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18 Cards in this Set
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What is the main ingredient of cannabis
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Delta 9- tetrahydrocannabinol
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Main forms of Cannabis.
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Marijuana
Hashish oil Hemp Hashish Sensimilia |
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Where lie the origins of Cannabis?
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Asia
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How was Cannabis used differently in Asia compared to Western countries?
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In Asia and India Cannabis was used for religious spiritual and medical reasons. In western countries hemp was used for sailing, e.g. ropes. Later on it was also used as a recreational drugs (19th century).
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In Himmelstein's reading, who are the moral entrepreneurs?
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In this case he sees moral entrepreneurs as the politics who have a major influence on drug legislation by influencing public images of a drug.
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What is 'social locus'?
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This refers to the social status of the drug users (mostly low).
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Symbolic politics
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Drug prohibition as a symbol of politic conflicts. Drug is used as a scapegoat.
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How did Cannabis (ganja) first arrive in Jamaica?
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It was introduced by indentured Indian laborers and quickly spread through to the black population
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What is the symbolic meaning of ganja in Jamaica?
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It symbolizes a scapegoat for elite and middle class: Ganja is associated with deviant behavior (lazy, criminal) of the poor working class (including Rastafarians).
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Marcus Garvey
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political activist for black rights in Jamaica
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In the early 1970's the perception of cannabis underwent a major change. What happened?
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The drug went from killer weed to drop out drug.
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How did the change of cannabis perception influence social locus and symbolic politics?
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Social locus now focused on middle class youth. Symbolic politics sees cannabis as a conflict between generations.
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What is de facto legislation?
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Non enforcement legislation- cannabis can be sold in coffee shops
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What is the gateway theory?
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It hypothesizes that the intake of one drug leads to the consumption of another drug. This is often used as an argument against decriminalization of cannabis.
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What are limitations of the gateway theory?
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-Correlation vs. causation
-Research shows that only a small amount of cannabis user take heroin later in life - |
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Name some psychological effects of cannabis use.
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anxiety, dysphoria, panic, paranoia
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Name some physical effects of cannabis use.
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Birth of lower weight babies, link with cancer associated with smoking, respiratory diseases associated with smoking
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According to Phil Burgeois what is the greates harm of cannabis?
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That it is illegal. Punishing of poorest members of society, criminalization leads to violence and illegality increases profitability.
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