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Marijuana is the most controversial drug as to the danger for dependency, physical health and mental problem. Don't get mislead! Most of the hard drug users have started their addiction with marijuana.
Drug rehab centers can be really confusing with all the different programs and philosophies in Georgia. There are different school of thought on marijuana. We will try to teach you what the drug really is. Remember if Marijuana would be so "innocent", you would not be reading this website now. Drug rehabilitation is a process with different phases that will bring the individual to a drug free life.
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Marijuana use in Georgia
Marijuana is the most widely available illegal drug in Georgia; however, the drug is considered a lower threat than cocaine because it is less often related with violent crime. Most of the cannabis accessible in the state is produced in Mexico, although marijuana produced in Georgia and surrounding states also is available. A limited quantity of marijuana cultivated in Colombia and Jamaica is available as well. Mexican criminal organizations using tractor-trailers and private vehicles are the major transporters of the Mexico-produced marijuana available in Georgia and are the primary wholesale distributors of Mexico-produced marijuana.
Cannabis is commonly abused in Georgia, and survey data demonstrate that the percentage of the state's population that abuses the drug is comparable to the percentage nationwide. According to NHSDA information, in 1999--the most recent year for which these data are available--4.2 percent of Georgia citizens abused marijuana in the month prior to the survey compared with 4.7 percent nationwide. The highest prevalence (12.1%) of past month marijuana abuse in the state was among 18- to 25-year-olds.
Treatment data demonstrate that marijuana is commonly used in the state. The amount of marijuana-related treatment admissions to publicly funded facilities was second only to the number of cocaine-linked treatment admissions from 1997 through 2001, according to TEDS. Marijuana-related treatment admissions augmented from 2,672 in 1997 to 4,636 in 2001.
Lethal dose
According to the Merck Index, 12th edition, the LD50, the deadly dose for 50% of rats tested by inhalation, is 42 mg/kg of body weight. That is the equivalent of a 165 lb (75 kg) man inhaling all of the THC in 21, one-gram cigarettes of highly high-potency (15% THC) cannabis buds at once, arguably an impossibility, and believing that no THC was lost through burning or errant smoke. For oral use, the LD50 of THC for rats is 1270 mg/kg and 730 mg/kg for males and females, respectively, equivalent to the THC in about a pound of 15% THC cannabis. Only with intravenous administration may such a level be even possible in theory. The percentage of cannabis required to saturate cannabinoid receptors to the quantity of cannabis required to have a fatal over dose is 1:40,000. There have been no reported fatalities or permanent injuries sustained as a consequence of a marijuana overdose.
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