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= Marijuana =

 **Cannabis. Hash. Weed. Pot. Hundreds of names have been created for this cultural phenomenon over the years, and virtually everyone knows something or other about marijuana.

The image of marijuana has been progressively changing over the years, and in the 1960's there was a dramatic shift in the public view and understanding of the drug. This was due in part to things like Woodstock and the hippie generation, as well as the government's increased efforts to crush the drug's rise in popularity.**

=The Basics=

**Marijuana is the form of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug. It is most commonly found in the dried herbal form. The ** ** stalked resin glands of the plant can also be compressed to make hashish, a stronger, more concentrated form of the drug. Tetrahydrocannibanol, or THC, is the primary psychoactive component of Marijuana and is responsible for most of the effects associated with it. **