Marijuana (also known as cannabis, reefer, pot, ganja - as well as many other forms of slang), has been used for thousands of years. In America, it rose in popularity in the 1960's and 70's. It is a psychoactive drug which is made up of dried leaves of female plants. It can be rolled and smoked like a cigarette or smoked in a bong with water. It is illegal in some countries while others have reduced and even let people smoke it openly such as Colorado and Washington. Did you know in Oregon it is illegal to possess or sell marijuana but you can smoke it openly on your own property? Is marijuana addictive? Yes. Then again, then again so is caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol. But is marijuana more addicting than caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol? There are three main types of marijuana. Cannabis Sativa, Cannabis Indica, Cannabis Ruderalis. You may have heard of something called "Skunk Weed?" This is a hybrid of Cannabis Indica. While marijuana is still a controlled substance under federal law, 13 U.S. states currently have compassionate use laws in place, which allow for regulated medical marijuana use: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington (Armentano, 2013). An additional 17 states and the District of Columbia have legislated to recognize the value of medical marijuana but do not protect users from federal prosecution. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 22,073 United States citizens died from alcohol related reasons in 2006, excluding accidents and homicides. More than 13,000 died from alcoholic liver disease. To this day, there has yet to be recorded one credible case of death due to marijuana, and tests on lab rat's show that the amount of chemicals necessary for overdose versus the amount necessary for intoxication is something like 40000:1. For reference purposes, the ratio is 4:1-10:1 for alcohol (McAdory, 2013). Alcohol has b