OTHER
HEALTH
CHEMICALS
FACTS
LAWS PERTAINING TO MARIJUANA
100
This drug causes the greatest numbers of deaths in our country?
Tobacco
100
What is the major organ that when marijuana is used increases its speed from 20-100 percent?
Heart
100
What is the main chemical found in marijuana?
THC
100
When was marijuana first discovered for medical purposes?
4000 BC
100
In what year was marijuana first banned in?
1923
200
This is the most popular drug among young people and causes loss of inhibition?
ecstasy
200
Marijuana is used to treat what diseases? (Name at least three)
Asthma,Glaucoma,Cancer ext.
200
How many compounds are found in the cannabis plant?
483
200
What is the most commonly used illegal drug in the U.S?
Marijuana
200
In what 2 states in the USA recently marijuana legal in?
Washington State and Colorado
300
This drug causes the second greatest number of deaths each year?
alcohol
300
What chemical benefits does marijuana have to veterans?
marijuana helps veterans deal with post traumatic stress disorder
300
What chemical in marijuana stops cancer by turning off a gene called Id-1
Cannabadiol
300
Has anyone died from marijuana?
No
300
What is the percentage of drug related crimes that involve marijuana?
90%
400
How many people are arrested for marijuana in the U.S. Each year?
Over 800,000
400
How many states allow medical marijuana?
23
400
which form of marijuana is used for medical purposes?
Indica
400
By adding law enforcement costs and depriving governments of the revenue, how much money is wasted from keeping marijuana off the streets?
Prohibition of marijuana costs U.S tax payers $41.8 Billion per year
400
What law was passed in 1937 concerning marijuana?
The Marihuana tax act of 1937
500
Name two methods of consumption of marijuana?
Smoking and edibles
500
Does marijuana cause any type of memory loss?
Short term memory loss
500
what form of marijuana is often refereed to as green dragon?
tincture
500
Who was the first country to make growing, selling, and consuming marijuana legal? And what year was it in?
Uruguay, in 2013
500
In Decemeber 2012 what state was the first to legalize cannabis?
washington
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