be an illegal and very harmful drug for many years. But as

you read this report you will learn that marijuana has been

around for many years (most years legal) and isn't as

harmful as some people may think. Marijuana has been

used for many things in the past, including medicine, hemp

rope, crude cloth and enjoyment. Now it is mainly used as

a narcotic. Marijuana is an illegal weed that grows up to

eighteen feet tall with little or no cultivation. The plant has

many branches that extend with large, hairy, pointed leaves

with saw tooth edges. Marijuana grows wild all over the

world and in some states and countries it's legal. Cloth and

rope are made from the stem which contains a tough fiber

called "hence." The mind-altering drug in marijuana is called

"Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannibinol," or THC. The mildest form

of marijuana contains between zero to three percent of

THC. Most of the THC is contained in the resign, which is

secreted around the flowers, seeds, and topmast leaves.

Until recently it was thought that only the female plant

contained the drug. But it is now known that both the

female and the male plants contain THC. THC stays in the

memory, but after a week of not using it is usually regained.

American soil. There have been over 9 million arrests for

popular intoxicant, next to alcohol. There are two hundred

also be ingested as a drink, cakes, brownies or many other

report actually involve cultivation for personal use or

ounce) that the police infer possession with "intent" to

for the desired effect and the! size that produces

with another arrest every 2 minutes. Over 80% of these

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