| Marijuana - or Mary-J, as it is warm-heartedly called | | | | illegal substance, others think it really isn't so harmful |
| by those who are addicted to the substance, is not | | | | because it also helps medicinally to improve appetite, |
| that different from tobacco when you come to think | | | | prevent the severe weight loss associated with |
| of it. They are both made from dried leaves. They | | | | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). |
| can also be smoked, chewed and sometimes even | | | | And it also reduces the nausea caused by cancer |
| sniffed by those who take them. Did I mention that | | | | chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Marijuana is |
| they are also both highly addictive and destructive to | | | | also reported to have beneficial effects in treating |
| the brain cells? Well, they are. | | | | pain and muscle spasms in patients with multiple |
| Whereas tobacco has a soothing effect on those | | | | sclerosis, causing giddiness and euphoria, followed by |
| who consume it, Mary-J is much more potent | | | | sedation and pleasant tranquility. |
| because of its hallucinogenic and intoxicating effects | | | | But then comes the negative effects of marijuana, |
| on those who try and get hooked. I have seen | | | | which include confusion, acute panic reactions, anxiety |
| cigarette smokers' reform and migrate to marijuana | | | | attacks, fear, a sense of helplessness, and loss of |
| smoking because it makes them 'high'. | | | | self-control. When you get addicted to the |
| Having been used for several centuries both as an | | | | substance, the chances are that you will develop a |
| intoxicant and a medication, the control of the | | | | motivational syndrome characterized by passivity, |
| substance is a bit difficult because of various beliefs | | | | decreased motivation, and preoccupation with taking |
| concerning it. While some countries consider it an | | | | drugs. |