the Tremendous Health Risks of Marijuana Usage
Barbara Walker
Pot, Blunts, Grass, Weed, Mary Jane, Reefer, Bud, Herb, Chronic, Gangster
Short Term Effects:
Psychological Effects
· Short term memory
impairment
· Distorted perception
· Anxiety
· Problems with learning
· Problems with thinking and
problem solving
Adverse Physical Effects
· Impaired balance
· Impaired motor skills
· Increased heart rate
· Dry mouth and throat
· Hunger (the munchies)
Long Term Effects:
· Damage to reproductive
system
· Respiratory problems such
as chronic bronchitis and
cancer
· Heavy users tend to have
attention and learning
impairment
· Time distortion
· Lower Verbal IQ
· Impairment of the short-
term memory
· Damage to the brain similar
to prefrontal syndrome
FORM
Marijuana is usually smoked as a cigarette or in a pipe or bong.
WHO USES AND WHY?
Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in the United States. When
smoked it causes the user to feel relaxed or "high." Marijuana is most
popular among those 18-34 years old.
OTHER FACTS
Marijuana is also mixed into foods or used to brew tea.
Marijuana does up to five times the damage of a conventional cigarette due
to fact that smoke is held longer in the lungs and is unfiltered.
Marijuana smokers typically may have the same respiratory problems as
tobacco smokers.
Marijuana reduces the level of testosterone in men; however, it increases
the amount of testosterone in women.
Marijuana is a Schedule I Drug under the Controlled Substances Act.
http://www.uhs.uga.edu/atod/marijuana.html
Barbara Walker
"michl" <mi...@advantexmail.net> wrote in message
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>
> I wonder if Schwartzenagger has smoked dope ;)
He may have. As may have Davis. Besides, given all the loony-tunes and
bongheads in California, it might be a positive factor for Schwartzenager.
Robin
"Barbara Walker" <barbara...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Let's ask Dubya what the detrimental effects of cocaine are... or the
dangers of drunk driving? He should know after all.
Robin
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Howard Dean in 2004
http://www.deanforamerica.com
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Mr. President, we need to know what you
were referring to in Poland on May 30,
2003, when you said, "For those who say
we haven't found the banned
manufacturing devices or banned weapons,
they're wrong. We found them."
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Barbara Walker
"Golog" <cry...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 20:58:26 +0000, Barbara Walker wrote:
>
> >
> > "Golog" <cry...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:pan.2003.08.08....@yahoo.com...
as
> >> bad or worse:
> >
> >
> > Which, unfortunately for the sake of the bongheads here, who HAD been
> > claiming Mary Jane has no health risks, sinks their argument.
>
> Anyway, I
> never claimed that it was totally harmless.
Thank you for finally coming clean. Now that we are in agreement that
smoking marijuana most definitely is NOT harmless, we need merely begin
evaluating the extent to which marijuana smoking leads to cancer deaths,
emphysema deaths, heart attack deaths, and automobile accident deaths, as
has been done in the case of alcohol and tobacco.