Marijuana

Question 1

What provides marijuana’s psychoactive effects?

Answer 1

Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

Question 2

What class of drug is marijuana?

Answer 2

Schedule I, despite being legal in many states.

Question 3

In how many states is marijuana legal for recreational and medicinal purposes?

Answer 3

3/4 states.

Question 4

CBD

Answer 4

Cannabidiol or Epidiolex, A cannabis derived medication that is FDA approved to treat seizures. Schedule V

Question 5

Dronabinol capsules, dronabinol oral solution, and nabilone

Answer 5

Marinol, Syndros, Cesamet. Synthetic cannabinoid FDA approved medication used to treat chemotherapy and anorexia in AIDS.

Question 6

What are the four FDA approved cannabis-derived medication?

Answer 6

Epidiolex, Marinol, Syndrox, and Cesamet.

Question 7

What four organizations do not support recreational marijuana use?

Answer 7

DEA, Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC), the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), and the American Psychiatric Association.

Question 8

Is marijuana legal at the federal level?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

What is marijuana’s mechanism of action?

Answer 9

THC attaches to cannabinoid receptors in the brain and body and alters neurological functioning.

Question 10

Endocannabinoids

Answer 10

Naturally occurring NT’s that send signals to parts of the brain responsible for multiple functions like lessening pain, reducing anxiety, creating pleasure, and enhancing learning.

Question 11

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome

Answer 11

A condition caused by long-term marijuana use involving repetitive cycles of vomiting and dehydration.

Question 11

How quickly is a marijuana high felt?

Answer 11

10-15 seconds and lasts 4 hours.

Question 11

Amotivational Syndrome

Answer 11

Loss of drive or apathy, common with schizophrenia.

Question 12

Cannabis Extracts

Answer 12

Solvent-based products, used

Question 12

What does evidence say about in-utero exposure to marijuana?

Answer 12

Impairment in cognitive functioning, particularly in learning, problem solving, attention, and memory.

Question 12

What correlation is there between marijuana use in adolescence and IQ and mental disorders?

Answer 12

Participants lost an average of 8 IQ points.
Related to the onset of mental disorders.

Question 13

Cannabis Concentrates

Answer 13

Solventless, extracted products, produced from trichomes (hairs on marijuana plant.)

Question 14

Vaping\Dabbing

Answer 14

The act of inhaling the THC from vapor from an electronic device, such as an electronic cigarette.

Question 15

What is the most common way to manufacture marijuana concentrate?

Answer 15

Using butane, a flammable solvent found in lighter fluid, which produces Butane Hash Oil (BHO).

Question 16

How high is the concentration of BHO?

Answer 16

As high as 90%

Question 17

Supercritical Fluid Extraction

Answer 17

Solventless technique used to produce THC concentrates. Allows CO2 to reach a supercritical state, yielding a cleaner, safer product.

Question 18

Kief

Answer 18

When trichomes fall off the plant and become dry and brittle. Can be pressed together to form hashish.

Question 19

Hashish

Answer 19

Made using low heat and high pressure, less potent than BHO concentrates.

Question 20

Bubble hash

Answer 20

Type of hash made using ice-water extraction.

Question 21

Spice (K2)

Answer 21

A synthetic cannabinoid, a human-made psychoactive substance sprayed on shredded plants to be smoked. Intended to replicate the effects of marijuana, hallucinogenic properties.

Question 22

Which is more potent, Spice or THC?

Answer 22

Spice

Question 23

Spiceophrenia

Answer 23

Describes more intense and persistent paranoid hallucinations associated with spice use.

Question 24

Rhabdomyolysis

Answer 24

When muscles break down and release a protein known as myoglobin into the blood. Renal failure can occur b/c kidneys cannot remove waste.