What is the name of the 1936 cult classic film that depicted marijuana as detrimental to a person's well-being and to society?
What is Reefer Madness
100
What is the name of the organization studying MDMA and cannabis for various uses in therapy?
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
100
Name at least 3 combinations that don't mix well with alcohol (25 pts. per extra combination)
What are: ketamine, mdma, mda, benzodiazepines, GHB, MXE, DXM, opioids/opiates, antidepressants, other psychedelic drugs (LSD, psilocybin)
100
Through what process have all of the legalization initiatives been passed so far?
What is through ballot initiatives
100
Open-ended question: Why is the prohibition of drugs more dangerous than the drugs themselves?
Answers may vary. All answers are correct
200
Which U.S. President presided over the largest increase in federal and state prison inmates (due to his drug policies) during his presidency?
Who is President Bill Clinton
200
Name 2 (out of 4) applications for MDMA as an adjunct to therapy
What are PTSD, autism, social anxiety, and couples therapy
200
If someone is overdosing on what you believe to be MDMA, How should you respond? 2 answers. (+50 points for extra answers)
Call a paramedic or EMT if you suspect they are in danger, get them to a cool and calm safe space, put a wet cloth on their forehead to bring down their temperature, offer them water, food, or something with electrolytes, do breathing exercises to help them maintain an open airway and regulate heart rate
200
What are the 7 states and 1 district that have passed legal cannabis legislation?
What are Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Washington, Washinton D.C., Massachusetts, Maine, and Nevada
200
Under Connecticut's decriminalization laws, how much cannabis can a person have in their possession before they are charged with a misdemeanor?
What is no more than 1/2oz
300
In what year did President Richard Nixon declare the war on drugs?
What is 1971
300
What was the name of the torturous CIA project where CIA officials were researching psychedelics and other drug combinations as chemical warfare, truth serum, and tools for psychological torture?
What is project MKULTRA
300
What is the name of the opiate/opioid overdose reversal drug? (+100-200 bonus points if you can name its full neurochemical action)
What is naloxone (Narcan); Naloxone is a competitive(100) antagonist(50) on μ-opiate(50) receptors
300
What is the date that legalization (Amendment 64) was passed in Colorado?
What is November 6th, 2012
300
Name 4 effective ways of grassroots organizing? (+50pts for more answers)
Possible answers: phonebanking, lobbying, emailing/calling representatives, protesting, petitioning, organizing forums, educating your peers, social media
400
Why was the war on drugs started, as stated by Nixon's aide John Ehrlichman?
What is to criminalize blacks, minorities, and the anti-war left "hippies"
400
What are 3 other institutions that are researching psychedelics?
What are John Hopkins, NYU, Yale, The Imperial College of London, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Stanford School of Medicine, The New School,
400
Why is it problematic/dangerous when MDMA (ecstasy) and antidepressants are taken together?
What is because both antidepressants (primarily SSRIs and MAOIs) and MDMA increase serotonin levels, which may cause serotonin syndrome and/or decrease levels of serotonin in the brain afterward. Some antidepressants (NDRIs) in combination with MDMA can increase the likelihood of seizure as well.
400
How many states have legalized medical marijuana?
What are 28 states
400
Name 2 politicians in the CT state legislature that are proponents of cannabis legalization?
What is Greg Haddad, Juan Candelaria, Melissa Ziobron, Cris Soto, Robyn Porter, Martin Looney, Toni Walker, Gary Winfield
500
What American drug czar is almost single-handedly responsible for criminalizing cannabis in 1930?
Who is Harry Anslinger
500
What is the receptor in the brain that is acted upon by LSD and psilocybin and plays a role in memory, learning, and drug addiction? (+100 points for pinning down the EXACT receptor subtype)
What is the serotonin 5-HT2a receptor
500
What are the four principles of psychedelic harm reduction? (+100 per principle, 500 if you get them all correct)
What are: 1. Create a safe space 2. Sitting not guiding 3. Talk through, not down 4. Difficult is not bad
500
What year did California become the first state to legalize medical marijuana? (Proposition 15)
What is 1996
500
In what year did Portugal decriminalize the use of all drugs?