| Specific Drugs and Their
Effects
| OTHERS |
| Drug Name: |
Marijuana/Hash |
| Other Names: |
Weed, pot, reefer, grass, dope, ganja, Mary Jane, sinsemilla, herb, Aunt Mary, skunk, boom, kif, gangster, chronic, 420 |
| How consumed: |
Smoked or eaten |
| Effects: |
Bloodshot eyes
Dry mouth and throat
Impaired or reduced comprehension
Altered sense of time
Reduced ability to perform tasks requiring concentration and coordination, such as driving a car
Paranoia
Intense anxiety or panic attacks
Altered cognition, making acquisition of new information difficult
Impairments
in learning, memory, perception, and judgment-difficulty speaking,
listening effectively, thinking, retaining knowledge, problem solving,
and forming concepts
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| Facts for Parents: |
The average age teens
first use Marijuana is 14. Marijuana can be smoked using homemade pipes
and bongs made from soda cans or plastic beverage containers. |
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