What is marijuana? Marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. There are over 200 slang terms for marijuana including “pot,” “herb,” “weed,” “boom,” “Mary Jane,” “gangster,” and “chronic.” It is usually smoked as a cigarette (called a joint or a nail) or in [...]

Signs of marijuana abuse: Rapid, loud talking and bursts of laughter in early stages of intoxication. Sleepy or stuporous in the later stages. Lack of concentration and coordination. Forgetfulness in conversation. Inflammation in whites of eyes. Odor similar to burnt rope on clothing or breath. Distorted sense of time passage – tendency to overestimate time [...]

Courtesy erowid.org 6000 B.C. Cannabis seeds used for food in China. 4000 B.C. Textiles made of hemp are used in China. 2727 B.C. First recorded use of cannabis as medicine in Chinese pharmacopoeia. In every part of the world humankind has used cannabis for a wide variety of health problems. 1500 B.C. Cannabis cultivated in [...]

Early marijuana Marijuana has been used as an agent for achieving euphoria since ancient times; it was described in a Chinese medical compendium traditionally considered to date from 2737 B.C. Its use spread from China to India and then to N. Africa and reached Europe at least as early as A.D. 500. The first direct [...]