::Cannabis
(spliff, marijuana, ganja, weed,
hash, skunk, blow, puff, 'erb etc.)
Cannabis is naturally occurring
substance that can act as a relaxant and mild hallucinogenic.
When smoked, the effects are usually felt fairly quickly with people
feeling more relaxed, happy and generally laid back.
Strong cannabis can also lead to pointless giggling, loss of
inhibitions and an enhanced appreciation of music and colours.
Marijuana has also been reported to ease the pain, nausea and
vomiting in advanced stages of cancer, AIDS and other serious
illnesses.
Like most drugs, the effects of the drug can vary wildly from one
person to another, with factors like where you are, who you're with
and your general state of mind all influencing the experience.
Most cannabis is pretty mild, although recent varieties such as
skunk, northern lights and purple haze can have a very strong - and
sometimes hallucinogenic - effect.
Cannabis can be smoked with or without tobacco, filtered through
water, cooled or inhaled using all manner of drug paraphernalia, or
simply eaten. If eaten, it's hard to calculate when it will take
effect - especially if you've wolfed down a Billy Bunter sized
Vegeburger beforehand.
The physical effects of too much dope can result in bloodshot eyes,
a dry mouth and sloth-like reflexes and some people have reported
feeling anxious and paranoid after a heavy session.
Side
effects:
For
many, smoking dope is as natural and everyday as a brew of hot tea,
and they find the drug helps make their life a little less stressful
without unduly affecting their judgement or abilities.
For others it can have quite the opposite effect, turning ordinary
folk into unbearable, spaced out, lazy hippies. A night of
industrial strength spliffing can transform you into a giggling oaf
who will burst into laughter at wholly unamusing incidents and find
deep intellectual depth in the Spice Girls' lyrics.
Your trousers and sofa will become riddled with burn marks from
dropped spliffs, and you will have to face the regular dilemma of
being hit with the munchies at 3am only to find that you were too
out of it to get the shopping in.
This can result in regular users turning into lazy gits
whose crap diet turns their body into a most unattractive
proposition.
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