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Marihuana prensada ('pressed marijuana') is a cannabis-derived product widespread among the lower classes of South America, [185] especially from the 90s. Locally it is known as "paraguayo" or "paragua", since its main producer is Paraguay. [186] Marijuana is dried and mixed with binding agents that make it toxic and highly harmful to health. [187]
Cannabis smoking (known colloquially as smoking weed or smoking pot) is the inhalation of smoke or vapor released by heating the flowers, leaves, or extracts of cannabis and releasing the main psychoactive chemical, Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is absorbed into the bloodstream via the lungs.
Cannabis also has a long history of being used for medicinal purposes, and as a recreational drug known as marijuana or weed. Various cannabis strains have been bred, often selectively to produce high or low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a cannabinoid and the plant's principal psychoactive constituent .
Marijuana use is at an all-time high in the United States. In the past decade alone, Americans' reported marijuana smoking has more than doubled, increasing from 7% to 13% from 2013 to 2023 ...
With medical marijuana legal in states like California, Colorado, Illinois and a growing list, adoption of the drug is becoming more and more commonplace—as is consumption. We consulted doctors ...
Right now, medical marijuana is commonly used to treat a range of other issues. But that might not be all that the drug can do. Smoking marijuana might have some surprising health benefits
Some U.S. states have legalized marijuana, but Peter Reuter argues that restricting promotion of marijuana once it is legal is more complex than it may initially appear. [ 80 ] According to the United Nations' World Drug Report, cannabis "was the world's most widely produced, trafficked, and consumed drug in the world in 2010", with between 128 ...
What’s not clear is whether the heart risks are from smoking marijuana or if it’s the THC in weed that could be harmful. About 1 in 5 people over the age of 12, an estimated 61.9 people in the ...