Vocabulary 1
the measured amount of a chemical such as a drug to be taken at one time.
What is Dose
The chemical in marijuana often associated with medical benefits is called
What is CBD
Marijuana comes from this plant
What is Indian Hemp Plant?
List 2 Long term effects
What is:
Decline in IQ
Poor School Performance
Impaired thinking and ability to learn and perform complex tasks
Increase in addiction
A place where scientific experiments are done or products such as drugs are made.
What is a laboratory
Something that is allowed by law.
What is Legal
This is something that could happen to men whom smoke marijuana regularly
What is temporary Sterility?
Marijuana is one of the most ________________ drugs in the world!
What is abused?
List 2 short-term effects
What is:
short-term memory problems
Hallucinations
Lowered reaction time
Problems with coordination
In adolescent users, marijuana stalls the growth and development of this part of the brain.
What is Pre-frontal cortex?
To make sure
What is Ensure?
This can happen to a pregnant woman whom smokes marijuana regularly
What is give birth to a premature, underweight baby?
The chemical that causes the high in marijuana
What is THC
Marijuana is the ______________________ most psychoactive substance found among drivers after alcohol.
What is Second?
cells that are part of the nervous system and send messages to and from the brain.
Nerve Cells
The state of being poisonous to someone or something
What is Toxicity?
The force with which blood pumps through the body
What is blood pressure?
Marijuana contains over this amount of chemicals
What is 400?
Any substance that intoxicates causes changes to the __________________________ and ___________________________
What is body and mind?
The feel good chemical released in the brain
What is dopamine?
dexterity and ease of coordination in the execution of body motions.
What is Motor Skills
CBD prolongs cancer cells from pulling vitamins and nutrients from this system/part of the body
What is skeletal system/ what are bones
Allowed by law!
What is legal?
THC is classified as the ____________________________________ of the marijuana plant>
What is protective mechanism?
In order for something to be classified as medicine two things have to be done to a substance. What are those two things?
What is standardized and dosed?