Blue Sage
A green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant.
What is marijuana?
All cannabis products contain the psychoactive (mind-altering) chemical.
What is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)?
A joint, bong, edibles, tea, and a blunt.
What are different forms of marijuana that people use?
Up to ___% of Grade 12 students smoke marijuana daily.
What is 10%
True or False - Marijuana is getting stronger.
What is True? Typical street marijuana contains 4-6x more THC than naturally occurring marijuana (5% vs 14-30%).
Shatter can contain up to 80% THC.
True of False - Marijuana can be addictive.
What is True? 9% of regular marijuana users develop an addiction to it. Youth are twice as likely to experience a marijuana addiction than adults.
People who begin using marijuana before age 18 are 4 to 7 times more likely than adults to develop problem use.
Heavy Marijuana use in youth is associated with...
What is lasting cognitive impairments in attention, working memory, thinking speed, structural changes to the brain, and lower IQ?
True or False - Daily pot use amongst youth impacts their schooling.
What is True? Youth who smoke pot daily are 60% less likely to finish high school or post-secondary school.
True or False - Marijuana can be a trigger for developing psychosis.
What is True? Regular use as an adolescent doubles the risk of developing psychosis. the younger the person, the more intense the use, the greater the risk. Risk is even higher for those who have a family member with mental illness.
True or False - Marijuana impacts a person's ability to drive.
What is true? Marijuana compromises reaction, time, attention, visual ability and judgment which increases the likelihood of a crash if driving high.
True or False - Marijuana use is okay during pregnancy.
True or false - The brains of younger users are at higher risk.
What is True? Brains develop until age 25, meaning younger users are at a higher risk. Cannabis impairs cognition and emotions. Psychotic symptoms that may be triggered include: paranoia, disorganized thoughts and speech, delusional thinking, hallucinations.
The effects of smoked marijuana can last between ____ hours.
What is 1-3 hours? If consumed in foods, the effects come on slower and may not last as long. However, because edibles containing marijuana are often unlabeled or poorly labeled, teens can use too much waiting for the "high" and end up in the emergency room with side effects.
Marijuana's effects on a person depend on a number of factors including:
What are: person’s previous experience with the drug or other drugs, biology (e.g., genes), gender, how the drug is taken, and the drug’s potency (strength)?
Potency - referring to the amount of THC is important because...
What is it may place the person at greater risk? For example needing an emergency room visit, and/or at greater risk of addiction?
True or False - Smoking marijuana can impact the lungs.
What is True? Marijuana smoke does irritate the lungs and increases the likelihood of other breathing problems. Repeated exposure to marijuana smoke can lead to daily cough, more frequent chest colds, and a greater risk of lung infections. Moreover, many people who smoke marijuana also smoke cigarettes, which do cause cancer, and quitting tobacco can be harder if the person uses marijuana as well.
True or false - marijuana can produce withdrawal symptoms when someone tries to quit.
What is true? Many people who use the drug long term and then stop have symptoms that are similar to those of nicotine withdrawal — irritability, sleep problems, anxiety, and craving — which may prompt relapse (a return to drug use). Withdrawal symptoms are generally mild and peak a few days after use has stopped. They gradually disappear within about 2 weeks. While these symptoms do not pose an immediate threat to health, they can make it hard for someone to stop using the drug.
This product consists of shredded dried plant material that has been sprayed with chemicals and has been labelled "not fit for human consumption".
What is spice/K2/herbal incense or "fake weed"? Their effects, like the ingredients, often vary. Emergency rooms report large numbers of young people appearing with rapid heart rates, strokes and seizures, heart attacks, vomiting, anxiety, psychosis and hallucinations after using these substances.
Top reasons why people use marijuana
What is medicinal, spiritual, recreational, social, peer pressure, increases creativity helps with burnout?
Physical effects of cannabis may include:
What are: red eyes, dry mouth and throat, irritated respiratory system, increases in appetite and heart rate, decreases in blood pressure, balance and stability, drowsiness and/or restlessness?
The story behind 4/20.
What is a group of Californian teenagers smoked marijuana every day at 4:20 pm. This ritual spread and 420 became code for smoking marijuana. 4/20 is the day people gather to celebrate marijuana.
The number of legal Canadian cannabis stores has increased this much from the last quarter of 2018 to the end of 2020.
What is 8x?
This compound can reduce some of the negative effects of marijuana like memory impairment, paranoia and high heart rate.
What is CBD (cannabidiol). Try to choose products with higher CBD compared to THC content.
It is legal in Canada to possess up to ___ g of cannabis for your own use.
What is 30 g?
Abstaining from cannabis use is the least risky choice. However other safer methods include...
What is: a) start low, go slow b.) know your source and strain. Choose low potency products - those with low THC and/or high CBD. Stay away from synthetic products like K2/Spice. c.) wait until age 25 to begin using marijuana.