Marijuana Abuse
Marijuana Abuse
By the time they graduate from high school, about 42 percent of teens will have tried marijuana. Although current use among U.S. teens has dropped dramatically in the past decade (to a prevalence of about 14 percent in 2009), this decline has stalled during the past several years. These data are from the Monitoring the Future study, which has been tracking drug use among teens since 1975. Still, the World Health Organization ranks the United States first among 17 European and North American coun
List Price: $ 1.99
Price: $ 1.99
Teenage Marijuana Abuse DVD
Many teens think that marijuana use is just part of having a good time. Hear testimonials from recovered addicts and from experts, as they warn about the dangers of marijuana.
List Price: $ 59.95
Price: $ 48.41
Understanding Marijuana: A New Look at the Scientific Evidence
Marijuana is the world’s most popular illicit drug, with hundreds of millions of regular users worldwide. One in three Americans has smoked pot at least once. The Drug Enforcement Agency estimates that Americans smoke five million pounds of marijuana each year. And yet marijuana remains largely misunderstood by both its advocates and its detractors.
To some, marijuana is an insidious “stepping-stone” drug, enticing the inexperienced and paving the way to the inevitable abuse of harder drugs.
List Price: $ 26.50
Price: $ 13.68
Marijuana- Narconon Warns of Marijuana Abuse. – Narconon Warns of Marijuana Abuse Marijuana: Right behind caffeine, alcohol, and tobacco, marijuana is the most commonly used psychoactive (mood-altering) drug in the United States. It is estimated that 70 million Americans have tried marijuana at least once and 11.1 million Americans are current users. The average age people start smoking marijuana is under 14 years. Marijuana’s scientific name is Cannabis Sativa (the hemp plant), and it grows wild in temperate and tropical climates. Most wild marijuana is considered inferior to cultivated marijuana because it contains a low concentration of Delta -9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Narconon warns that cultivated marijuana contains ten times the THC of wild marijuana. THC is the primary mind-altering agent in marijuana and is highly concentrated in the flowering tops and upper leaves of the female plant. Twenty-five percent of the marijuana consumed in the United states is domestically grown. Major producers of marijuana include Alabama, Hawaii, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and California. The growing marijuana plant normally has an odd number of leaves per stem, such as five, seven, or nine, and can grow up to twenty feet high. When prepared for use as a drug, marijuana consists of dried and crushed leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds. In small doses, marijuana acts as a sedative. In larger amounts, it can cause hallucinations. The cannabis plant contains more than 430 chemicals. Many of these chemicals severely affect …
[wprebay kw=”marijuana+abuse” num=”0″ ebcat=”-1″]
[wprebay kw=”marijuana+abuse” num=”1″ ebcat=”-1″]