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Dec 2
Marijuana
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The first known reference to marijuana | 2737 B.C. Chinese Emperor Shens Nung, as medicine |
| years as medicine | 5,000 years |
| India | listed as one of the 5 sacred plants in the sacred texts, about 1500 B.C. |
| cultivated in the New World | hemp fibers used in making rope. |
| Head of the FBI, Harry Anslinger | in 1930's set out to publicize it as a public menace |
| Myth created by Harry Anslinger & dangers of misinformation | It was similar to the cocaine myths, drug-crazed minorities (Now Mexican Americans also) coming after your daughters. |
| Marijuana tax act | 1937, taxed it with a stamp. It was not illegal but the tax stamp was not printed often. |
| 1941 Mayor La Guardia of New York conducted a study | “The Marihuana problem in New York City” the results were to be free from political bias. It found |
| The Marihuana problem in New York City found | 1. The drug dulled the intellect 2. Reduces physical activities 3. Does not incite violence |
| most potency of marijuana (Jackson County | Oregon. |
| THC | isolated and synthesized in 1964. marketed as MARINOL. |
| when it is smoked | has 360-426compounds, 61 psychoactive, over 2,000 metabolites |
| chief psychoactive substance is | Delta-9 tetra-hydro-cannabinol or THC |
| From this plant comes | marijuana, hashish, and hash oil. |
| Marijuana is | the plant |
| Hashish is | the resin gathered typically from the flowering tops of the female plants, and is much more potent. |
| Hash oil | prepared by boiling hash in a solvent and straining out the oils |
| Primary site of metabolism | is in the liver |
| excreted in | 65% excreted in the feces rest in the urine |
| Half-life is 3 days to 1 week. | 3 days to 1 week. |
| Highly lipid soluble Binds to fat cells in the body accumulate and is slowly released into the blood | to fat cells in the body accumulate and is slowly released into the blood |
| Marijuana does have | a chemical mechanism to reduce pain. |
| Marijuana is | a depressant and a mild hallucinogen. |
| Myth: | marijuana can make you crazy. |
| Physical effects of | Physical relaxation Bloodshot eyes Coughing Increase in appetite Increased heart rate Decreased blood pressure Decreased ocular pressure Increased mucus flow Impaired tracking ability Decrease in secretion of testosterone |
| Psychological | Altered sense of time Mood swings, well-being, personal insight in which they cannot put into words Panic attacks, impending sense of doom, ppl who suffer from panic attacks, marijuana decreases them. |
| Adverse reactions: | “amotivational syndrome” is real |
| The 5 reasons the medical community as a whole is reluctant to endorse marijuana is | 1. There are a number of drugs on the market as useful as marijuana w/o side effects. 2. The content varies from one joint to the next, which makes finding a TI impossible. 3.The number of irritants carcinogens, pathogens, and other chemicals that |
| The 5 reasons the medical community continued | 4. Marijuana is a psychoactive drug w/ addictive potential. 5. Marijuana has been shown to impair the immune system. |
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