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Drug War 101
True or False
100
Voters in this state approved medical marijuana dispensaries in November, legislature is now looking to enact laws to regulate those dispensaries
What is Maine
100
that federal anti-drug laws do not permit an exception for medical cannabis and rejected the common-law medical necessity defense to crimes enacted under the Controlled Substances Act
What is United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Coop case of 2001
100
any amount of marijuana (first offense), is a misdemeanor, 1 year incarceration, maximum fine of $1,000
What is possession
100
a substance that alters the mind in a psychoactive way but is illegal in the eyes of the law and punishable with criminal justice
What is an illicit drug
100
Marijuana is not addictive.
False, Marijuana is very psychologically addictive. After a short time, users want more. Smoking it seems the only way to feel “normal.” Tolerance increases, so more is smoked. You have become addicted. Ordinary problems and frustrations are not dealt with, responsibilities are ignored, time is wasted. Life without marijuana seems boring so you use more and become even more seriously addicted
200
Legalizes the possession of marijuana for adults age 21 and older, Washington farmers an d businesses will be allowed to apply for special licenses to grow and sell marijuana, sets a science-based limit of 5ng/ml active THC blood concentration
What is Initiative 502
200
the United States Supreme Court ruling that under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, the United States Congress may criminalize the production and use of home-grown cannabis even where states approve its use for medicinal purposes
What is Gonzales v. Raich
200
Less than 50 kg, felony, 5 years incarceration, fine of $250,000
What is sale of marijuana
200
the theory that using marijuana leads people to use harder drugs like cocaine and heroin
What is Gateway Theory
200
Marijuana is the most popular and frequently used drug by teens.
False. Alcohol is more popular and more used by teens. Alcohol contains ethanol which acts as a depressant, a downer.
300
in this state cultivation of 1,000 plants or less is a felony, punishable by 2 years to life in prison and a $20,000 fine
What is Oklahoma
300
Alaska's supreme court became the first—and only—state or federal court to announce n adult's ability to use and possess a small amount of marijuana in the home for personal use
What is Ravin v. State 1975
300
100-999 plants, felony, 20 years incarceration, fine of $1,000,000
What is cultivation
300
In 1972 President Richard Nixon appointed a panel for decriminalizing marijuana and a policy of control based on medical risk
What is National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse
300
At least one-third of Americans have used marijuana sometime in their lives.
True
400
in this state possession of paraphernalia is a class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $500.
What is Texas
400
US government threatened physicians who recommended marijuana with the loss of their license. Physicians and patients filed this class action lawsuit. The US District Court and the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found for the physicians and issued a Permanent Injunction, which permits physicians to discuss marijuana with their patients and to approve the use of marijuana in their medical treatment
What is Conant v. Walters (formerly Conant v. McCaffrey)
400
Classifies cannabis as a Scheduled I drug and defines it as a drug "with no accepted medical value in treatment"
What is The Controlled Substances Act
400
The narcotics bureaucracy had found a gateway drug law, a revenue bill and banned an entire plant species through regulation enforcement,
What is Marijuana Tax Act 1937
400
Marijuana a gateway drug.
True, Among marijuana’s most harmful consequences is its role in leading to the use of other illegal drugs like heroin and cocaine. Long-term studies of students who use drugs show that very few young people use other illegal drugs without first trying marijuana. While not all young people who use marijuana go on to use other drugs, using marijuana sometimes lowers inhibitions about drug use and exposes users to a culture that encourages use of other drugs.
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