Marijuana Terms
Marijuana that is consumed as medicine for a health condition
medical marijuana
Involves exercise, eating healthy, sleeping 8 hours a night
Physical
Brain cell
Neuron
allowed by the law
legal
a popular but untrue belief about something
myth
part of the cannabis plant often used for making cloth, soap and food
Hemp
Involves stress, balancing life events, feeling safe and secure, expressing emotions positively
Emotional
how the body and brain communicate
Neurotransmitter
not allowed by the law
illegal
Someone between the ages of 9-17, also considered a pre-teen or teenager
adolescent
Plant grown for rituals, medicine, and recreation
Cannabis
Relating to friends, family, school, and everyone around you
Social
The space in between the ends of cell receptors
Synapse
laws that apply to the United States as a whole, not just individual states
federal
Someone who stands by and does nothing to help a situation
Bystander
call that regulates appetite, mood, memory, pain, pleasure, movement, reactions
cannabinoid
Clean air and water, having food sources nearby, having a safe surrounding
environmental
part of the brain that helps plan, control impulses, and make decisions
prefrontal cortex
period in history when marijuana (and alcohol) were not allowed
prohibition
the people we associate with, like our friends and those who are most like us
tribe
Psychoactive chemical in cannabis that causes a person to get high
THC (delta9-Tetrahydrocannabinol)
maintained or improved by living in align with your morals, values and ethics
Spiritual
receives messages from neurotransmitters
receptor
legal consequences for someone who is under the age of 18 caught with marijuana
minor-in-possession (MIP) charge
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