Weed: 12 Interesting Facts You Should Know

Look at some interesting facts about the world’s most beloved plant (Weed, Marijuana, Pot).

Marijuana, also known as weed or pot, refers to the dried leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa, which contains the psychoactive and mind-altering chemical, delta-9-tetra-hydro-cannabinol, or THC, as well as other related compounds. Let’s take a fun look at some interesting facts about the world’s most beloved plant.

Researchers find that 42% of people surveyed in the U.S. have tried marijuana at least once. In contrast, only 20% of people surveyed in the Netherlands, where weed has been legal for 38 years, reported having tried pot; in Asian countries, such as Japan and China, marijuana use is virtually “non-existent,” the study finds.

Out of the estimated 22 million pounds of marijuana grown each year in the United States, nearly 80% comes from California, Tennessee, Kentucky, Hawaii and Washington.
An estimated one-third of America’s weed is grown indoors. An indoor grow module accommodating 4 plants sucks as much electricity as 29 refrigerators. In California, indoor marijuana grow modules account for about 9 percent of household electricity use.

In Colorado, where the recreational use of marijuana was recently legalized, only 9% of residents are regular pot smokers. Denver has surpassed Amsterdam as the capital of the marijuana world. The city has more than 300 stores, called dispensaries, outnumbering pharmacies, liquor stores, public schools and even Starbucks. In Colorado, recreational pot has a hard time competing with medical marijuana, which has been legal since 2000 and whose tax rate is 78% lower. Estimated pot sales are 55 tons of medical pot and 18.4 tons of recreational pot. The use among teens has not increased with the legalization of recreational weed.
Legalizing marijuana federally would generate $8.7 billion in federal and state tax revenue per year.

California was the first U.S. State that banned marijuana a century ago.
In the U.S., a sentence of life in prison without parole was given for trying to sell $10 of marijuana to an undercover officer. Over 800,000 people are arrested for marijuana in the US each year.

Support for weed legalization is rapidly outpacing opposition. A slim majority (52%) of Americans say the drug should be made legal, compared with 45% who want it to be illegal. Opinions have changed drastically since 1969, when Gallup first asked the question and found that just 12% favored legalizing marijuana use.

Weed is legal and is not even classified as a drug in North Korea.
Smoking up could be a very different experience for men and women, according to a 2014 study in the journal, Drug and Alcohol Dependence. In research on rats, it was discovered that females were more sensitive to cannabis’ painkilling qualities, but they were also more likely to develop a tolerance for the drug, which could contribute to negative side effects and dependence on marijuana.

Study after study finds that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and tobacco. The beer and alcohol industries are two of the biggest anti-marijuana advocates. Obviously, marijuana is a serious threat to alcohol sales. Due to its safer nature, marijuana is often suggested as an alternative to alcohol.

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$573 million in pot sales: Here are 12 stats that define the year in marijuana


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24 Mind-Blowing Facts About Marijuana Production in America


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A Year After Legalizing Weed, Colorado Hasn’t Gone to Pot


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50 Comments

  1. Lemon Head on April 15, 2019 at 9:25 pm

    0:46
    Michigan? Wya?



  2. DEBASISH PAL on April 15, 2019 at 9:29 pm

    Yes AHYA RASTAFARAE



  3. Greg VVischmann on April 15, 2019 at 9:30 pm

    cannabis is not similar to tobacco at all totally different chemistry beneficial to health tobacco has bad mix of chemical the big cig manufacturers put alot of bad things in cigarettes



  4. PRINCE KUMAR on April 15, 2019 at 9:30 pm

    Excellent



  5. 900fps 900fps on April 15, 2019 at 9:30 pm

    Christina Sanchez, a molecular biologist from Compultense University in Madrid, first reported in 1998 that TetraHydroCannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive component of cannabis, induces tumor cell suicide while leaving healthy non-tumor cells alone. She discovered that when exposed to THC, tumor cells not only ceased to multiply and proliferate but also destroyed themselves, both in lab tests and animal trials.
    A Harvard study from 2007, which remains the most comprehensive ever released on THC’s potential to combat tumors, also found that in just three weeks, doses of THC were able to cut lung cancer tumor growth in half in mice subjects and were able to reduce cancer lesions by even more.
    Chemical components of Cannabis, called cannabinoids, activate specific receptors found throughout the body to produce pharmacologic effects, particularly in the central nervous system and the immune system. Commercially available cannabinoids, dronabinol and nabilone, are FDA approved drugs for the treatment of cancer-related side effects.



