1. -"Marijuana“ guided notes -The Truth about Medicinal Marijuana
Today's Agenda
-MYTH OR FACT
-"Marijuana“ guided notes
-The Truth about Medicinal Marijuana
-Journal Reflection

2. What have you heard about Marijuana?
Where did you hear it?

3. The Facts
Highest number of car accidents and death due to accidents are due to marijuana use (16.6% versus 2.2% alcohol use)
18% of students who regularly use have a D or lower grade point average.
The 2nd leading cause of MA teens to enter drug treatment facilities is for marijuana use
Marijuana is still a controlled schedule 1 substance.
THC is a fat soluble drug leaving remnants for 3+ days in the body depending on frequency of use.

4. Marijuana: Aunt Mary, Boom, Chronic, Dope, Gangster, Grass, Hash, Herb, Mary Jane, Pot, Reefer, Skunk, Weed
buds and leaves of the cannabis sativa plant
most commonly abused illicit drug in the US
contains more than 400 chemicals
THC: delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
main psychoactive chemical
STUDIES SHOW marijuana contains the same cancer-causing chemicals as cigarettes

5. How does it work?
THC acts upon certain centers of the brain. (areas that have a high density of cannabinoid receptors).
It is stored in the body where there are a high number of fat cells (brain, liver, reproductive organs).
Ones marijuana enters the system THC quickly finds its way from the lungs (smoked) or the stomach (eaten) and into the bloodstream traveling to other organs.

6. I’ll just try it once https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeF6rFN9org

7. marijuana can act as a : depressant (calming, sleepy)
stimulant (raises blood pressure/heart rate), 
narcotic (pain relief, euphoria), 
psychoactive psychedelic (though not a hallucinogen by definition) 

8. Marijuana:Effects short term memory loss effects motor coordination
trouble problem solving
increases heart rate
increases anxiety levels
distorted perception (taste, time, sounds)
dry mouth/throat
respiratory complications
Study by Duke University shows that using before 18 lowers one’s I.Q 8 to 10 points.

9. Amazing Brain Facts The human brain weighs about 3lbs.
Contains 100 billion neurons
Full of nerve cells -no pain receptors
A message from brain to muscles mph
If you ironed out all the wrinkles, it would have an area of about 2 1/2 square feet
It feels like soft butter
The right side of your brain controls the left side of your body and vice versa

10. The Human Brain Brain Stem – basic things to live
Cerebral Cortex – thinking, perceiving, understanding language
Cerebellum – movement and balance
Limbic System – learning, memory, and emotions

11. Teen’s Brain Development and Use
Using drugs or alcohol during times of critical brain development may cause permanent changes in the way the brain works
Drugs are chemicals
Tap into communication system
Interfere with the way nerve cells normally receive and process info
Let’s look at how alcohol and drugs affect a person’s brain

12. Look at the chart below and say the COLOR of the word, not the word itself.

13. Marijuana and Memory
Marijuana causes a disruption in the normal functioning of an area of the brain called the hippocampus, which controls memory formation
Marijuana interferes with our ability to form new memories
The following activity will help demonstrate how this happens

14. How many can you remember?
Partner
Chimp
Suspenders
Chalk
Ice
T.V.
Mug
Wallet
Donkey Folder Rock SpongeBob Sun Glitter Cheesecake

15. Marijuana: Effects of Long Term Use
People who use marijuana long-term report:
less life satisfaction
poorer education
lower job achievement
more interpersonal problems
Young users are at higher risk for psychosis
lose contact with reality
delusions
hallucinations

16. Marijuana: How is it abused?
users roll loose marijuana into a cigarette called a “joint”
can be smoked in a water pipe, called a “bong”
mixed into food has appeared in cigars called “blunts”
Studies show that someone who smokes
5 joints per week
may be taking in as many cancer-causing chemicals as someone who smokes
a full pack of cigarettes every day

17. few people begin using illicit drugs without using Marijuana first
Studies show
few people begin using illicit drugs
without using Marijuana first
For example, the risk of using cocaine is much greater for those who have tried marijuana than for those who have never tried it.
Using marijuana puts children and teens in contact with people who use and sell other drugs.
So, a person who uses marijuana is more likely to be exposed to and urged to try other drugs.
The effects of marijuana on the brain of adolescents—still a work in progress—may also affect their likelihood of using other drugs as they get older

18. What about 'medical marijuana' ?
since 1970:
marijuana has been a Schedule I. controlled substance
meaning it has high potential for abuse and no approved medical use
it is illegal to possess, use, buy, sell, or cultivate
CBD – chemical found in marijuana that is used as a pain reliever.
However....
Marinol and Sativex
(legal form of marijuana's active ingredient THC)
-KIND OF LIKE-
Morphine (legal form of opiate drugs' active ingredient)

19. THE TRUTH ABOUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA

20. Using marijuana at a young age can result in structural and functional
deficits of the brain.
This could cause you to
develop weakened
communication skills,
lowered learning capabilities
and a shortened attention span.

21. Marijuana: What effects does it have on the body?

22. Journal Reflection Journal:
Do you think culture portrays marijuana as being dangerous? Why or why not?