Marijuana

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Marijuana
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What is Marijuana?

• It is the most commonly abused illicit drug in
  the United States.
• It is a gateway drug.
• It is a green or brown, dry, shredded mix of
  flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves.
• Marijuana smoke has a pungent and distinctive
  odor, usually sweet and sour.

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What is Marijuana? (cont.)

• It comes from the hemp plant Cannabis Sativa.
• The main active chemical is delta-9-tetrahydroncan
  nabinol or THC.

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Street Names

• Pot
• Weed
• Chronic
• Blunt
• Grass
• Reefer
• Herb
• Ganja

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How are people introduced to Marijuana?

• Most young people might be introduced to it by
  friends or acquaintences.
• Young people will try it because they feel
  pressured to fit into a group.
• You need to say no to the pressure of trying
  drugs.

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A Gateway Drug

• The younger someone is when they use marijuana,
  the more likely they are to use other drugs as an
  adult.
• 2.1 million people are using marijuana for the
  first time each year.
• Cocaine 62 of adults who used marijuana by age
  of 15 have used cocaine, .06 for those who have
  never used marijuana

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A Gateway Drug (cont.)

• Heroin 9 of adults will use heroin if they used
  marijuana as a teenager, compared to 0.1 of
  those who have never used marijuana.
• Psychotherapeutic Drugs 53.9 of adults who used
  marijuana before 15 years old, have tried
  psychotherapeutic drugs for a non-medical use.
  5.1 of those who have never used marijuana.

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How is Marijuana used?

• Marijuana is typically smoked in a cigarette
  (Joint) or in a pipe (Bong or Water Bong).
• It is also smoked in blunts, which are hollowed
  out cigars and filled with marijuana. Smoking
  this way, you also get some nicotine and other
  chemicals left over from the tobacco in the
  cigar.
• It can also be mixed in food or brewed as a tea.

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The Affects of Marijuana

• Immediate
• Feeling of the high that users experience
• THC rapidly passes from the lungs into the blood
  stream, which takes the chemical to the brain.
• It affects the parts of the brain that influence
  pleasure, memory, thoughts, concentration,
  sensory and coordinated movements.

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The Affects of Marijuana (cont.)

• Short Term
• Marijuana can impact learning and memory for a
  few days to weeks after the immediate affect
  wears off.
• Long Term
• Marijuana abuse over time can be similar to the
  long term abuse of other drugs.
• Can play a role in some types of cancer,
  respiratory breathing and immune systems.

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The Affects of Marijuana

• As a student
• You lose interest and are not motivated to do
  schoolwork
• Impair thinking
• Reading comprehension
• Verbal and math skills
• Research has shown that students do not remember
  what they learned when they are high

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California Laws

• Possession
• 1 oz. or less is a misdemeanor and 100 fine.
• More than 1 oz. is a misdemeanor, 6 months in
  jail and 500 fine.
• 1 oz. or less on school grounds (over 18 years
  old) is a misdemeanor, 10 days in jail and 500
  fine.
• More than 1 oz. on school grounds (over 18 years
  old) is a misdemeanor, 6 months in jail and 500
  fine.

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California Laws (cont.)

• Cultivation
• Any amount is a felony, 16-36 months in jail
• Sale
• Gift of less than 1 oz. is a misdemeanor and 100
  fine.
• 1 oz. or less by a minor is a misdemeanor and
  250 fine.

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California Laws (cont.)

• Sale (cont.)
• Any amount (18 years or older) is a felony and
  2-4 years in jail.
• Any amount to a minor over 14 years old is a
  felony and 3-5 years in jail.
• Any amount to a minor under 14 years old is a
  felony and 3-7 years in jail.

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California Laws (cont.)

• Paraphernalia
• Possession is a civil fine of 200-300 for the
  first offense
• 5000-6000 for the fifth and subsequent
  violations within a five-year period.