  6. Micah Kish on April 15, 2019 at 9:30 pm

    Cannabis may save your life one day. so you are a fool for saying that its bad. beginning of Genesis KJV God said all plants that are "good to the sight and good for food". "Herbs for the service of man". I’m from WA state and this is a heavy cannabis area. i like bc bud over cali bud. herbs are  good for you brother. stop spreading devil lies from the government. you would think people would realize this by now. now that its legal, but sadly people are spreading devil lies about cannabis, shame. It is very Good for opiates addiction I know cuz I did H for a year straight and got extremely messed up and so sick i couldnt get out of bed. the devil wants us on H, so don’t play that game with me. Smoking weed helps you so much you have no idea. Everytime I take a bong rip I want to read the Holy Bible. Listen to a wise Christian, you will learn more about the Bible and God if you use cannabis daily. Ive learned so much in a year. mind you weed help me quit tobacco too.



  7. Ben Oosterom on April 15, 2019 at 9:32 pm

    Weed is not legal in The Netherlands. Get your facts straight.



  8. BLXRRIES on April 15, 2019 at 9:34 pm

    yo wtf why’d you cut us out of the america? michigan is in america WHAT



  9. Camila Maria Tamayo on April 15, 2019 at 9:34 pm

    Marijuana doesn’t give you cancer like cigarettes do. Small detail you forgot to mention.



  10. Anthony Lankford on April 15, 2019 at 9:35 pm

    Make it legal and text the shit out of it and that will help with the national debt



  11. Stealthy Weasel on April 15, 2019 at 9:36 pm

    1500 pounds. 😂 you know someone HAD to test it



  12. Lyneshia Haskins on April 15, 2019 at 9:37 pm

    SEND THIS TO THE PRESIDENT!!!



  13. Thunder Saber on April 15, 2019 at 9:41 pm

    I drive high a lot and I’d say my driving is safer? I always drive 10 under the speed limit and don’t ever realize it. My driving is more relaxed and I’m not rushed and I’m more calm, and I don’t take risks, I never try to cut anyone off, even if I can make a turn before a car is close I still don’t take it and wait. Not all people who smoke and drive are bad. Most are just idiots and don’t pay attention.



  14. Blunted Chris187 on April 15, 2019 at 9:41 pm

    What ! Life for weed ?! US government should be overthrown



  15. Chate Hinese People on April 15, 2019 at 9:43 pm

    Who’s about to smoke a joint and are here to get motivated.. Lol



  16. TheFederalTurtle p on April 15, 2019 at 9:43 pm

    That Snoop Dawg ass shit



  17. gerrit grabbelaar on April 15, 2019 at 9:43 pm

    in the netherlands weed has never been legal we just allouw it you may use but if you grow your criminal if you sel to only coffeshop may sell but its still illigal



  18. MAYBACH MUSIC on April 15, 2019 at 9:43 pm

    Legalize Cannabis!



  19. Big Broomstick on April 15, 2019 at 9:46 pm

    The funny thing is, it’s easier to get illegal drugs for teens than legal drugs.



  20. dr. stein on April 15, 2019 at 9:46 pm

    btw i never ever did crash while driving.. Infact i Enjoy the Deathly Wind



  21. soulless one on April 15, 2019 at 9:47 pm

    80% comes from those places hahah ive never had stuff from those places in 30 years



  22. Tobias on April 15, 2019 at 9:49 pm

    The title should have been “Facts about weed in the USA” ..



  23. Tasha Goodtimez on April 15, 2019 at 9:49 pm

    This may change because Canada legalized marijuana everywhere 🙌 Woah!



  24. kamiziat K on April 15, 2019 at 9:51 pm

    A study showed smoking pot pure has no harm at all to the lungs! #420



  25. Doug Merriman on April 15, 2019 at 9:51 pm

    Democrats criminalized marijuana in the 1930’s and continued to renew criminalization around 1970 completely as a racist action first against Mexicans and then against Blacks. (Look it up) F.D.R. did it. The Medical community was against its criminalization from the beginning, and again in the 70s and even today. U.V rays are more harmful than Marijuana, so are they going to criminalize going out in the Sun? More people die from bee stings, thirst, sugar, cigarettes, alcohol, water, animal attacks, the cold etc…. than from Marijuana, so why is Marijuana illegal ? Ask Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Democrat party. Democrats also brought you the KKK, Abortion, Jim Crow, etc… and so why vote Democrat? Well ask Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson who said about welfare to blacks "We’ll have those N*****s voting Democrat the next 200 years," and 55 years in, guess what . ? Suckers. Sorry, but its true. Democrats destroy everything they touch : The inner cities, Chicago, Detroit, California, Baltimore, Freedom to use Marijuana, etc…. And they want to take away your right to have a gun… A right given specifically for Blacks, by Republicans, so they could defend themselves against the Democrat KKK…



