Indica ruins motivation

Weed. Ganja. Pot. These terms have loomed for decades as a warning to smoke out young people’s success.

Marijuana has creeped its way back onto a campus full of students pursuing greatness, but a sesh with Mary Jane sets up students to pursue the fridge.

Students at Texas Tech are busy enough with university obligations and blazin’ it will only burn their education.

Marijuana remains illegal in the state of Texas due to of the presence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a mind-altering compound, but a short road trip to New Mexico allows students to obtain the drug in its many consumable forms.

Although illegal, the drug manages to make its way into the Lone Star State, posing a potential threat to a student’s livelihood.

According to HappyMD, medical card evaluation program, indica cannabis is widely known for its relaxing and sedative effects.

In high amounts, indica strains promote a lack of motivation, several coordination problems and paranoia or anxiety.

Although the drug aids those who suffer chronic pain or sleep issues, cannabidiol (CBD) usually plays a larger role in terms of anti-inflammatory effects.

Fortunately, CBD is legal within the state of Texas.

With indica, users face mountains and valleys to get to the other side of the couch, which has no place to mix into a student’s schedule on an 1,800-acre campus. Mind you with only 10 minutes to move.

Categorizing marijuana as non-addictive is simply not true.

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, one in every 10 adults who consume the drug become addicted.

High THC percentages tend to cause higher rates of dependency and addiction.

Additionally, due to the slow increase in THC potency across cannabis products, it is inevitable these products produce more dependent and addicted users.