Street Names: Marijuana, Mary Jane, dope, hash, grass, blow, smoke, weed, skunk, resin, draw, blaw, joint, toke, dooby, hemp, pot, puff
Looks Like: 3 forms: Resin – hard, waxy, brown block. Herbal - grassy looking, from the plants’ leafs/buds. Oil - brown liquid. Cannabis can be smoked in a joint with/without tobacco, in a bucket/bong, in a pipe or eaten on its own or in food. The effects can be stronger when eaten.
Category: Hallucinogenic
Effects:
- Cannabis is a mild hallucinogenic drug that can leave you feeling relaxed and content.
- Heightens the senses
- Can give you the munchies – making you believe that food tastes better!
- Anxiety, edginess and paranoia.
- Lack of concentration and slows down reaction times.
- Can give you the giggles – laughing at everything and anything.
Risks:
- Users can often ‘Whitey’ – becoming pale and dizzy causing sickness!
- Can cause short term memory loss
- Can lead to heart, lung, breathing problems and cancers, these risks are increased when used with tobacco!
- Can trigger underlying mental illnesses and can make people confused or psychotic in extreme cases.
- Users build up a tolerance so they need to take more just to get the same hit.
- Cannabis is not addictive; it does however allow you to become psychologically dependent on it – making you believe you need it everyday.
- Users often find it difficult to sleep without it.
- New, stronger versions of skunk and grass are now widely available. These have much stronger effects than normal cannabis and can increase the possibility of developing paranoia and mental health issues
