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The Harmful Effects Of Marijuana

The Harmful Effects Of Marijuana

How Does It Harm You? 

Using marijuana can cause you to get a heart attack, can increase bleeding, lower blood pressure, as well as affect your blood sugar. It also increases the odd of getting cancer and can cause certain lung infections. There can be other effects to using marijuana which include dizziness, shallow breathing, red eyes, increased appetite and a much slower reaction time.  You can promote n

 Statistics:   

Over 110 million people in The United States have admitted to using marijuana at least once in their life. Around 10 percent of teenagers have and/or still use marijuana. Around 2.5 million teenagers use marijuana each year.

 

How many people have used marijuana in their lifetime?

United States, aged 12+

20122013100,000,000102,000,000104,000,000106,000,000108,000,000110,000,000112,000,000114,000,0001      16,000,000111,239,000114,712,000


How many youth use marijuana?

United States

200920102011201220130500,0001,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,000208,000232,000261,000261,000240,0001,313,0001,253,0001,336,0001,225,0001,210,0002,660,0002,672,0002,781,0002,745,0002,643,000Aged 16-17Aged 14-15Aged 12-13

How to Promote Non-Marijuana use?

You can promote non-marijuana use by launching campaigns, for example a social media campaign about the harms of marijuana. You can also have guest speakers go to school to teach about the harmful effects of using marijuana , as well as people who are willing to share their own experience with marijuana.  

Promise:

I promise to never use marijuana, not even once, to deny marijuana offers, no matter what society says I will never try marijuana. 



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