Marijuana

A drug is described by Webster’s New World Dictionary as, “any chemical agent that effects body processes.” Is marijuana good or bad? Does it have more positive short-term effects than bad? What about the long-term effects? Is there really something that smokers have to be in fear of? By examining both sides of this controversy, we can decide if marijuana has more positive or negative effects.
Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried shredded flowers and leaves

of “cannabis sativa,” or more simply, the hemp plant. Marijuana is a mood altering or

“psychoactive” drug, it is also known as weed, trees, pot and many more nicknames (Comptons).
Marijuana itself comes from the Indian hemp plant. It is the third most widely used drug in the United States. And according to a survey taken in 1988, and it is the number one illegally used drug in the United States. Marijuana is so popular that an estimated one out of every three people in the US ha...