文档介绍：KH 3000 Presented by: Leonede Buller Mishinda DeBose Price Edricka t Towanda Smith Shameika Averett M arijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant. Also known as pot, herb, grass, weed, boom, Mary Jane, gangster, reefer, blunt, or chronic and some 200 others Types Types ? Regular ? Chronic ? mid-grade ? Hydro ? Hashish ? Purple ? Cali Skunk ? Indo ? Sinsemilla ? Fry How is it Used? How is it Used? ?? Usually smoked as a Usually smoked as a cigarette rolled, hand- cigarette rolled, hand- made (called a joint or made (called a joint or a nail), in pipe or a a nail), in pipe or a bong. Has recently bong. Has recently appeared in cigars appeared in cigars called blunts and called blunts and spliffs spliffs . . Marijuana is on the Rise Among Middle School Age Students Marijuana is on the Rise Among Marijuana is on the Rise Among Middle School Age Students Middle School Age Students Why? Why? ? Increase in availability of marijuana and other drugs ? Teens being misguided about marijuana as being a natural product. ? They ’ re unaware of the mood-altering and physiological effects. ? Has e some-what accepted by society through media and radio waves ? Less expensive of all drugs, next to alcohol. ? As stated by Insel and Roth, “ One reason for our society ’ s concern with the casual or recreational use of illegal drugs is that it ’ s not really possible to know when drug use will lead to abuse or dependence. ” Why? Reason for its use Reason for its use ? Peer Pressure – because friends or siblings use it ? Family influence – because they see older people in family using it ? Listening to music and songs that refer to its use. ? Belief of escaping form problems at home, school, or with friends Warning Signs Parents Should Look For … Warning Signs Parents Should Look For …?? Increasing agitation and irritability Increasing agitation and i