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Summary: Short Term Effects Of Marijuana

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In 2013 there were 20 million user, about 8% of people age 12 or older up from 15 million or 6% in 2007. In 2013, 7 million Americans age 12 or older or 3% had used prescription drugs nonmedically in the past month. Prescription drugs include pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, and sedatives And 1.3 million Americans or 1% of americans had used hallucinogens including ecstasy and LSD in the past month. Effects of marijuana Some of the short term effects of marijuana are red eyes, dry mouth, dizziness, fatigue, increased heart rate, and psychosis. The reason this happens is because of the active ingredient in marijuana TetraHydroCannabinol or THC resemble a natural transmitter in your brain called Anandamide. Normally the receptors

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