What Are Illegal Drugs

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What Are Illegal Drugs?

• By Sydney Bright

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• What is Marijuana and Hashish?
• Made from the hemp plant called cannabis.

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About Marijuana

• It is called Pot
• It is called Hashish
• Cannabis has a drug in it called THC
• THC affects the way people feel

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How Drugs Can Affect Your Life

• Heart beats faster
• Greater appetite
• Slows ability to react
• Short-term memory loss
• More anxiety
• No ability to play sports or do schoolwork
• Skip school
• Grades drop

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Long-term Use of Drugs

• Can affect health
• Brain gets damaged
• Damage to reproductive cells
• Has cancer-causing chemicals

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How Drugs Can Be Used?

• Sometimes smoked
• In balls or cakes
• Smoked in pipes
• Cigarettes
• Even eaten (NASTY!!)

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Questions

• 1.What is Marijuana made from?
• 2.What is another name for Marijuana?
• 3.How can drugs be used?
• 4.How can Marijuana affect your life?