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Facts About Marijuana
- Delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and is not harmful in any way.
- Marijuana grows in temperate regions. The more potent varieties grown in dry, and hot climates.
- Marijuana is not physically addictive. It has not been proven mentally addictive.
- No physical withdrawel sickness'.
- The Marijuana that you probably are smoking has about 0.5 - 6 percent (THC)
- Hashish contains up to 12 percent (THC)
- Hashish Oil contains about 20 - 60 percent (THC)
- No one has ever died from the use of marijuana.
- Marijuana can help with illness, mainly glaucoma.
- Marijuana can help in treating nausea induced by cancer chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
- There is no evidence that smoking weed causes brain damage.
- $48 million is about what the police, courts and corrections spend prosecuting and punishing cannabis users each year.
- Decriminalisation of cannabis in the Netherlands, Australia and the United States has not led to significant increases in cannabis use, but has led to law enforcement cost savings.
- New Zealand has the highest rate of arrests for cannabis offences in the world
- More than ten times as much money is spent on enforcing the laws against illegal drugs than on education and treatment initiatives.
- marijuana has been proven to not be a gateway drug and in some cases it is used to get people of harder drugs eg cocane.
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