Pronounced: mar-uh-wah-nuh
Dried leaves from the female hemp plant is usually smoked as a form of a narcotic and hallucinogen. Hemp plants contains THC {Tetrahydrocannabinol) the main active chemical in Marijuana. The membranes of certain nerve cells in the brain contain protein receptors that bind to THC. Once securely in place, THC kicks off a series of cellular reactions that ultimately lead to the high that users experience when they
smoke marijuana.
If someone is high on marijuana, he or she might:
Seem dizzy and have trouble walking;
Seem
silly and giggly for no reason;
Have very red, bloodshot eyes; and
Have a hard
time remembering things that just happened.
When the early effects fade, over a few hours, the user can become very sleepy or very
hungry! also known as "the
munchies" ;)
Common street names for marijuana include: Pot,
Grass,
Weed, Bud, Jay, Reefer, Joint, Ganja, Herb,
Dope, Smoke, Boo Ya, Red Hair, Chronic, The Green, The Kind, Mary Jane, Skunk, Sens, Thai Sticks, Hash, Hashish, Mowie Wowie, J, Hooter, Toke, Ysca, Budah, Bionic, Schwag, Indica, Mex, Herbage, Doobage, Wacky Tobacky, Hemp, THC, Indo, Homegrown, Doobie