Marijuana

Marijuana Daily across the world millions of people are smoking marijuana. In some places this is an illegal activity, but in other places it is very acceptable. The New Encyclopedia Britannica explains, “Marijuana, also spelled Marihuana the Indian plant hemp plant, Cannabis Sativa, or the crude drug composed of its leaves and flower, usually crushed and put into pipes or formed into cigarettes for smoking”(Encyclopedia Britannica). The intoxicating chemical in pot is THC or Tetrahydrocannabinal. The use of marijuana has been practiced for thousands of years. Numerous different cultures have had their own different uses for the drug. Snyder explains, “Marihuana was probably first used as an intoxicant in India around 1000 B.C. and soon became an integral part of the Hindu culture”(www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/studies/nc/nc1b.htm). Today, the intoxicating drug marijuana is filled in our nation’s streets and homes. The majority of the pot, which comes into the United Stat! es, comes from Mexico. But that does not mean that the drug is not grown here in the states. Rolling Stone Magazine writes that behind tobacco, Kentucky’s second biggest cash crop is marijuana. The cultivators will grow their plants throughout the year starting in marijuana, drug, drugs, people, states, legalized, body, smoke, promoters, out, federal, smoking, should, medical, legalization, kids, effective, article, about, united, prescription, pot, patients, off, need, laws, just, important, help, facts, explains, america, very, think, take