Political News
March 29, 2017
PRESTIGE WORLDWIDE The Ganj
by Michael Crocker
Should the devil’s lettuce be legal? What’s the Devil’s Lettuce? Marijuana refers to a plant called Cannabis Sativa that consists of dried up flowers, leaves, seeds, and ‘buds’ in the hemp plant. This plant contains a chemical commonly known as THC. This chemical is the main component in the plant to “get high.” But how is THC entered into your body? There are many different ways to get THC into your blood stream and to your brain. One very popular method would be a joint, which refers to using cigarette papers to roll a ‘weed cigarette’ or a very similar method is a blunt which refers to tobacco paper. There is also a category for glass, referring to pieces, bongs, and rigs. Since the 1920s marijuana has been a huge controversy in the United States, federal law still classifies weed as a class 1 drug but some states have defied the government. Weed is being demonized by the media and the government, but what they don’t know is the profit that could come from legalizing this plant. Or do they? Since President Nixon declared the War on Drugs in the 1970s the media has been spreading two main reasons not to smoke marijuana. The first myth that is shared by the government is that smoking marijuana can harm your mental health and also causes schizophrenia. The other common myth that was spread is that weed is highly addictive. Is marijuana harmful for your body? The answer is no, alcohol and tobacco have both been proven to be more harmful on the body than weed. Annually in the United States there are approximately one hundred thousand deaths from drinking and driving, alcohol poisoning, falling, and alcohol related suicides. 1