Marijuana use in Columbia SC is all to common among all ages let alone our youth. To ask if Columbia parents can recognize marijuana, on the surface, seems laughable but yet it is a question that begs to be asked. If your child is smoking marijuana, can you recognize the associated signs of marijuana use?
Marijuana use is hotly debated in our society but make no mistake; marijuana is a drug and like ALL drugs, marijuana has associated side effects and consequences. All parents of our South Carolina children greatly need to understand and know our current drug delima if we are to save our children from the ravaging effects of any drug abuse. Marijuana is no exception to the greater challenge.
Todays column has an associated pictoral slide show of several typical views of marijuana and is compliments of About.com. Street names for marijuana are; pot, herb, weed, grass, widow, boom, ganja, hash, Mary Jane, cannabis, bubble gum, northern lights, fruity juice, gangster, afghani #1, skunk and chronic. Marijuana is a mind-altering drug and ranks as the most popular illegal drug used in the U.S. It is a mix of dried flowers, leaves and stems from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. The active ingredient in marijuana is THC (delta 9 tetrhydrocannabinol) and the drug ranges in color from green to brown.
The most common way to take Marijuana is to smoke it. Users will roll it into cigarette "joints," put it into an emptied cigar casing "blunts" or smoke it in a pipe or water-pipe called a "bong." Marijuana can also be baked into food and eaten or mixed in tea. People smoke marijuana because it elevates their mood and relaxes them. Depending on the level of THC, users may also experience euphoria, hallucinations or paranoia.
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