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? Is a dry shredded green and brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves derived from the hemp plant.
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Marijuana
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What plant does marijuana come from?
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Cannabis Sativa
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Strong forms of cannabis?
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Sinsemilla
Hashish Hash oil |
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For the year 2006, most ordinary marijuana contained, on average, ? percent of THC?
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7
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A term that refers to marijuana and other drugs made from the Cannabis sativa plant.
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Cannabis
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A sticky, honey colored residue extracted from marijuana that has a high level of THC.
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Hash oil
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The main active chemical in marijuana.
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THC
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Names for marijuana?
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Pot
Herb Grass Weed Mary Jane Reefer Aunt Mary Skunk Boom Gangster Kif Ganja |
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Names for different strains of marijuana?
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Texas Tea
Maui Wowie Chronic |
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Physical sings of marijuana use?
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Dizzy, trouble walking
Silly, laughing for no reason Red eyes Bad memory |
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Other signs of marijuana use?
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Drug paraphernalia
Odor on clothes and home Use of air fresheners Eye drops Promotional drug use clothing items |
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For some people marijuana?
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raises blood pressure and double normal heart rate
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The effects of marijuana depends on?
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Type of strain and THC level
way it is taken experience/ expectations of user setting where it is used use of other drugs/alcohol |
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THC can be detected by standard urine testing methods ? after a smoking session?
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several days after
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In heavy chronic users, however, traces can be detected for ? after they have stopped using marijuana.
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weeks
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THC acts on specific sites in the brain called?
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Cannabinoid receptors
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A class of cell membrane receptors
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Cannabinoid receptors
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The highest density of Cannabinoid receptors are found in the parts of the brain that influence?
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Pleasure
Memory Thinking Concentrating Sensory Time perception Coordinated movements |
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Marijuana increases heart rate by ? percent shortly after smoking, this effect can last up to ? hours.
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20 to 100%
3 hours |
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? and ? are caused by the increased heart rate as well as the effects of marijuana on heart rhythms.
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Palpitation
Arrhythmias |
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Numerous studies have shown marijuana smoke to contain ? and to be an irritant to the lungs.
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Carcinogens
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Any substance that produces cancer.
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carcinogens
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? means that the user needs increasingly large doses of the drug to get the same desired results that he/she previously got from smaller amounts.
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Tolerance
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Scientists have confirmed that the cannabis plant contains active ingredients with therapeutic potential for?
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Relieving pain
controlling nausea stimulating appetite decreasing ocular pressure |
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Poison Control centers in texas report symptoms from spice to be?
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Rapid heart rate
vomiting agitation confusion hallucinations |
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The DEA recently banned 5 synthetic cannabinoids in december 2010 by placing them in?
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Schedule I
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The ban of synthetic cannabinoids went to effect?
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december 2010
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NSDUH
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National survey on drug use and health
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According to the NSDUH in 2009, ? million americans ages 12+ used marijuana at least once in the month prior to being surveyed, an increase over the rates reported in all years between ? and ?
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16.7 million
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