Lecture 1: Marijuana

Question 1

Browne’s cholodyne

Answer 1

undisclosed concentrations of choral hydrate (date rape) opioids and cannabis
recommended for children

Question 2

Disadvantages of plant based medicines

Answer 2

composition ranges into 100’s of compounds

• difficult to produce uniformly and large scale
• dosages are imprecise

Question 3

patents

Answer 3

secrecy

• consumer gets hurt
• patent meds met their end becuase of a derived compound - aspirin

Question 4

advantages of ASA

Answer 4

acetylated salicylic acid

• entirely chemist made, feedstocks are common organic materials
• no plant involved and no variation
• purity was guaranteed
• dosages were accurate

Question 5

medical marijuana properties

Answer 5

chronic pain alleviation
-treat epilepsy
-insomnia
glaucoma

Question 6

first mover advantage

Answer 6

investing in research first

-canada is doing this

Question 7

monotypic

Answer 7

genus that only has one species

Question 8

3 species

Answer 8

C. staiva

c. idica
c. ruderalis

Question 9

provincial income

Answer 9

BC= 20 mil
alberta = 123 mil
-result of inability to supply legally is the price differential

Question 10

first draft genomes

Answer 10

purple kush - thc

finola - cbd