| Marijuana is a tobacco-like substance, dull in colors like | | | | quantities are required to reach that level of bliss. |
| green, gray or brown, made up of dried leaves, | | | | Marijuana addiction is far tougher to shake off than |
| stems, seeds and flowers of the hemp plant. Known | | | | alcohol. It is so addictive that the individual is unable |
| by over 200 names, it is an addictive substance | | | | to give up when he knows its ill effects and the |
| commonly referred to as pot, herb, weed, grass, | | | | consequences of its addiction. It gets him caught in |
| boom and hashish is its stronger form. In whatever | | | | the vicious circle of wanting to take it to escape the |
| form it is taken, it alters the way the mind works as | | | | consequences of its consumption. The stigma |
| it contains an active chemical called THC, or delta 9 | | | | attached to it engulfs family members as well. |
| tetrahydrocannabinol. Initially used for medication and | | | | Marijuana addiction leads to problems with |
| healing, it became dangerous, dreaded drug in the | | | | remembering, incoherence, inability to learn and leads |
| 1970s as its addictive powers gripped thousands and | | | | to absenteeism, lack of seriousness at work. This |
| became a forbidden drug that was smuggled into | | | | could culminate in losing one's job and earning |
| countries. | | | | capability. It would also turn him into a social outcast |
| Marijuana is terribly addictive and obsessive. It is | | | | often disowned by friends, and sometimes even by |
| smoked almost like a cigarette and gets absorbed | | | | family. A marijuana addict is even treated as a threat |
| into the body almost instantaneously. It reaches the | | | | to society and many steer clear o him for fear of |
| brain and united with receptors of nerve cells, | | | | getting dragged into this addiction. |
| affecting that part of the brain, which controls | | | | This addiction is really like a disease, which needs to |
| pleasure, thought, concentration, memory and | | | | be treated over a period of time with medication and |
| coordination. It then impedes these activities. A | | | | counseling. Behavioral therapy adopted by some |
| person gets addicted to it very easily and it is | | | | organizations committed to eradicating marijuana |
| peddled so much that it is often easier to procure | | | | addiction are known to get encouraging results in |
| than alcohol. Addicts think about the drug all the time, | | | | hundreds of cases. An example of one such |
| where and how to get it, how to raise funds for it, | | | | organization is the Spencer Recovery Center, which |
| forgetting values and principles just to be able to get | | | | hires professionals only to treat marijuana addicts and |
| marijuana, and the fear of not getting it in the future. | | | | have a fantastic success rate due to their committed |
| The biggest problem of its addiction is the body's | | | | approach. |
| physical craving for marijuana, and more and more | | | | |