According to a yearly survey of middle and high school students, rates of marijuana use have steadied in the past few years after several years of increase. However, the number of young people who believe marijuana use is risky is decreasing (Johnston, 2014).

How do people use marijuana?
People smoke marijuana in hand-rolled cigarettes  or in pipes or water pipes . They also smoke it in blunts emptied cigars that have been partly or completely refilled with marijuana.

Marijuana Extracts

Smoking THC-rich resins extracted from the marijuana plant is on the rise. Users call this practice dabbing. People are using various forms of these extracts, such as:

• hash oil or honey oil—a gooey liquid
• wax or budder—a soft solid with a texture like lip balm
• shatter—a hard, amber-colored solid

These extracts can deliver extremely large amounts of THC to users, and their use has sent some people to the emergency room. Another danger is in preparing these extracts, which usually involves butane (lighter fluid). A number of people who have used butane to make extracts at home have caused fires and explosions and have been seriously burned.