Marijuana
marijuana is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol).
Marijuana-THC is the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States. A dry, shredded green/brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa, it usually is smoked as a cigarette (joint, nail), or in a pipe (bong). It also is smoked in blunts, which are cigars that have been emptied of tobacco and refilled with marijuana, often in combination with another drug. It might also be mixed in food or brewed as a tea. As a more concentrated, resinous form it is called hashish and, as a sticky black liquid, hash oil. Marijuana smoke has a pungent and distinctive, usually sweet-and-sour odor. There are countless street terms for marijuana including pot, herb, weed, grass, widow, ganja, and hash, as well as terms derived from trademarked varieties of cannabis, such as Bubble Gum, Northern Lights, Fruity Juice, Afghani #1, and a number of Skunk varieties.
The main active chemical in marijuana is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). The membranes of certain nerve cells in the brain contain protein receptors that bind to THC. Once securely in place, THC kicks off a series of cellular reactions that ultimately lead to the high that users experience when they smoke marijuana.
Why is it STILL illegal?:
The official answer: Because you shouldn't use it.
You can't use it because it is illegal, and it is illegal so
you can't use it. You should not use it. It is illegal.
It is illegal so you should not use it.
The manic-depressive answer: It'll never happen. People are
too unorganized/stupid/disempowered. It's just futility.
Try, but don't expect to get anywhere. I won't get my hopes
up.
The paranoid-schizophrenic answer: Don't you SEE?!?!? The
guys at the top have it SEWN!! They own everything.
They'll never let it happen. I shouldn't even be talking to
you, but let me give you some advice!! listen... you
shouldn't mess with THEM, THEY know everything. THEY are
practically psychic, see? And the only way to get it to
happen is to become one of THEM. You'd better watch it, or
THEY will come and take you away -- THEY do that, you know.
It's all a CONSPIRACY!!!
The neurotic answer: Marijuana? Eeek! Don't you know that
stuff is dangerous? People don't make laws for no good
reason, you know! Where did you hear about marijuana?
Wait! Don't tell me, I don't want to know. If anybody even
knew you thought it should be legal -- well -- they'd never
talk to you again! Don't you know that marijuana this...
marijuana that... ... ... ...
THE REAL ANSWER: Marijuana is still illegal because enough
people have not yet stood up together and said:
`` THIS IS STUPID!!
I WANT CANNABIS HEMP LEGAL!!!
FOR PRODUCTS;
FOR MEDICINE;
FOR FOOD;
FOR FUN;
FOR GOODNESS'S SAKE! ISN'T THAT WHAT LIFE'S ALL ABOUT ?!''