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Marijuana Papers video 1. What is the most commonly used drug in the U.S. 2. How does marijuana affect memory? 3. How long can marijuana stay in your body? 4. Can Marijuana use effect judgment and learning? 5. Can marijuana effect a males sperm count? 6. Does marijuana use increase the chances death? 7. Is marijuana addictive? 1. Marijuana 2. Impairs Memory 3. Up to 28 days 4. Yes. 5. Yes. It reduces fertility. 6. Yes, cancer and stroke. Fox Video: Dangers of Weed dangers-of-marijuana-use/#sp=show-clips dangers-of-marijuana-use/#sp=show-clips 7. Yes.

Addiction  There is increasing evidence that marijuana is addicting. Marijuana raises levels of dopamine in the brain (pleasure chemical).  When dopamine levels wear off (drops), often dramatically, the experience is know as a crash.  Even when users recognized that it was causing problems in their lives, they still continued using.  When heavy users stop using, they experience withdrawal symptoms.

Addiction continued  9 percent of users become addicted to marijuana;  this number increases among those who start young (to about 17 percent, or 1 in 6) and among daily users (to percent).  Thus, many of the nearly 7 percent of high-school seniors who (according to annual survey data) report smoking marijuana daily or almost daily are well on their way to addiction, if not already addicted.   Video: Dr. Drew, Addiction   Video: Lady Gaga Says She's Addicted to Marijuana   Question: when Lady Gaga said she was a “Lily Pad” with drugs, what does that mean?

Elementary students Dealing Marijuana  4 th graders accused of dealing pot – school.kusa.html school.kusa.htmlhttp:// school.kusa.htmlQuestions 1. How old was the boy who was dealing marijuana? 2. How many students were dealt marijuana ? 3. Where did the drug deal take place? 4. How were the parents notified? 5. How did the student get the marijuana? 6. Do you agree or disagree with the consequences with the children and for where they got the drugs?

Elementary students Dealing Marijuana Questions 1. How old was the boy who was dealing marijuana? 1.10 years old 2. How many students were dealt marijuana? 2.3 boys 3. Where did the drug deal take place? 3. On the school Playground 4. How were the parents notified? 4.A note from the school 5. How did the student get the marijuana? 5.From their grandparents 6. Do you agree or disagree with the consequences with the children and for where they got the drugs?

Parents losing custody  Video: Medical Marijuana patients losing custody  /med-marijuana-patients-losing-custody.cnn.html /med-marijuana-patients-losing-custody.cnn.html /med-marijuana-patients-losing-custody.cnn.htmlQuestions: 1. Why are parents losing custody of their children? 2. What does child protective agency look for in order to remove a child from their parents? 3. Is the child protective agency looking at each case individually? 4. Because a parent is employed, does that make them responsible?

Parents losing custody  Questions & Answers 1. Why are parents losing custody of their children? 1.Smoking marijuana in the house around their children. Leaving drugs out in the open 2. What does child protective agency look for in order to remove a child from their parents? 2. Is there a danger to the child, is the child being neglected, is there a safety hazard that could potentially put the child in harms way. 3. Is the child protective agency looking at each case individually? 3.No. 4. Because a parent is employed, does that make them responsible?

Synthetic Marijuana  Video: Synthetic drug raid reveals scary reality 

Mental / Emotional Consequences  Slowed mental reflexes  May suffer sudden feelings of anxiety and paranoia  Hallucinations  Difficulty remembering events that just happened (problems with learning)  damage-from-long-term,-heavy-cannabis-use/ (article) damage-from-long-term,-heavy-cannabis-use/ damage-from-long-term,-heavy-cannabis-use/  damage-from-long-term,-heavy-cannabis-use/ (article) damage-from-long-term,-heavy-cannabis-use/ damage-from-long-term,-heavy-cannabis-use/  Problems at work or school may develop  Trouble with thinking and problem solving.  Loss of coordination and concentration  legalization.hln (VIDEO CLIP) legalization.hln legalization.hln

Signs continued  Bouts of depression  Fatigue  Decline in personal grooming  Decline in school  Withdrawal from family members  Personality changes  Unexplained disappearance of money or possessions

Marijuana & Cancer   American lung association: smoking/health-effects/marijuana-smoke.html smoking/health-effects/marijuana-smoke.html   Canadian Cancer Society:   factor/tobacco/smoking-marijuana/?region=on factor/tobacco/smoking-marijuana/?region=on   American Cancer Society:   smallcell/moreinformation/lungcancerpreventionandearlydetection/lung-cancer- prevention-and-early-detection-risk-factors smallcell/moreinformation/lungcancerpreventionandearlydetection/lung-cancer- prevention-and-early-detection-risk-factors