Marijuana
30% of users are at the age of what?
12-17 years old
What is the symptom when you have suspicions about others
Paranoia
What are 3 common slang name for marijana?
Bud, Chronic, Endo
What is the term when people hear and see things that are not there?
Schizophrenia
Sensory distirtion Panic Anxiety Poor coordination movement are all factors of
Short-Term effects
True or False: marijuana does not help with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity/Disorder (ADHD).
True
Increase rate of the heart when marijuana is used
20-100% increase rate
The plant that marijuana comes from.
What is hemp?
Marijuana is a _______ drug, which may lead the user to use more dangerous drugs
Gateway
Increase of abnormally strured cells in the body
What are long-term effects
These are the stages of behavioral effects on marijuana.
What is buzz, high, stoned, come down
CB1 receptors are found in these areas.
What are basal ganglia, cortex, cerebellum, and hippocampus
The chemicals found in marijuana are called this.
What is cannabinoids
What is one of the intoxication efects of marijuna?
appitite stimulation
CB2 receptors are largely found in this area of the body.
What is the periphery (skin and immune system)
CB1 receptors are expressed in areas important for these things.
CB1 receptors are expressed in areas important for these things.
What are motor coordination, pain, nausea and memory
The mechanism of action for endocannabinoids
What is the release of anandamide and 2-AG postsynaptically, which inhibits presynaptic release
"I need more of the drug to feel good"
What is Tolerance
"I have to have this drug"
What is Dependence
The site of action for cannabinoids.
What are Cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2)
Endocannabinoids are derived from this substance.
What is arachidonic acid (a fatty acid found in membranes).
Neurotransmitters in the body that are similar to cannabinoids are called this.
What is endocannabinoids?
what type of drug is Marijuana?
It fits into all groups.
Marijuana activates this pathway promoting release of a NT in the Nucleus Accumbens?
What is the mesolimbic pathway (promoting the release of DA)
"I don't have a drug problem"
What is Denial