The Harmful Effects of Marijuana

Many people use marijuana and that is okay, the choice is yours you just might want to know these facts and effects marijuana can have on a person.

1. Smoking marijuana can be dangerous in many ways, some of those ways include the fact that when you smoke it your heart rate increases by two times for three hours, this is the reasoning that explains why many people have a heart attack right after smoking it. As well as this it can increase bleeding and effect your blood sugar too. Other physical effects include dizziness, hoarse coughing, shallow breathing, and dry mouth. Most people take marijuana for the joyous effect it gives you, but did you know it can also lead to a distorted sense of time, random thinking, paranoia, anxiety, and depression. Finally, when a man takes marijuana it can lower his sperm count and quality, as well as lower your testosterone levels.
2. Some statistics about marijuana include:

• Over 94 million people in America admitted to at least using it once in their life time.
• In 2005 242,200 emergency room visits in the United States involved marijuana. 
• A study in New Zealand showed that people who started smoking marijuana heavily in their teens had lost an average of 8 IQ points between ages 13 and 38.
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      3. In the 2017 year 10.10% of 8th graders admitted to using marijuana. As well as the 25.50% 10th graders, and the 37.10% of 12th graders.

      4. You (if you want to) and I can both promote non-marijuana use by not smoking it or having any relationship with it, we can also try to convince our younger family relatives to not use this by scaring them and allowing them to read this article.

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       6. Challenge: I promise to never use marijuana in high school no matter what society says.