cannabis sativa - ANSWER: Marijuana is a hemp plant whose biological name is _____
_____.
Marijuana - ANSWER: consists of green, brown, or a grey mixture of dried, shredded
leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers.
THC
(delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) - ANSWER: the primary mind-altering ingredient in
marijuana.
True - ANSWER: t/f: Marijuana has historically been a valued crop.
cloth and rope - ANSWER: The woody fibers of the stem yield a fiber that can be made
into ____ and ____.
True - ANSWER: t/f: Early records of marijuana use for religious ceremonies in China
and India date back to 2737 BC
650 BC - ANSWER: Assyrians, dating back to ___ BC used it for making rope, cloth,
and consumed it to experience euphoria
Greeks - ANSWER: Even the Ancient _____ knew about marijuana
Jamestown - ANSWER: In North America, in _______ (1611), marijuana was used to
make rope and clothing
the United States - ANSWER: Currently, marijuana grows wild in many states within
_________.
20 - ANSWER: Today marijuana is __times more potent than the marijuana on the
street in the 1960s and 1970s
Reasons for increased potentancy - ANSWER: more efficient agriculture largely due to
new methods of harvesting, new varieties, and special processing marijuana of plants
20.1 million - ANSWER: How many Americans aged 12 or older in 2008 are current
drug users?
, 57.3 % - ANSWER: Out of 20.1 million illicit drug users, approximately ___% reported
current use of only marijuana and another 18.4% used marijuana with another illicit
drug.The remaining 26% of drug users used an illicit drug but not marijuana.
75.7% - ANSWER: How many Americans aged 12 or older are current marijuana
users?
Most - ANSWER: Marijuana is the ____ highly abused illicit-type of illicit drug.
young adults (18-25) - ANSWER: The highest rate of mariguana use was found among
_____ ____ (ages____).
16.5% , 6.7% - ANSWER: ___% of young adults (ages 18-25) reported current use
(past month) and among youth (ages 12-17) ___% reported current use.
17.8 years old - ANSWER: What is the average age for people who first use Marijuana?
True - ANSWER: t/f: In 2008 there was reported 2.2 million new Marijuana users
Structural factors, Social & Interactional factors, Setting, and Attitudinal factors -
ANSWER: what are the Major factors known to affect Marijuana Use (4)
Structural factors - ANSWER: factors such as age, gender, family background, lack of
any religious beliefs that affect pot use
Social and Interactional factors - ANSWER: factors such as type of interpersonal
relationships, friendship cliques, drug use within the peer group setting that affect pot
use
Setting - ANSWER: factors such as type of community and neighborhood (physical
location of drug use) that affect pot use.
Attitudinal Factors - ANSWER: factors such as personal attitudes toward the use of
drugs, self esteem, maturation levelthat affect pot use.
Gateway drug - ANSWER: are drugs that often lead to the use of more addictive types
of drugs (gateway to the use and abuse of other more potent drugs).
Alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana - ANSWER: What are the 3 most commonly believed
gateway drugs
Gateway Drugs - ANSWER: inhalants and anabolic steroids and the abuse of
prescription drugs (mainly painkillers)are also considered to be _______ ____.
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