flow changing with the effects of THC. While there may be some positive effects for use of marijuana, the negative effects outweigh positives effects. It is a known fact that marijuana has more tar in the leaf than tobacco accompanied with the mind altering affects of THC in the blood stream are enough to make anyone want to avoid the life altering risks. Marijuana is also know as a gateway drug. Legalizing marijuana would not be as beneficial as some may believe. For those individuals who may still be undecided on whether to support the legalization of marijuana or not, below are a few key points to aid in their decision making. While some suggest the benefits of marijuana outweigh the negative, not enough research has been conducted to determine this. The immediate and long term effect could be substantially dreadful. Some of the immediate effects of marijuana are hallucinations, paranoia, and psychotic episodes. Also, stimulant psychosis may also...
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