Marijuana

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. : Marijuana ¿ from the Mexican Spanish marihuana ¿ also known as cannabis and by other names, refers to preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug or as medicine. It is also often used as a recreational drug and for religious or spiritual rites. The United Nations estimated in 2004 that global annual consumption of marijuana was approximately 4% of the world adult population ¿ 162 million people ¿ and that about 0.6% ¿ 22.5 million ¿ of those people used cannabis daily. Marijuana has been the subject of legal restrictions since the early 20th century according to the United Nations, it is the most used illicit drug in the world...