1. Marijuana
Justin Harvey

2. Long TERM effects of marijuana
Smoking marijuana for a long time can have some serious problems
It can cause a decline in your IQ(up to 8 points if started at an early age)
Poor school performance
Financial difficulties
Antisocial behavior
Potential development of opiate abuse
Lower life satisfaction

3. Short term effects of marijuana
Short-term memory loss
Paranoia
Lowered reaction time
Increased heart rate(risk of heart attack)
Increased risk of stroke

4. Regional statistics
In Lenawee county 2,855 patients alone are approved for medical marijuana consumption
In Lenawee county there is also 587 legal caregivers
In Hillsdale county there is 1,101 legal users of marijuana and 229 marijuana care givers.

5. National Statistics
In the United States 8 out of the 50 states have legalized recreational use of marijuana
22 out of the 50 United States have legalized medical use of marijuana
20 out of the 50 States marijuana is illegal

6. Forms of addiction
If anything marijuana is more of a mental addiction because your body doesn't NEED it but you WANT it. It is more of a preference over other drugs that can lead to real addictions and lead to more powerful drugs.

7. Legal issues for teens
In % of people arrested for marijuana were between the ages of 18 and 24
Marijuana related for 9% of all criminal arrests in Michigan(2014)

8. Addiction help

9. Street names
Marijuana has many nicknames to help keep it more discrete.
Tree
Loud
Weed
Pot
Reefer
Dope
Ganja
Mary jane

10. facts
Out of all 45 presidents of the United States 11 of them have smoked marijuana
Including Barak Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy etc.
Ever since deaths have began being documented marijuana has never accounted for a single death.
There has been more vending machine related deaths than marijuana deaths.(13 to 0)

11. Most common ways to smoke marijuana
Marijuana can be used in many different ways but the most common ways would be Blunts, Joints, Bongs, Bowls, wax, and edibles.
Each method of doing Marijuana can allow you to get you even higher.