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What is Marijuana
Title: What is Marijuana
Category: Science & Technology
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What is Marijuana
What Is Marijuana?
Marijuana, a drug obtained from dried and crumpled parts of the ubiquitous hemp plant, Canabis sativa or Cannabis indica. Smoked by rolling in tobacco paper or placing in a pipe. It is also otherwise consumed worldwide by an estimated 200,000,000 people for pleasure, an escape from reality, or relaxation.
Marijuana is known by a variety of names such as kif (Morocco), dagga (South Africa), and bhang (India). Common in the United States, marijuana …showed first 75 words of 2730 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2730 total…used marijuana sometime in the previous month. 1978: The monthly users
grew up to 37% then in 1986 dropped to 23%. 1979: 12 to 17 year olds reported using it within the last month has dropped from a high point of 17% and in 1987 dropped to 12%.
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