Marijuana Addiction
Q.) What is THC?
A.)
THC is the chemical in marijuana which makes you feel "high"
(which means experiencing a change in mood and seeing or feeling
things differently). Certain parts of the plant contain higher
levels of THC. The flowers or buds have more THC than the stems
or leaves.
When marijuana is smoked, THC goes:
quickly
into the blood through the lungs
to the brain (this is when the "high" is felt and
can happen within a few minutes and can last up to five hours)
THC is absorbed more slowly into the blood when marijuana is
eaten as it has to pass through the stomach and intestine and
can take up to one hour to experience the "high" effects
which can last up to 12 hours. THC is absorbed quickly into
body fat and is then released very slowly back into the blood.
This process can take up to one month for a single dose of THC
to fully leave the body.
Q.) How is Marijuana used?
A.) Most users roll loose marijuana into a cigarette (called a "joint"). The drug can also be smoked in a water pipe, called a "bong." Some users mix marijuana into foods or use it to brew a tea. Marijuana cigarettes or blunts often include crack cocaine, a combination known by various street names, such as "primos" or "woolies." Joints and blunts often are dipped in PCP and are called "happy sticks," "wicky sticks," "love boat," or "tical." Hash users either smoke the drug in a pipe or mix it with tobacco and smoke it as a cigarette. Lately, young people have a new method for smoking marijuana: they slice open cigars and replace the tobacco with marijuana, making what's called a "blunt." When the blunt is smoked with a 40 oz. bottle of malt liquor, it is called a "B-40."
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