What is Marijuana?
Cannabis Overview Marijuana, often known as weed, herb, pot, grass, bud, ganja, Mary Jane, and a variety of other slang words, is a greenish-gray combination made from dried Cannabis sativa flowers. Some individuals consume marijuana in hand-rolled cigarettes known as joints; pipes, water pipes (also known as bongs); or blunts (marijuana wrapped in cigar wrappers).1 Marijuana can also be used to make tea, and it is regularly incorporated into sweets like brownies, cookies, and chocolates, especially when sold or used for medicinal purposes. Vaporizers are also increasingly being used to consume marijuana. Sinsemilla (from particularly maintained female plants) and concentrated resins containing high quantities of marijuana's active components, such as honeylike hash oil, waxy budder, and hard amberlike shatter, are among the more potent varieties. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the primary psychoactive (mind-altering) ingredient in marijuana, accounting for the majori...