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What are the current realities of pot and how are our drug policies working? Andrew Weber

What are the current realities of pot and how are our drug policies working? Andrew Weber. Marijuana Abuse . What is Cannabis?. Cannabis is also known as marijuana and is a preparation of the Cannabis plant intended for use as an effect on the mind by use of drug and medicine. What is THC?.

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What are the current realities of pot and how are our drug policies working? Andrew Weber

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  1. What are the current realities of pot and how are our drug policies working?Andrew Weber Marijuana Abuse

  2. What is Cannabis? Cannabis is also known as marijuana and is a preparation of the Cannabis plant intended for use as an effect on the mind by use of drug and medicine. What is THC?

  3. How wide spread is it? According to the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, marijuana the title of the most-used illicit drug in the nation. Psychotherapeutic drugs, with more than 6 million users, placed a distant second.

  4. Lung effects After you inhale marijuana smoke, its chemicals are stuck throughout the body. Smoking marijuana, even infrequently, can cause burning and stinging of the mouth and throat, and cause heavy coughing. Scientists have found that regular marijuana smokers can experience the same respiratory problems as tobacco smokers do.

  5. Effects while driving Smoking or eating marijuana slows down your responses to sights and sounds, Marijuana makes you sleepy, distorts your sense of time and space, hurts your ability to adapt to light and dark. It also lowers your ability to handle a quick series of tasks while driving. These effects can last up to 24 hours after smoking marijuana.

  6. Drug war Number of people arrested for a marijuana law violation in 2011 is….. Number of states that allow the medical use of marijuana is 18+ district Columbia Number of people arrested in 2011 in the U.S. on nonviolent drug charges is…….

  7. Works citedhttp://alcoholism.about.com/cs/pot/f/mjkids_faq13.htmhttp://adai.uw.edu/marijuana/factsheets/respiratoryeffects.htmhttp://www.ask.com/Q/how-widespread-is-marijuana-abuse

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