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 Warren police uncover $1.2 million worth of marijuana
WARREN, Mich. (AP) -- A suspicious business owner and the police department's canine unit helped ...
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False perceptions about marijuana are putting our children at risk
Today, more than 3,000 American youths will try marijuana for the first time. Will a ...
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Marijuana effects on the lungs
Three cannabis joints a day cause the same damage to the lining of the airways ...
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Marijuana is Gateway Drug
New research confirms that marijuana is a gateway drug for most teens who use it. ...
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Early Marijuana Use Ups Risk of Drug Abuse
Teens who smoke marijuana at an early age are more likely than their siblings to ...
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| Marijuana has a strong and distinct odor that is not easy to wash off and that can remain on the breath despite repeated brushing.
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| People who smoke marijuana often develop the same kinds of breathing problems that cigarette smokers have: coughing and wheezing. They tend to have more chest colds than nonusers. They are also at greater risk of getting lung infections like pneumonia.
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| Marijuana decreases the body's ability to fight diseases is weakened |
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| In one study conducted in Memphis, TN, researchers found that, of 150 reckless drivers who were tested for drugs at the arrest scene, 33 percent tested positive for marijuana, and 12 percent tested positive for both marijuana and cocaine.
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Marijuana
in your System
Marijuana stays in your system
for different amounts of time depending on how often you smoke it, how much
you smoke, and the makeup of the individual (weight/height/etc). If smoke it
occasionally it will remain in your system for up to 10 days. If you smoke marihuana
on a regular basis it will stay in your system for as long as 30 days. Marijuana
is fat soluble. It stores in the fat cells of the body, the brain, the liver,
the kidneys, in other words the major organs.
Marijuana affects many areas of the users system, such as the lungs. Individuals
who smoke marijuana regularly for a long time find that they are more susceptible
to contracting chronic bronchitis or pneumonia than those who do not smoke.
It affects the brain as well by clouding the brain and making it hard for the
cells there to send messages to each other. Marijuana also makes it hard for
messages to travel from the brain to the rest of the body. The area of the brain
most harmed by marijuana is the hppocampus, the short-term memory area.
Marijuana also affects your immune system. This is the system that keeps the
body free from harmful things. When users smoke marijuana on a regular basis
their immune system becomes weaker, loosing the ability to stop allergies, pollens,
bacteria, or viruses from making the body sick.
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