WHO. Health and Social Effects of Nonmedical Cannabis Use (the), World Health Organization, 2016. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/citytech-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5910096.
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The book, “The Health and Social Effects of Non-medical marijuana” created by the World Health Organization (W.H.O) based in Switzerland explains the effects of marijuana health wise and social wise. Marijuana or also known as cananbis is a psychoactive dried flower buds, leaves, or preparations (such as hashish) or chemicals (such as THC) that are derived from the cannabis plant. Marijuana initially came from Central Asia before individuals brought the plant into Africa, Europe, and ultimately the Americas. Hemp fiber was utilized to make clothing, paper, sails, and rope, and its seeds were utilized as food. This drug can be smoked like a cigarette or through a bong. Before marijuana was used for medical purposes but now it is mostly used as a recreational drug nowadays. When marijuana is smoked and inhaled, the chemical known as THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) is released through the bloodstream . THC or (Tetrahydrocannabinol) is the main component in marijuana that is responsible for psychological effects. After being smoke, THC floods the body with its chemical creating the infamous so-called “high.” The marijuana “high” results from THC’s impacts on the nerve cells that control sensory perception and pleasure. When high, you develop a increased appetite and the feeling of being relaxed state. According to the book it states, “These conditions apply to the short-term euphoric and relaxing effects sought by cannabis users and to some of its dysphoric effects (e.g. anxiety symptoms that are experienced by some users).”  some other symptoms include  euphoria and disinhibition, anxiety or agitation, suspiciousness or paranoid ideation, temporal showing (a sense that time is passing very slowly, and/or the person is experiencing a rapid flow of ideas, impaired judgment, impaired attention, impaired reaction time, auditory, visual, or tactile illusions; hallucinations with preserved orientation; depersonalization, derealization, and interference with personal functioning. Over time this drug can become high addictive to have psychological disadvantages like lowering brain function and frequent mood swings.
The organization who wrote this article is the World Health Organzation (W.H.O). World Health Organzation is the United Nations agency that connects nations, partners and people to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable  so everyone everywhere can attain the highest level of health. Founded in 1948, WHO leads global efforts to expand universal health coverage. They direct and coordinate the worldâs response to health emergencies. The primary audience is teens and adults who smokes or want to learn more about t. Other audience might be teachers using this to teach kids on drug use. The reason of the agency posting this is to educate and inform people on this popular drug and what it can do to your body mentally and physically. To learn more about this, you can search it on there website, www.who.int.
Key Quotes:
- “The short-term effects of cannabis use are those that can occur shortly after a single occasion of use. These short-term effects depend on the dose received, the mode of administration, the userâs prior experience with cannabis, any concurrent drug use, and the âset and settingâ â i.e. the userâs expectations, attitudes towards the effects of cannabis, mood state, and the social setting in which it is used (Fehr & Kalant, 1983)”
- “This report evaluates the evidence on whether long-term cannabis use is a contributory cause of the following health outcomes: dependence, cognitive impairment, mental disorders (psychoses, depression, anxiety and suicidal behaviour), and adverse physical health effects such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and respiratory and other cancers. More information can be found in chapters 6 and 7 of this report.”
- “Brain imaging studies comparing school students who are regular long-term cannabis users and non-using students typically find poorer cognitive performance and large decreases in perfusion in the former using SPECT scans (Mena et al., 2013). These changes could partially explain the lower educational attainment and lower grades among chronic cannabis users (Volkow et al., 2014a) and are discussed in more detail in section 6.1.2.”
Sam, when you quote directly from History.com (” Marijuana initially came from Central Asia before individuals brought the plant into Africa, Europe, and ultimately the Americas. Hemp fiber was utilized to make clothing, paper, sails, and rope, and its seeds were utilized as food.”) or the WHO (The organization who wrote this article is the World Health Organzation (W.H.O). World Health Organzation is the United Nations agency that connects nations, partners and people to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable so everyone everywhere can attain the highest level of health. Founded in 1948, WHO leads global efforts to expand universal health coverage. They direct and coordinate the worldâs response to health emergencies.), even if you change 1-2 words, that’s officially plagiarism. Anything you didn’t write yourself has to be in quotes. This is just a homework assignment, so you won’t get in trouble for it– I realize it’s just a mistake, but you absolutely can not turn something like this in for a final paper. A summary is summing up what you’ve read in your own words.
Also, the second paragraph isn’t a rhetorical analysis– that’s just the mission statement of the WHO. In a rhetorical analysis, you’re thinking about language and communication– HOW is the writer getting their message across. How does the language they choose appeal to one audience as opposed to another? How does “High Times” for example, talk about weed differently than the WHO and why?