Basic Facts
Any substance, besides food, taken into the body that can change the way you think, feel, or act.
Drug
Marijuana has a negative effect on the development of the teenage brain. At what age does a brain typically stop developing.
25 years old.
Electronic devices that have a battery, a heating element, and a place to hold liquid.
E-cigarettes
What is a "Gateway" drug?
A habit-forming drug that may lead to the use of other addictive drugs.
_________ is the most popular illegal drug used in the United States today.
Marijuana
The main mind-altering chemical in marijuana.
THC
Heart, lung, and liver disease.
What is long term effects of Marijuana?
The most commonly used tobacco product among youth.
E-cigarettes or "vapes"
The average age for beginning marijuana users.
12 years old!
Feeling dependent on a substance or activity.
Addiction
Marijuana is a mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the _____________ plant.
Cannabis or Hemp
Marijuana is classified as a _________________ type drug. (Example - Tobacco is a classified as a stimulant.)
Depressant
The action of inhaling and exhaling the vapor produced by an e-cigarette or similar device.
"Vaping"
The main reason Medical Marijuana is prescribed by doctors.
To relieve symptoms from chronic diseases.
5 nicknames or slang names for Marijuana.
What is weed, pot, reefer, grass, dope, hash, kush, MJ, boom, reggie, etc
How long does Marijuana usually stay in your body for?
30 days (1 month)
What are three side "short-term" side effects of marijuana?
Paranoia, increased heart rate, dry mouth, red eyes, lessened coordination and balance, poor decision-making and memory, relaxed muscles, etc.
A single e-cigarette pod contains as much nicotine as how many regular cigarettes?
A pack of 20
Approximately _____% of 8th graders say it would be easy to get marijuana.
35-45%
Medically prescribed cannabis is often used to reduce nausea and vomiting in cancer patients going through what?
Chemotherapy
Marijuana contains close to ______ chemicals!
400-421 chemicals!
Within one hour of smoking marijuana, your heart rate increases by how much? (%)
Approximately 15-20% (this makes a heart attack 4-times more likely)
These are "cancer causing agents" in cigarettes and e-cigarettes...chemicals known to cause cancer.
Carcinogens
Provide 4 reasons why marijuana use is on the rise among middle school students.
Increase in availability, being misguided about
it as being harmless, unaware of the long term effects, accepted by society through media and radio, least expensive of all drugs, next to alcohol
THC affects a part of the brain called the _________________, which is critical for processing and storing new information, making it difficult to learn.
Hippocampus