EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA

Effects of marijuana

Effects of marijuana

Marijuana is an illegal drug that looks like a green or gray mixture of shredded? dried leaves from a hemp plant. Short-term effects of marijuana include problems with learning new material and memory? while also having distorted senses (sights? sounds? time? touch). Marijuana can also cause an increased heart rate? anxiety? and loss of motor skills.         

The argument most commonly brought into discussion on marijuana is the addictive properties (or lack thereof) which it possesses. Although marijuana may cause "mild psychological dependence"? according to Richard Lowry in his essay? "Marijuana is Relatively Harmless"? it offers ...