Marijuana can impair short-term memory and concentration, alter a person's sense of time, and increase their heart rate. Long-term use has been linked to increased risk of mental health issues like anxiety, panic attacks, and schizophrenia. Withdrawal from chronic use can cause irritability, sleeplessness, and loss of appetite. While marijuana has some medical uses, it also carries health risks like respiratory problems from smoke inhalation and impacts on memory and learning.

1. MarijuanaThe affects it has on the human mind and body.In the family of:Distortion of reality

2. How the drug effects you:Impair or reduce short-term memoryAlter sense of timeReduce ability to do things which require concentration, swift reactions, and coordination, such as driving a car or operating machinery.Marijuana impairs a user’s judgmentShortened attention span and distractibility.Anxiety and panic attacks (fear of losing control)Increased heart rate and risk of heart attackIncreased risk of schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals. Problems with memory and learningLowered motivation.

3. Mental addictionWithdrawal symptoms from stopping drug use (in a chronic user).Irritability, sleeplessness, impaired appetite, aggression.

4. Slang termsGrassPotDankBudMary JaneDopeIndoHydroGangaM.J.Cannabis teaJointBlunt

5. Ways to smoke marijuana

6. Myths:Marijuana is harmlessMarijuana is not as bad as cigarettes.Driving while high is safer then driving drunk I can smoke pot and still get straight A’sMarijuana is not addictive

7. Dangers of Marijuana on body:Contains more than four hundred dangerous chemicals.THC changes how the brain works.Harmful to the lungs because users often inhale the unfiltered smoke deeply and hold it in their lungs as long as possible. Therefore, the smoke is in contact with lung tissues for long periods of time, which irritates the lungs and damages the way they work.Marijuana smoke contains some of the same ingredients in tobacco smoke that can cause emphysema and cancer.

8. Similar drugs:HashHash oilKiefResin

9. Short term effects of Marijuana:Dizzy and trouble walkingSilly and giggly for no reasonVery red, bloodshot eyesHard time remembering things that just happened.“Munchies”: Really hungryIt can cause chest pain in people who have a poor blood supply to the heart.

10. Long term effects of MarijuanaYoung people who smoke marijuana heavily over long periods of time can become dull, slow moving, and inattentiveRespiratory problemsEffects immune system

11. Medical use:In the treatment of cancer to reduce the nausea caused by chemotherapyFor aids wasting syndromeTo relieve muscle spasms and tremors in people with multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuriesTo treat glaucoma by reducing intraocular pressureTo treat chronic pain.