All Entries in the "Marijuana In The News" Category
What are the Top 5 Side Effects of Marijuana?
There are definitely more than 5 side effects of marijuana. The top 5 generally include perception distortions, rapid heart rate with low blood pressure, hallucinations, suppressed immune functions, and lung and throat problems short term and long term. Side effects of marijuana can be instantaneous, like the distortion of perception, or they can develop over time.
What are the 3 Short Term Effects of Marijuana?
Sometimes, when you’re into the smoke, it is hard to admit even to ourselves that there are some short term effects of marijuana that could impair our ability to think rationally. I grew up around pot and thought nothing of trying it out myself, since I heard the stories that it was all harmless.
State Medical Marijuana Centers Get Green Light
RI — The Rhode Island General Assembly passed a bill last month to allow the creation of up to three state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries, becoming the third state in the country to legalize so-called “compassion centers” after both the House and Senate voted to override the veto of Gov. Donald Carcieri ’65.
What are the Effects of Marijuana?
We all know that smoking pot can either make you stoned or it can make you high. But really, what are the actual effects of marijuana? There are both positive and negative effects of marijuana, and often whether one effect is considered to be a positive or negative is left up to those who are partaking. Being high is an obvious effect. Some people consider this positive while other people consider it to be negative. It all depends on your perspective and that can change too!
Marijuana: Is it Harmful?
Is marijuana harmful? Some experts say that it is about as harmful as smoking a cigarette, which isn’t illegal (yet!). Others say the potential for lung damage is far beyond what a cigarette can do. Some call it an addictive substance and others state that it is not. What are we to think? Was the illegalization of pot put in order to protect us from ourselves, or was it a attack on a society that was experiencing a new level of freedom that this country had never seen before?
