History
Age to purchase non-medicinal cannabis/marijuana at a dispensary in the state of Arizona?
What is 21?
Part of NAU Campus Health Services that can assist students with any cannabis/marijuana questions.
What is Health Promotions?
The psychoactive component on cannabis/marijuana that alters the brain and body.
What is THC?
(Tetrahydrocannabinol)
True or False: Cannabis helps college students make better grades during tests
What is false? Marijuana/cannabis can effect your memory and concentration.
A place on campus where you can receive confidential counseling and help with substance misuse.
What is the Campus Health Services, Counseling Dept?
Ethnic group that uses marijuana/cannabis as a religious sacrament.
Who are Rastafarians?
90% of college cannabis users report co-use of both cannabis and alcohol, risking the chance of having to deal with this uncomfortable state.
What is a "greenout?" Or Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome(CHS) can occur when there are large of amounts of both drugs consumed, which leads to nausea and cyclical vomiting. In Colorado, rates of CHS have doubled since 2009, when cannabis was legalized there.
Type of consumption absorbs THC the fastest
What is smoking? Holding in smoke allows toxins to linger in your lungs for a longer period of time but doesn't make anyone more "high."
People tend to overdose when using this form of cannabis
What is edibles?
Since the onset, time it takes to hit your system takes 1-2 hours.
A free, confidential, online assessment that gives you personalized feedback on your cannabis use
What is ScreenU?
If taken at a high doses, this form of cannabis can cause hallucinations, panic attacks and vomiting.
What are edibles?
Percent of NAU students have NEVER used marijuana.
What is 81%? (NCHA, Spring 2021)
The suggested amount of time a person should wait to drive after smoking cannabis.
What is 4 hours? Impairment can typically last 4 hours after smoking. Edibles can impair a driving up to 8-10 hours!
Studies show cannabis can impair tracking, reaction and psychomotor control for this activity
What is driving?
The neuro-cognitive effects of cannabis on memory, learning and mental state may reverse after doing this.
What is abstaining or a substantial reduction in use? Aka what is a T-break or Tolerance break?
Government agency that currently classifies cannabis/marijuana as a Schedule 2 drug.
What is the DEA? Drug Enforcement Administration
3 possible withdrawal symptoms from cannabis/marijuana use
What is Sleeplessness, Irritability, Decreased appetite, Anxiety, Cravings.
Medical Marijuana cards are not recognized on college campus due to this law.
What is Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act ? Medical cards are determined by state law, but federal regulations prohibit cannabis from being used or stored on any higher ed institution, on a national level.
Studies show cannabis can help at first, but like most drugs our bodies will build a tolerance, eventually interrupting REM.
What is sleep?
Cannabis/marijuana use has been significantly associated in studies with this other substance use behavior.
What is cigarette smoking?
Today THC can range from 12-28% for bud, 40-80% for edibles and 70-99% for concentrates, oils and wax. Prior to the 1990's this was the THC content in cannabis.
What was 2%?
Federally, this is marijuana/cannabis use status on a college campus
What is illegal? Cannabis possession/consumption is illegal on ANY college campus and in violation of federal law due to the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act
Considered a barrier to cannabis research.
What is classification by the DEA, federal regulation that labels marijuana or cannabis as a Schedule 2 drug, making it federally illegal.
If marijuana/cannabis is used on a frequent basis this physical complex condition, a brain disease can occur.
What is addiction? Anyone can develop a use disorder if they are heavy users known as Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD).
Name the first and second substance commonly found in drivers who have been involved in collisions
What is alcohol and cannabis?