Marijuana is a drug made from the dried leaves and flowering stalks of the hemp plant. People smoke marijuana in cigarettes and pipes and mix with food and drinks. Marijuana causes various changes in the way a person feels and thinks. In the United States Canada, and many other countries, laws prohibit the use, sale, or possession of the drug.
Some people confuse marijuana and hashish.
Both drugs are made from hemp, but hashish is much stronger than marijuana. Marijuana has several nicknames including grass , pot , and Mary Jane . It makes people feel reduced and free from care and cause a person to giggle and laugh for no clear reason. Marijuana may also bring on a dreamy state in which the user s thought flows together and his mood shifts suddenly from happiness to depression and fearful tension, marijuana can also cause a person to lose his sense of time and space. Minutes may see a like how and nearly object may seem far away.