Definition Essay of Marijuana

Jim Stephan
Definition Paper
ICW #2
2/5/03

Marijuana

What is Marijuana? Marijuana is a plant that originated in china over 5,000 years ago (Clark 1). In my attempt to define Marijuana I will discuss it in all aspects possible, including street/slang terms, how it is used, what it is used for, and how it affects the body. This plant made its way over to the United States by some early settlers and was traded to the Indians. The Indians began to smoke parts of this plant at many rituals and ceremonies that they held. The part of the plant that is used is the flower bud. The buds contain a chemical called THC, when consumed it gives the subject a feeling of “high”.
Over the many years that marijuana has been in the United States it has been given a large number of street or slang terms. Some of these slang terms include: Pot, weed, trees, smoke, greens, grass, ganja, cannabis, and even some new aged terms such as trizzles. Many of these names started to be used v...