Marijuana use is associated with numerous detrimental health effects, including frequent respiratory infections, increased heart rate, impaired memory and learning, anxiety, and panic attacks.

Effects on the Brain

Marijuana's effects begin as soon as the drug enters the brain and can last from 1 to 3 hours. As THC enters the brain, it causes the user to feel high by stimulating brain cells to release the chemical dopamine. When the euphoria passes, the user may feel sleepy or depressed and may also get feelings of panic, anxiety, paranoia or distrust.

Marijuana can cause short-term memory damage because of how THC alters the way information is processed by the hippocampus. THC disrupts coordination and balance by binding to parts of the brain that regulates balance, coordination of movement, posture, and reaction time.

Street terms for marijuana: grass, pot, weed, bud, Mary Jane, dope, indo, hydro.

Marijuana is a mixture of the dried, shredded leaves, seeds, stems, and flowers of the hemp plant, cannabis sativa. It is typically smoked in joints (hand-rolled cigarettes), blunts (cigars), pipes, or bongs (water pipes). The active ingredient in marijuana is THC, which is responsible for the potency and effects of marijuana. Over the past two decades, THC levels of marijuana in the United States have increased.

Commercial-grade marijuana contains parts of the marijuana plant such as stems and seeds that are not of high quality. "Sinsemilla", higher potency marijuana, contains only the leaves and buds of the cannabis plant, where THC is most concentrated.

Human bodies need water to survive and we use water to process several functions in our bodies which are designed primarily to run on water and minerals. All the cleansing and healing systems in our body can only work properly with water. It has only been recently that the medical community has weighed in on how important water is to normal body function.

We are comprised of mostly water; over 70% of our bodies are water. To break it down even further our brains are over 75% water, blood 80%, and the human liver which is our main filter is 96% water.

Our nervous system which is responsible for sending the signals to every cell in our body is really a system of miniscule water ways. A lack of water can lead to body dehydration of the fluid inside our nerves or even lead to the nervous system being damaged from excessive chemicals and heavy metals due to their not being flushed out of the system. Many medical doctors and scientists now are in agreement that this condition can be the cause of some degenerative diseases and neurological disorders such as Chronic Fatigue, ADHD, and even Alzeimers which means they may be preventable just by drinking more (up to 1.5-2 liters) pure water.

Knowing how important pure water is to the proper function of our body we should also realize that the purity of the water is essential as well. Our digestive system requires adequate water intake in order to properly digest our food as well as get the optimal nutrient absorption we need to be able to utilize the nutritional value of the foods we eat.

Water intake can also either positively or negatively affect our energy levels depending on whether or not we are properly hydrated, in fact it has been proven in clinical studies that even a 5% reduction in body fluids can cause as much as a 30% loss of energy and a 15% drop in body fluids leads to death.

If you are trying to lose weight the lack of proper hydration will actually derail your weight loss efforts. Our liver uses water to metabolize fat and turn it into useable energy so it is obvious that a lack of water will hamper its ability to do this. It isn’t going to hurt you. Increase your water intake to roughly 64 ounces a day and you will see the results for yourself plus you will have much higher energy levels.

Another huge issue for our bodies is detoxification. It may well be the most important factor in our long-term health. Water is the only way for our body to flush toxins from our system which is also a major key to preventing disease. We can’t avoid exposure to toxins in our world today but by taking in enough water we can help our bodies get rid of them.

The quality and purity of the water we drink is just as important as the amount. If water already contains chlorine and other chemicals‚ it has less of an ability to carry toxins out of our body. If we consume water that contains traces of synthetic chemicals‚ then we force our liver and kidneys to be the filter... ultimately damaging or destroying two of our most vital organs.