by Abdalrahman Najjar Mukhtar Munir Mulcahy Abdul-Karim Ammar Fakhir Khalil Nasir

Created on: March 09, 2011

Marijuana, AKA pot, weed, dank, skunk, and chronic are the dried flowers (or ‘bud’) of the cannabis sativa (sometimes Indica) plant. Though generally smoked, it can be consumed orally. People smoke marijuana because it relieves stress, enhances tactile sensations, causes euphoria and many other reasons. Although these may seem like, positives, there are many very dangerous things you need to tell you children about. People try it because they believe it is not as ‘hard’ of a drug as cocaine or heroin, and the cost is relatively cheap.

            The first danger about marijuana you need to know is that the pot your kids have access to today is not the same as it was in the 1970’s. Studies have confirmed that the low-grade Mexican marijuana confiscated in the 1970’s, which also was left to deteriorate for months before testing, had roughly 2% THC. The highest grade pot taken off the streets nowadays could test upwards of 10%. This means that marijuana today is FIVE TIMES stronger than it was in the 1970’s. Some may say “Well, these tests took low-grade marijuana that had lower quality than the average marijuana of the 1970’s and was tested months after confiscation where the quality could only have gotten worse, and compared them to high-grade marijuana today tested within a week of confiscation. This doesn’t prove anything, you could take low-grade marijuana today and let it deteriorate and get the same results.” Well, if that’s the way you think, think about this. The marijuana today is FIVE TIMES more potent! You might be saying “Wait, doesn’t that just mean you have to smoke less to get high?” The answer is no, it doesn’t work that way.

            Another danger is that there is over 400 chemicals present in marijuana.  FOUR HUNDRED. I like to stick with the single digits, thank you very much. Some may say “A cup of coffee has 1000 chemicals.” This may be true, but are those the chemicals in marijuana? Probably, but coffee is not dangerous. The 400 chemicals in marijuana are definitely. Does coffee get you high?

            The third danger is the tolerance to marijuana. The first time you smoke marijuana, you will get extremely high from one puff. The one-thousandth time, you will

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