1. Pick up your pre-test located on the chair Begin working quietly on your own. Please note, you may not know the answers, but do your very best!!!

2. Water Bathroom Sharpen Pencils

3. 7.1 B Knowledge of harmful and risky behaviors 7.1 E Factors that affect school success 7.2 C Strategies for avoiding drugs

4. What is Marijauna What Is It? Marijuana is a mixture of the dried and shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the cannabis sativa plant. The mixture can be green, brown, or gray. Most widely used illegal drug. Even a very small amount of marijuana is illegal (1 joint). More potent (stronger) today than in the 1970’s

5.  Gateway Drug A drug that leads to other drug use A person who uses marijuana is more likely to be exposed to and urged to try other drugs. The more marijuana a person smokes, the higher their tolerance level. Therefore, a greater amount of marijuana is needed to get high. Using marijuana puts children and teens in contact with people who use and sell other drugs. Cigarettes/Alcohol Marijuana Hallucinogens Cocaine Heroin Gateway Drug Gateway Drug

6. How is Marijuana Used? Smoked Joint-Marijuana rolled up in cigarette papers Bong-Marijuana smoked using a water pipe Blunt-Hollowed out cigars filled w/marijuana Eaten Not as common Placed in baked goods

7. Nicknames Many of these common nicknames are used in movies & music.  Pot  Weed  Hash  Mary Jane  Reefer  Chronic  Grass

8. Remember: Not “everybody’s doing it”? What is the correlation between age & use? 8% of 8 th graders 17% of 10 th graders 21% of 12 th graders

9. Music & Marijuana On average, teens listen to 2.5 hours of music per day = 40 marijuana references per day Based on reports from Billboard magazine… 9% of Pop Music 14% of Rock Songs 20% of R&B 36% of Country And... 77 % of Rap Songs reference drug & alcohol!!!

10. Short-Term Effects Coordination Reaction Time Alertness Poor decision making skills (sex, crime, violence) Memory Loss Increased Heart Rate Anxiety 15 % of traffic accidents that end up in the ER are associated with drivers that are “high”

11. Long-Term Effects Lung Disease/Cancer Grades – Teens with low grades are 4x more likely to have used marijuana Depression Crime Increased risk for other drugs Neurological Issues: attention span, speach

12. How Marijuana Affects Learning Interferes with ability to concentrate Linked to poor grades Linked to higher dropout rates – Users are 5x more likely to not graduate

13. Myth: Marijuana is not Addicting More kids enter treatment for marijuana than for all other illegal drugs combined!!! Withdrawal Symptoms Include: Loss of appetite Nervousness Irritability Stomach pain Aggression Anxiety Paranoia

14. Drug Abuse The Before and After http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU7aRJ4 WpUw&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_m ode=1&safe=active http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU7aRJ4 WpUw&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_m ode=1&safe=active Died 2/11/12 Age 48 Died 7/23/11 Age 27