Marijuana
...very relaxed, or high, and you get the munchies, or hungry for snack foods. Marijuana IS ADDICTIVE! No matter what anyone tells you. It will harm your lungs and cause cancer. Marijuana has some of the cancer causing chemicals found in cigarettes. 1 joint is equal to 5 cigarettes. When someone is high, they seem silly, very laughy, dizzy, with trouble walking, with red bloodshot eyes and wont remember doing it. Marijuana is sometimes used as a medicine. But only to keep cancer and AIDS patents eating. There is NO advantage to using marijuana. But, there are A LOT of disadvantages, such as: addiction, jail time, memory loss, wasted money, and freakishly bad judgment. In 2000, marijuana was the largest drug abuse problem. 15 percent of or admissions were sent to treatment for their problems. Largely the percent were white males. 46 percent were under the age of 20. And all of them started using between the ages of 13-14. Benefits from treatment were 14 cognitive-behavioral group sessions and 2 individual treatment sessions with advice, to reduce marijuana use. Both treatments teach avoidance strategies. Use, dependence, and psychosocial decreased for 1 year. 30 percent stayed clean during their 3-month follow-ups. Another study gives patients vouchers for movies, sport equipment, and vocational training. This sometimes improves outcomes. There is NO medicine for marijuana abuse. Percentage chart shows that 8th 10th and 12th grade users have gone down since 1994. Data and STATISTICS (you’re favorite!!) from 2003 controlled substance seizures (look at chart). Marijuana ran over 2nd to cocaine. Cocaine-117, 203.7 grams—Marijuana-13, 133.4 grams—Marijuana plants-73,800. M...