Weed essays

Weed essays Marijuana is the dried leaves, buds, stems, and seeds of the plant Cannabis Sativa that is usually smoked to obtain a mildly hallucinogenic high caused by the chemical delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The high can also be obtained by cooking the marijuana into some foods or brewing it as a tea. Most marijuana is smoked though, usually in a cigarette called a joint, or a pipe called a bong. Recently, it has appeared in cigars called blunts, in which the tobacco is removed and replaced by the marijuana. Marijuana is known by many other names, such as pot, weed, bud, grass, smoke, dope, hash, hashish, green, cabbage, mary-jane, reefer, chronic, killer, sinsimellia, and herb. Most marijuana on the street is either grown in the U.S. or imported from Mexico and South America from the south and Canada from the north. It is sold in bulk to large dealers and works it way down through smaller and smaller dealers until it reaches the consumer, who usually pays anywhere from $80-$400 for an ounce of pot, depending on the strain of cannabis and more importantly, the THC content. Marijuana has several effects on the body, with its negative effects being very similar to that of tobacco smoking. These include an increased heart rate and lung complications due to the inhalation of carcinogens. Marijuana also affects the brain; this is the high, which includes distorted perception of time and sounds, an increase in appetite and a heightening of certain sensations such as taste and touch. The user may experience a decrease in problem solving skills and in some cases difficulty with motor function. Long-term effects may include decreased sperm count, trouble with memory-loss, and a severe addiction to Lucky Charms. Though marijuana is illegal and has been since the 1930s, it is the most popular illicit drug in the United States, with an estimated twelve to twenty million regular users (that is having used marijuana in...