Bud, salad, ganja, happy cigarette, grass blunt, reefer, doobie, pinner, sticky icky,
wacky tabacky, spliff, mary-jane, spice. It goes by many names and today we're going
to give you the straight-up no BS facts on cannabis. Hey guys, so you think you
know what this cannabis thing is all about huh.
Or do you? Cannabis is a drug that can be produced from plants. The cannabis plant
contains many chemicals including two main active ingredients we got THC which
is the thing that gives you that high and CBD which is being studied for its
medical benefits and then there's synthetic cannabinoids which are
developed in a lab and are supposed to be much stronger and actually pretty
dangerous. The more you know. All right so let's play a game that I like to call
cannabis not cannabis. Dried weed leaves? Yeah that's cannabis. Tea leaves mmm not
cannabis. Hash? Cannabis. Hash browns? you know that's not cannabis. Cannabis wax?
Yeah that's cannabis. Hair removal wax? Not cannabis. Gummies? Not cannabis.
Gummies? Cannabis. Man I can't even. Point is cannabis comes in many forms, oh look
it's 4:20 time to drop a truth bomb. So when it comes to the teenage brain there
is no safe amount of cannabis and why? Because the teenage brain is a work in
progress. It's not fully developed until you're like 25, cannabis messes with that
development. You are unwise to lower your defenses. Okay this is BS I can't breathe
in this thing. All right well given that you're gonna
need your brain for a long time you got to protect your noggin right but here's
the thing cannabis affects everyone differently
and it can have different effects every time you use it
and today's cannabis is much stronger compared to the stuff your parents might
have smoked back in the day. Ugh, who thought those clothes were a good idea.
You've got to be careful you got to know what you're getting into and
you know your own limits alright? Alright. Hands up if you've heard that cannabis
is mostly a relaxing experience well. That's actually not BS, getting high can
have calming effects sometimes people just want to relax you know, but there
are two sides to every leaf. See what I did there? All right cannabis affects
motor skills and judgment and problem-solving ability too and all that
can lead to some pretty epic fails. Cannabis can be addictive and can cause
some pretty nasty side effects like depression, anxiety, even psychosis.
remember this too - the younger you start and the more you use the more likely the
chances of addiction this stuff is too real. You hungry? mmm by the way cannabis
has been known to cause the munchies. Here's another effect to chew on, you can
overdose on edibles it can be pretty potent and that can lead to vomiting
like all over yourself. You could also blackout
I did that for effect. With cannabis it's called greening out and it sucks bad you
know you throw back a couple gummies and next thing you know zombie and if it
happens to someone you're with you gotta call 911 one right away.
Here's the number in case you forget. You know some geniuses even think you can
drive high, that's some next-level BS. You can't you're impaired. It's totally
illegal and you know what they say drive high gets you a DUI.
Feeling more informed now? Good. Remember there's a lot of BS out there so make
sure you do your research. Alrighty then. So I'm gonna leave it there
mainly because teenmentalhealth.org is only paying me for a two-minute video
and I got other stuff to do today plus they're the real experts. Stay woke,
check them out, talk smart, mic drop.