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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 Manitoba. 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 Manitoba
In the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba’s 2001 Youth Survey, 37.9% of students
surveyed reported they had used marijuana in the past year.
Anecdotal reports have indicated that THC and other marijuana constituents
relieve symptoms associated with such medical conditions as: multiple sclerosis, epilepsy,
HIV/AIDS and glaucoma by reducing such side effects as nausea, vomiting and wasting syndrome.
Currently the Canadian government is funding clinical trials through the Medical Marijuana
Research Program. This will provide credible, evidence-based research on this subject.
Cannabis is obtained from the hemp plant. The grow operations used to cultivate marijuana can be easily set up and can produce a first crop within three months. The homes used for grow operations can be present in any community.
There are various signs that could suggest that a house is being used to cultivate Cannabis. If a home in your area has few of the suggested indicators, do not approach or investigate further yourself. Instead call the police and let them know what your suspicions are.
Some of the following might be indicators:
- A strange skunk-like odour emanates from the residence.
- Windows are boarded or covered up and are always closed. Foil can be used as a window covering.
- Residents are at home only for a few hours then they leave again or unusual visitor behaviour.
- Sounds of electric humming or fans coming from the home. These sounds could be given off by lights and electrical transformers used to provide heat and false sunlight.
- Localized power surges/decreases in power.
- Signs of digging or disturbance around the outside of the hydro box.
- Little outdoor maintenance (i.e., unshovelled snow, uncut grass).
- Layer of condensation on the windows.
- Entry to the house is often made through an attached garage or side/back entrance to conceal activities.
- Unusual electrical hook-ups to the house or outbuildings.
- Persons hauling or constructing a watering system into a building.
- Equipment such as large fans, lights, plastic plant containers used in the growing operations are carried into the home.
- Persons hauling suspicious types of material or garbage away from their buildings and property (i.e., plastic sheeting, fertilizer bags or containers, plant stocks, plastic piping materials, plastic pots, Carbon Dioxide tanks, fuel tanks, etc.).
- Abnormally warm buildings. In winter, snow may melt off the roofs of buildings used to house the grow operation.
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