What is Marijuana?
Benefits or Side Effect
Statistics
Legal or Illegal
Myth or Fact
100

What are 2 slang terms for Marijuana?

Possible answers: What is Weed, herb, grass, pot, bud, Mary Jane

100

Marijuana induces the reddening of the eyes. (True or False).

What is true. This is a side effect.

100

____ million Americans are current marijuana users. 

What is 24 million. (Acceptable answers = 20-30)

100
In the state of California, is the use of marijuana legal or illegal?
What is Legal.
100

Myth or fact: Secondhand Marijuana smoke is not safe

What is Fact. Just inhaling second hand smoke could cause chronic bronchitis and injury to the cell linings of the large airways.

200
What are 3 possible ways to ingest Marijuana? 

Possible answers: What is joints, blunts, pipes, edibles, wax, vaporizers, or tea

200

Marijuana helps relieve pain for certain diseases and illnesses. (True or False).

What is true. It is a benefit.

200

___ percent of Americans support the legalization of marijuana. 

What is 61%. (Acceptable answers = 55-65)

200

In the state of New Jersey, is the use of marijuana legal or illegal?

What is Legal.

200

Myth or Fact: Marijuana is safer than cigarettes or alcohol

What is Myth. Nowadays with the multiple ways to ingest marijuana such as edibles, vaporizers, waxes, etc and with the increasing amounts of THC in these products it will take another generation to see the effects this drug has long term. The long term damage to the brain is more harmful than any cigarette or alcohol damage.

300

What is the age range that most commonly uses Marijuana?

What is between 8th and 12th graders. 

300

Marijuana increases chances of vomiting or nausea. (True or false)

What is False. A benefit is that it reduces vomiting and nausea

300

In 2018, ___ percent of doctors favored using marijuana for medical purposes. 

What is 67%. (Acceptable answers = 60-70)

300

In the state of South Carolina, is the use of marijuana legal or illegal?

What is illegal.

300

Myth or Fact: Marijuana is not addictive

What is Myth. It is believed that strains of marijuana today have a higher concentration of THC causing a psychological dependence on the drug. Can also cause symptoms of withdrawal.

400

Where does it come from?

What is dried leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds from the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa

400

Marijuana helps reduce symptoms of ADHD. (True or False). 

What is true. This is a benefit because it calms the central nervous system.

400

____ percent of adult Americans approve of medical marijuana.

What is 85%. (Acceptable answers = 80-90).

400

In the state of Arizona, is the use of marijuana legal or illegal?

What is legal. 

400

Myth or Fact: Marijuana does not help promote mental health.

What is Fact. Increased consumption of THC  can contribute to impaired judgement and increased susceptibility to mental health problems, including depression, insomnia and paranoid delusions

500

What actually makes you high?

What is the delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive(mind-altering) chemical in marijuana

500

Marijuana lowers heart rate. (True or False).

What is false. One side effect is that it increases ones heart rate. 

500

In 2016, approximately ___ million people age 12 or over had a marijuana use disorder in the past year. 

What is 4 million. (Acceptable Answers=3-5 million).

500

In the state of Kansas, is the use of marijuana legal or illegal?

What is illegal. 

500

Myth or Fact: Marijuana is not a gateway drug

What is Myth. A 25 year conducted study concluded that the use of marijuana is tied to the use of illicit drugs and their abuse. Someone who uses marijuana is 2-5 times more likely to abuse or be dependent on illicit drugs.