What years did the United States effectively decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana?
Between 1973 and 1978
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How many U.S. states currently have compassionate use laws in place, which allow for regulated medical marijuana use?
13
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Bath SaltsWhat more recently popular drug can be identified by the name, “White Lightning”?
Bath Salts
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The most popular recreational or mood-altering drug used worldwide.
What is alcohol?
100
True or False:Current seizure data reveals higher levels of Ecstasy seizures are here in the United States.
True, Ecstasy statistics for the United States show that in fiscal year 2010, more than 15.1 million Ecstasy tablets were seized. The Northern Border of the United States is where the largest amount of Ecstasy is seized each year.
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During the 1970s the reason for changes in drug laws can be generally explained by what?
Liberalization of public attitudes toward drugs.
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The first U.S. state to legally allow medical marijuana for patients with a valid doctor’s recommendation of medical marijuana.
What is California?
200
A “hard drug” that was marketed as a cough suppressant in the late 1890s.
What is Heroin?
200
Marijuana was first used as a medicinal drug in 2737 B.C. by?
Chinese emperor Shen Nung
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Marijuana is the most common illegal drug used in the United States. Yes or No?
Yes, approximately 100 million Americans have tried marijuana at least once, and more than 25 million have smoked it in the last year.
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Why did reform against marijuana take place?
Increased crime in the youth.
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What are the penalties for possession of cocaine?
Less than 1 g.: state jail felony; 1-4 g.: 3rd degree felony; 4-200 g.: 2nd degree felony; 200-400 g.: 1st degree felony; 400 g. and over: 10-99 yrs. or life at Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice institution and/or $100,000 fine.
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What is one state that have adopted the use of medicinal marijuana?
Any of the 13 that legalize medical marijuana use.-AK, CA, CO,HI, ME, MI, MT, NV, NM, OR, RI, VT, and WA
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According to one report, it would take 800 joints to kill a person—but the cause of death would be carbon monoxide poisoning.
True or False
What is True?
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According to one national survey on drug use, each day approximately 6,000 Americans try marijuana for the first time. True or False
True
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When caught with small quantities of marijuana the penalties were?
A small fine.
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The law did not prohibit marijuana use but imposed such a heavy tax that legal sale and use became nearly impossible.
What is U.S. by the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937.
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It contains substituted cathinones, which have effects similar to amphetamine and cocaine.
What are bath salts?
400
The psychoactive side effects of THC in small doses include loss of inhibition, elation, and a distorted sense of time. Yes or No
Yes.The drug can also cause increased visual sensitivity and heightened imagination.
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How many adults use marijuana at least once per year?
It is estimated that about 162 million;and 22.5 million use the drug daily.
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True or False: A charge of possession in a state that had decriminalized marijuana generally would not lead to arrest?
True
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It illegal to possess, use, buy, sell, or cultivate marijuana in the United States. The law classifies marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, meaning it has a high potential for abuse and no acceptable medical use.
What is The Controlled Substances Act of 1970?
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What is known today as the ‘most harmful drug’?
'The Devil's Breath' is such a powerful drug that it can remove the capacity for free will and kill.
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Should Drugs Be Decriminalized? Yes or No? Why?
Varies.
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Approximately 90% of offenders charged with marijuana-related crimes were arrested for possession only in what year?
In 2007,900,000 arrests for marijuana violations were made in the United States.