1. Marijuana PSA
By Anton S., Jake S.

2. Street Names
Aunt Mary, BC Bud, Blunts, Boom, Chronic, Dope, Gangster, Ganja, Grass, Hash, Herb, Hydro, Indo, Joint, Kif, Mary Jane, Mota, Pot, Reefer, Sinsemilla, Skunk, Smoke, Weed, Yerba

3. What is marijuana?
Marijuana is a somewhat legal depressant that is currently legal in 29 states either recreationally/medically or just medically. It is a organic greenish gray mixture of flower buds and leaves that come from the Cannabis plant.
These are the states that weed currently legal in:
1.Alaska
2.Arizona
3.Arkansas
4.California
5.Colorado
6.Connecticut
7.Delaware
8.Florida
9.Hawaii
10.Illinois
11.Maine
12.Maryland
13.Massachusetts
There is often a confusion between THC and CBD.They are both cannabinoids, but generally their use is different. THC is used to get high and is usually used for recreational purposes. CBD on the other hand is used for medical purposes and is used to help treat epilepsy and other disorders
14.Michigan
15.Minnesota
16.Montana
17.Nevada
18.New Hampshire
19.New Jersey
20.New Mexico
21.New York
22.North Dakota
23.Ohio
24.Oregon
25.Pennsylvania
26.Rhode Island
27.Vermont
28.Washington
29.West Virginia

4. Marijuana Use in america

6. The ways Marijuana is used
people smoke marijuana in hand-rolled cigarettes called joints; in pipes, water pipes (most commonly referred to as bongs), or in blunts ( when marijuana is rolled in cigar paper). Marijuana can also be made into tea and, particularly when it is sold or consumed for medicinal purposes, is frequently mixed into foods (edibles) such as brownies, cookies, or candies. Vaporizers are also increasingly used to consume marijuana. Marijuana can also be used recreationally or medically as a type of resin.

7. Short term effects
Short-term memory problems,Severe anxiety, including fear that one is being watched or followed (paranoia),Very strange behavior, seeing, hearing or smelling things that aren’t there, not being able to tell imagination from reality (psychosis),Panic,Hallucinations,Loss of sense of personal identity Lowered reaction time

8. Long term effects
Decline in IQ (up to 8 points if prolonged use started in adolescent age),Poor school performance and higher chance of dropping out,Impaired thinking and ability to learn and perform complex tasks,Lower life satisfaction,Addiction (about 9% of adults and 17% of people who started smoking as teens),Potential development of opiate abuse,Relationship problems, intimate partner violence,Antisocial behavior including stealing money or lying,Financial difficulties

9. Impact on community
Studies have also suggested specific links between marijuana use and adverse consequences in the workplace, such as increased risk for injury or accidents. One study among postal workers found that employees who tested positive for marijuana on a pre-employment urine drug test had 55 percent more industrial accidents, 85 percent more injuries, and 75 percent greater absenteeism compared with those who tested negative for marijuana use

10. Interesting info
Marijuana has been used as an agent for achieving euphoria since ancient times; it was described in a Chinese medical reference traditionally considered to date from 2737 B.C. Its use spread from China to India and then to N Africa and reached Europe at least as early as A.D. 500

11. citations
“Marijuana and Public Health.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 May 2017,
Abuse, National Institute on Drug. “What is marijuana?” NIDA, reports/marijuana/what-marijuana.
“29 Legal Medical Marijuana States and DC - Medical Marijuana - ProCon.Org.” Should marijuana be a medical option?, medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=
DEA.gov / Home,