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...the most abused illegal drug in Canada by people of all age group. This drug is a hallucinogen and can be smoked to give the user a “high.” It can be used through a water pipe (bong), pipe, joint or it can be cooked up into a stronger version of the drug, hashish or oil to give the user a high that lasts for about a hour and a half. There are numerous street names for this drug such as pot, weed, cronic, blunt, joint, splif, ganja, grass, herb and reefer. The active ingredient inside marijuana that produces the high is delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol or THC. When it is smoke the membranes of certain nerve cells in the brain contain protein receptors that bind to THC. “Then the THC kicks off a series of cellular reactions that ultimately le...