Marijuana and the Cultural Environment
... Here are the official statistics on the plant known as Marijuana. Many Educational and/or other health videos in school have people to believe that Marijuana is going to ruin your life and leave you brain dead, but there has been no known proof that it has had any long term damage to the human brain. ... He put the animals in a room and exposed them to proportionally more Marijuana than a human would smoke in a life time to prove his point. ... The AMA supports the legalization of Marijuana because of its many medical uses. So most of the rumors going around about marijuana are mostly just people who have something against it making up false research reports. Marijuana is grown as a plant most commonly known as weed. ... THC or Tetrahydrocannabinol is the active ingredient in Marijuana. ... THC can be found in three forms Marijuana, Hashish, and Hashish Oil. Marijuana has many different names such as Weed, Mary Jane, Pot, ECT . ... There are also many different names for the different varieties of Marijuana; Chocolate, Regs, Crippy, Hydro, Jamaican Red Hair, and man many others. ... The first known use of marijuana is in 8000 B. ... The first known time that marijuana was smoked was in the year 2700 B. ... People who smoke Marijuana are all different ages and races. ... So far there have been no deaths due to Marijuana recorded, in fact the only way to actually overdose on the drug is by smoking three quarters of a ton in fifteen minutes! ... In fact about only 75 people in America are killed in Marijuana related incidents a year. Here is a chart showing the deaths in overdose and/or long term use of other drugs in comparison to Marijuana per year: Tobacco. ... 24,000-27,000 Illegal Drugs (excluding Marijuana). ... 3,800-5,200 Marijuana . ... In fact Federal Bureau of Narcotics Director Harry Anslinger reports that Marijuana is not a drug that induces violence, it is the exact opposite, it’s an anti-violent drug or a pacifist drug.