Brain Chemistry
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Cannabis
Alcohol
100
A major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the human brain (slows down makes it less likely there will be a signal) that is triggered by ethanol
What is GABA?
100
Economic costs of alcohol abuse in the US, according to the CDC
What is $150 billion per year or more? (And about 100k deaths per year)
100
Diazepam Valium, alprozolam Xanax, lorazepam Ativan, clonazepam Klonipin are all these kinds of drugs.
What are benzodiazepines?
100
Concentrated resin from marijuana.
What is hash/hashish?
100
The measure of how much alcohol (ethanol) is contained in an alcoholic beverage
What is a proof?
200
The most common neurotransmitter in the brain which is also a major excitatory neurotransmitter. Ethanol is antagonist for these receptors.
What is glutamate?
200
The number of prescriptions for sleeping pills distributed per year
What is about 50 million perscriptions?
200
Two examples of synthetic cannabidiols that are medically prescribed.
What is Marinol® and Sativex®?
200
The ratio of 95/5
What is the maximum azeotrope of ethanol and water?
300
Substances produced from within the body that activate cannabinoid receptors.
What are endocannabinoids?
300
An law passed in 1906 that required companies to label their products.
What is the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act?
300
The highest concentration of THC is found in the cannabis plant.
What is the flowers?
300
In the Gonzales vs. Raich case in 2005, the US Supreme Court determined this about marijuana regulation.
What is the federal govt can continue arresting people who use medical marijuana, even if use is permitted under state laws. Court did not overturn any state laws, and indicated that Congress must be the institution to change federal law regarding marijuana.
300
How quickly an average body metabolizes "one drink" (1 oz. spirit, 12 oz beer or 4 oz glass of wine)
What is one hour.
400
Ethanol metabolism in the liver transforms from ethanol into this.
What is ethanol is converted into acetaldehyde by alcohol dehydrogenase and then into the acetic acid by acetaldehyde dehydrogenase.
400
A law passed in 1914 that regulated and taxed the production, importation, and distribution of opiates and Coca products.
What is the Harrison Narcotics Act?
400
What inhalant general anesthetic was used in medicine until the middle of the 20th century, and was then replaced due to its tendency to oxidize and become explosive?
What is Diethyl ether?
400
The primary psychoactive chemical in cannabis identified by Raphael Machoulam in 1964
What is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol THC?
400
Growth retardation, malformation of facial structure, behavioral and attentional problems can all be symptoms of
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
500
Ethanol blocks presynaptic reuptake of this inhibitory neurotransmitter
What is adenosine?
500
A law in 1984 that established sentencing guidelines based on drug type and quantity and established a US Sentencing Commission for all federal crime.
What is Comprehensive Crime Control Act?
500
The opium poppy originates from which part of the world
What is central Europe and the Mediterranean?
500
The first endocannbinoid molecule to be discovered was named after the Sanskrit word for bliss. The name of this molecule is
What is anandamide "anand"?
500
The lethal dose of alcohol
What is .4 BAC (blood alcohol content)?
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