6. Marijuana damages the lungs, nerves and brain
There are 400 chemicals in marijuana smoke, 60 of these have been proven to cause cancer. These chemicals stay in the body for years. Marijuana contains THC, a "neurotoxin" (a poison affecting the brain and nerves.)
When someone smokes pot, it makes two things happen:
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There's almost an immediate burn up of vitamins and minerals in the body.
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The nerves in the body go numb.
Each time someone gets "high", they don't feel quite as good, and each time they feel a little worse afterwards.
Eventually, pot smokers don't want the drug... they NEED the drug to reliever unwanted conditions the drugs created in their body. Their bodies can't take in enough vitamins to make up for what the drug destroys.
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