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MARIJUANA
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It is known as an herb and is consumed in
the form of a cigarette. It is obtained from
the dry leaves and flower of the canhamo and
presents about 60 psychotropic substances,
being the most important one THC. The person
obtains the drug in the form of packets where
it is found pressed (as if it were a tablet),
its color is greenish, and to make its use
possible you have to break up the tablet so
it will become like the tobacco found in cigarettes,
in the form of chopped up leaves, when it
is then places inside the paper and rolled
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that the “joint” can be smoked. An important
fact: only after 20, 25, or even 30 days is
the THC totally eliminated from the body since
the last time it was consumed. Only then will
the abstinence syndrome appear: irritability,
anxiety, shivering, sleeping and appetite
changes. More then 50 related effects of marijuana
have been cataloged. Its use affects the individuals’
psychical and physical conditions, producing
light intoxications up to violent reactions;
an example is the fact that the person is
more nervous than usual. It provokes in the
mind a psychoactive effect (alters the mind),
but the intensity of this result depends on
the individuals’ behavior towards the drug,
so being the physical and mental condition
and the reaction that the drug alone can provoke.
It has been proved that the drug doesn’t enhance
feeling, sight and hearing sensibility, contrary
prior beliefs. The continuous use can develop
a tolerance and a psychical dependency. Scientific
researches demonstrate that on man, the drug
may cause sexual impotence. The organisms’
defense to diseases is also reduced. Even
if consumed in small amounts, it complicates
the capacity of driving vehicles because it
effects the concentration and attention, diminishing
the faculties of perception and movement.
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