Marijuana(cannabis)

                                                Marijuana(cannabis)

                                                    By:Curtis, W, Watson

Marijuana was made criminalized in the united states in 1937 due to marijuana tax act of 1937. But there are roomers such as the beneficial effects of hemp would lower the profit of pharmaceutical
companies which therefore have a vital interest to keep cannabis illegal. Or because that the illegalization was rather a result of racism directed to associate American immigrants of Mexican and African descent with cannabis abuse.Marijuana inhalation was used way back in 3rd millennium BC. Cannabis is also known to have been used by the ancient Hindus of India and Nepal thousands of years ago. They called it Ganjika.
    Cannabis comes in many forms such as canabis(herbal form),it is the dried flower and leaves and stems of a female plant. There is also hashish which is a resin made from the flowers of the female plant. There is hash oil is a oil extracted from the marijuana plant. And then there is keif is a powder made from the trichomes taken from the leaves and flowers of the marijuana plant. The last one is the resin which builds up in whatever you are smokeing it out of that you scrape out.
    Ronald Reagan made a big diference on peoples opinion on canabis him and the first lady started the just say no program.
    They have just lately legalized marijuana in maine for medical use only.stimulation of hunger in chemotherapy and AIDS patients, lowered intraocular eye pressure. it is also used as a pain realiever