  26. beats wit dat on April 15, 2019 at 9:51 pm

    Oh ya car accidents. Lol peeps while high will think they going 70 when actually they going 5 miles per hour



  27. bubbles #2 on April 15, 2019 at 9:53 pm

    15 hundred pounds. That sounds like a challenge



  28. NIK YUNG 206 on April 15, 2019 at 9:56 pm

    Hawaii??????????



  29. Aragorn II on April 15, 2019 at 9:57 pm

    Has anybody gotten cancer from smoking marijuana?



  30. Mountains of Cilicia on April 15, 2019 at 9:59 pm

    Somebody organizing donations for a guiness world record to make a concentrate made up of 1500 pounds of herb. Then we’ll devise a rig for some arrogant sap who thinks he could get it all in 15 minutes. I would suggest some cotton filtration so he doesn’t drown from all the moisture in the concentrate, which I assume would be a glob of rosin big enough to fill a toilet bowl (there’s your rig btw). And maybe lower the amount from 1500 to 1400, just in case.



  31. Tyreese Turn Flow Gilliam on April 15, 2019 at 10:01 pm

    Watching video while smoking a blunt



  32. Lyneshia Haskins on April 15, 2019 at 10:02 pm

    I believe some people cannot handle it . They have to go through a class … To prepare for a great time.



  33. cfw Jason on April 15, 2019 at 10:04 pm

    weed doesn’t kill you. how you smoke it is what does



  34. ꧁Lil Fairy꧂ on April 15, 2019 at 10:05 pm

    Yay Tennessee!



  35. Dora Gross on April 15, 2019 at 10:08 pm

    B



  36. Jay on April 15, 2019 at 10:08 pm

    Life in prison withought parole for trying to sell 10 dollars worth of weed to a under cover police officer wow weeeeeeeeeee



  37. FAME US on April 15, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    Denver is my home



  38. YO'MON GAMER on April 15, 2019 at 10:10 pm

    LOOOL THIS IS BS PEOPLE DIE OF WEED AND PEOPLE THat smoke weed are zzfuckin rapists and murders



  39. AS A LEGEND on April 15, 2019 at 10:12 pm

    I love weed ❤️❤️😍😍



  40. Charlie Cross on April 15, 2019 at 10:13 pm

    I prefer cannabis indica



  41. Ryan Savage on April 15, 2019 at 10:17 pm

    0:46 i guess michigan isn’t a thing anymore?



  42. akshay adkurkar on April 15, 2019 at 10:18 pm

    People are smart these days… They grow their own.



  43. Arex on April 15, 2019 at 10:19 pm

    You always hear the story of how a drunk father comes home and beats his children, case-and-point the memoir Angela’s Ashes, but have you ever heard of someones stoned father coming home and beating his kids. I can tell you a terrifying story, I moved to a small town in Illinois, and my neighbor was a stoner, what did she do? Did she murder my parents? Did she get stoned and drive her car into my house by mistake? No, she did something much worse, she offered to help with my Advanced Health assignment by explaining how she uses weed to help with her Multiple Sclerosis…scary stuff.



  44. DGgaminguniverse313 on April 15, 2019 at 10:19 pm

    Shit dangerous about smoking weed



  45. Jasiel C on April 15, 2019 at 10:20 pm

    The only issue i have with weed is that i hate smoke. But as he said; there another ways.



  46. Jay Dill on April 15, 2019 at 10:21 pm

    Leds cobs specially now make this much more efficient. Look 100% for some crees. This vid is outdated



  47. RandomNudeGuy on April 15, 2019 at 10:21 pm

    1:15 And Now Canada Surpassed Denver as The Capital of The Marijuana World 😀



  48. Andrew Francis on April 15, 2019 at 10:21 pm

    9999:99



  49. Gert B. Frobe on April 15, 2019 at 10:22 pm

    1500 pounds or how many mgs of thc or if it was concentrate how much



  50. dominick sinclair on April 15, 2019 at 10:23 pm

    NEW YORK STOP FRONTIN AND FAKIN,,,,.AND JUST LEGALIZE MARIJUANA !!