Marijuana:
Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana) has some medicinal properties
quite alright but the harmful properties is more and it's too
addictive. The most harmful property of Cannabis is Tetra-
hydracanabinol (THC). The chemical compound in Cannabis
can destroy most vital organs of the body eg: the heart,
kidney, lungs. It can cause stroke or trigger heart attack or
cardiac arrest. The disadvantages out weighs the
advantages. Do not indulge in its intake please!!!
--Unaegbu Amah
Now you can read the report on Why Marijuana May Be Good
below and decided for yourself:
Unknown to people, there are many hidden nutritional values in the
mostly condemned Marijuana. While majority condemn its intake,
many youths see that as the only source of inspiration with many
nutritional values.
For a 24 year old Nathaniel , an undergraduate of Nnamdi Azikiwe
University, who is in Lagos because of the ongoing ASUU strike,
he started smoking Marijuana at the age of 20 when he gained
admission into the higher institution. His first experience when he
smoked it still remains evergreen in his memory, that he felt he can
never be normal again.
“The first day I smoked Igboo is one of the days I cannot forget in
a hurry. I had a friend, who is an addict in smoking. So, one day
when we hung out with some friends, after drinking, he brought
the wrap and told me that if I take this, it will clear the alcohol I
took and it will make me look and appear very smart. So, after
much conviction, I decided to try it. I first drew the first smoke
inside, they clapped for me and said that was the way to do it,
that I should take it gradually.
I never knew when I finished almost one wrap alone. When I was
done with that, it was obvious to me that I was in for a big trouble.
It was as if they added an extra flesh on one side of my skull. My
skull was going towards one direction. I felt as if there was gutter
all over the road and I started leaping.
My friends started laughing but when they noticed the thing was
getting out of hand, they grabbed me, sat me down in one place
and prepared a very big bowl of garri without sugar for me. After
drinking the garri, I was still hungry.
I felt very weak and slept off and woke up in the middle of the
night. When I woke up the next day, I was feeling very hungry as if
I had been starving for more than one week. I ate like never before
and I slept off again. When I woke up, I was very happy.
Everything around me made me laugh. Even when you cursed me, I
would laugh over it,” he recalled.
According to Nathaniel, though his parents were seriously against
his consumption of Marijuana, he made them to believe that, he felt
so comported and understood everything he read whenever he
smoked.
“It was not easy making my parents see reasons why they should
allow me smoke, though I never did that in their presence. For me
to read and understand well, I must smoke. Even when I want to go
in for any examination, I must smoke so that I will remember all that
I have read and be able to put them together well. I am in my third
year now and I made good grade.
So, smoking has never stopped me from reading and passing my
examinations. If I am about to write an exam and I have not smoked,
I’d feel I have not read. So I don’t seem to believe it when people
say that Marijuana is not good for health. But if you know it does
not work for you, stop smoking it,” Nathaniel advised.
As against the belief of most people that Marijuana is very bad to
health, Peter, has a point to prove. To Peter, the best medicine a
depressed man who lost appetite could take is Marijuana. He is one
of the people that used to believe that Marijuana is not good until
he confirmed from a medical practitioner that most sleeping drugs
that also boost appetite are produced with a higher percentage
of that.
“ I strongly disagree that Marijuana makes people mad, it is all lies.
If you take it the first two to three times and you cannot stand it,
I will advise you to quit.
It is very good and highly medicinal. I started smoking at a very
tender age and up till now, I am still intact, I am even better than
some people that do not take it. Whenever I want to be in my best
mood, I normally go for that. I talk less when I smoke and I think
more. You can’t say I have quarrelled with you after smoking, why
would you not want me to smoke since it is good for my own
health?, ” he said.
Peter also insists that as far as he is concerned, he doesn’t think
anything can make him not to do his thing.
While some seem to applaud this weed, Kunle, a graduate of Lagos
State University, LASU, has a different side to this story. He
strongly believes that behind every big crime committed in an area,
you’d find out that most perpetrators of the crime are Marijuana
smokers and in most cases, they smoked before executing their
crime. In his words,
“ Why would a normal man tell me that Marijuana is good for health
when most criminals are smokers of marijuana. Though I have not
tasted that before , I know and people around me know that Igboo
inspires people to think about crime, it has no positive inspiration,”
Kunle cautioned.
According to Kunle, if there is a way to stamp out the intake of
this weed, we are going to find out that there will be higher rate
of responsible youths.
“Many youths are out of school because they joined their friends in
taking what they know is not good for their health. Generally,
smoking is not good for health. I have this young and vibrant dude in
my village, he is one of the boys I respected so much. But, where is
he today?
He now walks about the village mad, no thanks to Marijuana. When
he started this earlier, everybody in the village were against
that.He was warned to desist from it, but youthful exuberance led
him to that. Now he has ruined his future. I will advise youths to
stay away from that. It has no nutritional value. Anybody that says
Igboo is good for health is a liar. Parents should warn their children
to desist from this act.”
By Vanguard's Zie Egole
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