Marijuana is most often consumed for it's psychoactive and physiological effect which can include heightened mood or euphoria, relaxation, and increase in appetite. Some unwanted side-effects include short-term memory, dry mouth, impaired motor skills, reddening of the eyes and feeling of paranoia or anxiety.
The use of marijuana was once associated with oppressed ethnic groups!The intense anti-marijuana movement of the 1930s dovetailed nicely with the intense anti-Chicano movement of the same decade. They associated the use of marijuana with Mexican Americans, and by banning marijuana they thought this would discourage Mexican-American subcultures from developing!
