Smoking Tobacco & Marijuana
Tabacco and Nicotine
- Nicotine can be addictive like alcohol, cocaine and morphine
- Causes: Tabacco a plant grown for its leaves, which are smoked, chewed, or sniffed for a variety of effects.
- Tabacco contains a chemical called nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive substance.
- Tabacco also contains more than 19 known chemicals that can cause cancer. As a group, these are called "tar". More than 4,000 other chemicals can be found in tabacco.
Marijuana is a brown mix of dried flowers, stems, seeds and leaves from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa.
The main active chemical is THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), which moves quickly through the bloodstream to the brain and other organs throughout the body.
Also known as: Blunt, dope, ganja, grass, joint, bud, Mary Jane, pot, reefer, green, skunk, weed, hash, tea, chronic, loud
Short Term Effects | Long Term Effects |
- Poor memory and ability to learn
- Difficulty in thinking and solving problems
- Poor muscle coordination & judgement
- Short attention span - Dangerous driving behavior
- Altered sense of time and space
- Food cravings
- Poor memory
- Anxiety or feelings of paranoia | - Breathing problems
- Immune system. The THC in marijuana can damage the cells and tissues in the body that can help protect against disease.
- Memory, learning and energy are impaired.
- Birth defects in unborn children
- May cause cancer with heavy use.
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The Bottom Line: Marijuana has the potential to cause problems in your daily life, or make existing problems worse. It limits your brains effectiveness, slows down thinking, and impairs coordination and judgement.
While you're young and still maturing, marijuana can have a long lasting, negative impact on your developing brain.
Being caught in possession or under the influence of marijuana could result in chemical changes( and substantial legal fees) that can also affect your eligibility for Financial Aid for College.
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