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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 Mississippi. 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 Mississippi
Large amounts of Mexican cannabis are transported from Texas through Mississippi on Interstates 10, 12, and 55 destined for larger cities in the Northeastern and Southeastern United States. Couriers in pick-up trucks, vans, tractor-trailers and buses transport the cannabis in 50, 100 and 200 pound quantities in concealed compartments. Proceeds from the drug sales are returned in the same way. Domestically produced marijuana is accessible throughout Northern Mississippi in patches of four to five plants in and around dense vegetation on United States forestry land and around area lakes. Marijuana is trafficked and used by all ethnic and socioeconomic groups in Mississippi, often along with or after the consumption of cocaine and methamphetamine.
Marijuana is the drug of choice and most widely consumed drug among users in the state and there is a demand for marijuana addiction treatment. Even if 49.33% of the total population in Mississippi view smoking marijuana once a month holds a great risk, 4.64% of the population have used cannabis in the past month to the survey. Around 4.4% of Mississippi high school students surveyed in 2003 admitted using marijuana on school property within the past month. Also, over 22% of Mississippi high school students surveyed in 2003 reported that they have been offered, sold, or given illicit substances on school property within the past year including marijuana. As teen marijuana abuse rises in Mississippi, 16.4% of Mississippi middle school students surveyed in 2003 admitted using marijuana at some point in their lifetimes. That middle school statistics breaks down to 10.6% of 6th graders, 14.8% of 7th graders, and 24.6% of 8th graders have tried marijuana at least once. In 2003, Federal agencies eradicated a total of 2,984 marijuana plants and confiscated 2,394.1 kilograms of cannabis.
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