Marijuana Marijuana is a preparation of dried, shredded leaves from the Indian hemp plant Cannabis sativa, which means “useful hemp”. Preparations made from Cannabis include marijuana, the dried plant material; hashish, the dried resin from the flowers and associated leaves; and hash oil, an oily solution of resins and other plant juices extracted in alcohol, filtered, and reduced by evaporation. Marijuana is the form most commonly used since it requires little or no processing. Since …showed first 75 words of 1742 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1742 total…is a lot of information we have yet to learn about this drug, but until then it is hard to make a decision on the drug’s whereabouts or come to a conclusion about marijuana. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited Longenecker, Gesina L. How Drugs Work: Drug abuse and the Human body. California: Ziff-Davis, 1994 Pinger, Robert, et al. Issues for Today Drugs. 2nd ed. Missouri: Mosby-Year Book, 1995 Somdahl, Gary L. Marijuana: Drug Dangers. New Jersey: Enslow, 1999