Celebrities
This singer/actress was "born this way". Has recently spoken about stopping marijuana use.
Lady Gaga has spoken openly about her addiction to marijuana. She told reporters that she started smoking pot as a way to cope with the music industry’s physical and mental demands. She has also talked about using marijuana as a way to alleviate anxiety, depression, and chronic pain.1 In a 2013 interview she claimed that she smoked 15 to 20 marijuana cigarettes a day.
She credits Elton John with helping her stop smoking. “He was telling me: ‘Gaga you’re smoking too much.’ He saved me…I’m sober now.
The chemicals produced when an e-cigarette with THC or CBD oil is heated and is sometimes mistaken or mislabeled as a water vapor.
What is an aerosol? Vaping simulates smoking. Battery-powered vape devices create an aerosol that looks like water vapor but contains nicotine, flavoring, and more than 30 other chemicals. The aerosol is inhaled into the lungs where the nicotine and chemicals cross over into the bloodstream.
Roughly three quarters of a million people are arrested for marijuana each year, the vast majority of them for simple possession.
Fact
True or False: Marijuana contains more than 400 different chemicals, including THC and CBD.
True.
True or False- THC is the main psychoactive compound in marijuana.
True. THC binds with receptors -- mostly in the brain -- that control pain, mood, and other feelings. That's why THC can make you feel euphoric and give you that so-called high.
This actor is famous for his "zombieland" role, and quit using marijuana in 2016.
Woody Harrelson—one of Hollywood’s most famous marijuana users—stopped smoking pot because he said that it was making him emotionally unavailable.
In a 2017 interview with Vulture magazine, the star talked about how he quit the drug almost a year ago, saying, “I don’t have a problem at all with smoking. I think it’s great… But when you’re doing it all the time, it just becomes… Well, you know. I feel like it was keeping me from being emotionally available.”
This method of using cannabis is associated with the most emergency room visits
What are edibles and dabbing?
Smoking Marijuana is not as bad for you as tobacco.
Myth: Marijuana is linked to respiratory problems, just like tobacco.
Has the amount of THC in marijuana changed over the years, to include more or less THC?
Yes. Average amount of THC in marijuana on the street in 1995 was an average of 4%. in 2014, this raised to an average of 12%. today in 2023, average THC amounts are 18%, according to the national institute of health.
What does THC stand for?
tetrahydrocannabinol
In a 2017 interview with Jimmy Fallon, She talks about why she stopped smoking weed. She explains to the talk show host that she wants to speak as clearly as possible in interviews and be more present.
Miley Cyrus
On average, this is the percentage of THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) found in dabs.
What is 80%?
Higher quality marijuana is made using only the flowering buds of the plant, while other marijuana may include leaves, stems, and seeds.
Fact.
True or False: The U.S. government recognizes marijuana as a legal medication.
False. updated December of 2022- Under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA), marijuana is strictly regulated and may not legally be used for medical or recreational purposes. In contrast, a substantial majority of states have relaxed state law prohibitions on medical or recreational marijuana.
What does CBD stand for?
cannabidiol.
CBD doesn't cause that high. Instead, it's thought to work with other elements in the body linked to feelings of well-being. People take CBD products to help with everything from arthritis and Crohn's disease to diabetes and multiple sclerosis. Some say it helps with anxiety, insomnia, and chronic pain. So far, there's little evidence that CBD helps with any of these.
This famous man is married to Kourtney Kardashian, and remixed soulja boy's "crank that", in 2007.
Mr. Blink 182 Travis Barker, who also has made a name for himself with the Famous Stars and Straps clothing line, gave up marijuana in the spring of 2012 after being diagnosed with six ulcers and Barrett’s esophagus, which was attributed to his habitual pot smoking and unhealthy lifestyle. Barkers esophagus lining become pre-cancerous, and after undergoing an emergency tonsillectomy, he completely altered his way of living.
The brain continues to develop until this age.
What is the age of 25?
Marijuana is the most popular recreational or mood-altering substance used worldwide
Myth. Alcohol comes first, then marijuana second.
Is driving high on marijuana safer than driving drunk? Why?
Marijuana affects alertness, concentration, perception, coordination and reaction time.
True or False- THC and CBD are in both marijuana and hemp. Marijuana contains much more THC than hemp, while hemp has a lot of CBD.
What is True
This singer has a "heart of gold."
Neil Young now has been sober for years, after giving up booze and marijuana. Young got clean initially to write his 2012 memoir Waging Heavy Peace. “I did it for 40 years. Now I want to see what it’s like to not do it. It’s just a different perspective,” he said during an interview last year.
This ingredient in blunts (cannabis flower rolled in a cigar tobacco leaf) contains this highly addictive substance.
What is nicotine?
People cannot experience a fatal overdose from marijuana.
Fact: Regardless of potency, people cannot fatally overdose on it. however, there are effects suffered when overdose occurs with marijuana.
Why hasn’t marijuana been approved as a medicine by the FDA?
Using marijuana in its raw plant form may pose more risks than benefits. Marijuana does not have well-defined and measurable ingredients that are the same each time it is used. Marijuana has not gone through the FDA approval process to show that it offers more benefit than harm.
CBD, or cannabidiol, is the second most prevalent active ingredient in cannabis (marijuana). While CBD is an essential component of medical marijuana, it is derived directly from the hemp plant, a cousin of marijuana, or manufactured in a laboratory. One of hundreds of components in marijuana, CBD does not cause a "high" by itself.