Need for Weed

Weed, loud, and reggie,over 94 million people admitted to using marijuana at least once. A lot of teenagers and adults can admit they love getting high. Marijuana can really make you feel good after a stressful day. Among 12 to 17 years old 6.7% were currently using marijuana in 2007. Marijuana has so many different ways to get into your system. Marijuana may not be the most harmful drug and it does have some good effects however, there are some bad effects as well.Weed, another known word for marijuana makes the body feel mellow or ''high'' some say. Smoking weed absorbs in the body right away, but there are others ways like brownies, cookies, or lollipops. The body usually notices right away and you begin to feel dizzy, hungry, slow reaction, and red eyes.

                                             
What does it do?

A lot of people like to use marijuana because being high makes you feel happy, silly, relaxed, and separated from reality. Being high usually lasts up to 3 or 4 hours depending on how much you take in. Weed is also used as a medicine to treat pain from HIV and cancer patients and people who have trouble with eating. No matter how it gets into your system, it affects almost every organ in your body, and your nervous system and immune system also. Marijuana benefits those with stress and anger problems because it may calm you. Although many favor on the good side of weed, yet there are many harmful effects. Of adults 26 or older who used marijuana before age 15, 62% went on to use cocaine at some point in their lives; 9% went on to use heroin at least once; and 54% made some non-medical use of mind-altering prescription drugs. Not only can smoking progress to using of harder drugs, but cause damage to the lungs. One major research study reported that a single cannibis joint could cause as much damage to the lungs as up to five cigarettes smoked one after another. This breaks the healthy body down and serious problems in the respiratory system can occur. Marijuana also affects the brain and when heavily used by young people it effects thinking, problem solving, learning, and memory skills.
                                                     
   Bad effects 

• Depression/sleepiness
• Rapid heart beating
• Deforms sperm cells
• Disorientation 
• Anxiety
• Suffer from bronchitis 

Marijuana causes problems in a persons physical and mental health that effect their daily life. Marijuana may seem to be a stress relieving drug, but once it fades users may turn to stronger drugs as shown. This drug will destroy your lungs as well as the brain research has proven. Marijuana is a drug that should not be acclaimed and all users should abstain from using this dangerous drug.

                 

                   References

http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/marijuana/the-harmful-effects.html

http://www.m.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/marijuana-use-and-its-effects

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/marijuana