Lecture 8

Question 1

What is the main active ingredient in marijuana

Answer 1

Delta-9-THC

Question 2

What is marijuana classified as

Answer 2

Sedative Hypnotic

Question 3

Rating of concentration of THC in marijuana plant

Answer 3

Seeds < Stems < Leaves < Flowers

Flowers secrete an oil with THC

Question 4

What is hash oil

Answer 4

Form on concentrating the THC and usually involves extracting it into an oily substance

Question 5

What are sinsemilla (without seeds)

Answer 5

A method of breeding marijuana plants such that THC concentrations are increased over time, only select plants with the highest THC concentrations to inseminate the female plants, selective breeding for high THC

Question 6

How is marijuana brokendown

Answer 6

Marijuana is broken down in the liver, has a half-life of 30-60 hours, THC can accumulate in tissue, can be found in blood levels for 6 days, can be found in urine for 6 weeks

Question 7

Ranking of behaviors with increasing doses

Answer 7

Euphoria < Perceptual < Motor Impairment < Perceptual Distortions < Comatose

Question 8

What are the main behavioral effects of marijuana

Answer 8

Euphoria, motor effects, sedative effects, marked perceptual changes, mental performance, and increase in appetite

Question 9

Euphoria

Answer 9

initial feelings of happiness as a group: be talkative and find everything hilarious, laughter, feeling of unreality, various sensations of lightness and heaviness

Question 10

Perceptual Changes

Answer 10

Can add to pleasurable effects or push you to other side, time perception is slowed (time stands still) depth perception distored, hallucinations, auditory sounds magnified. Synesthesia, seeing sounds and hearing colors

Question 11

Motor Changes

Answer 11

Inclination to engage in motor activity increased, simplest tasks require enormous effort, prevents subject from attempting many activities

Question 12

Mental Performance

Answer 12

Impaired judgment and memory and confusion, impaired free recall memory of material learned while intoxicated, deterioration in capacity to perform tasks requiring a sequence of mental steps, and speech fragmented

Question 13

Food Intake

Answer 13

Munchies. Increase food intake while high, decrease food intake during withdrawal.

Question 14

What are 2 signs of intoxication that DONT require behavioral assests

Answer 14

1. Bloodshot eyes 2. Increased heart rate, dramatic and produce a panic-like reaction

Question 15

How does marijuana affect driving

Answer 15

It impairs driving, impaired with 1-2 marijuana cigarettes, works like additive to sedative hypnosis

Question 16

What happens if you start smoking when young

Answer 16

If you start using marijuana as a young teen, theres strong evidence that this can delay the development of frontal cortex, which doesn’t fully develop until around age 25. Helps you perform executive choices

Question 17

What is amotivational syndrome

Answer 17

Lack of motivation from being high all the time, personality deterioration, general decrease in function, inability to hold conversations

Question 18

What are panic reactions

Answer 18

Psychotic episodes characterized by delusions and loosening of associations in some individuals

Question 19

What is a bad trip

Answer 19

If you’re in a bad mental state, drugs only exaggerates negative emotional states

Question 20

Common symptoms of marijuana withdrawal

Answer 20

Decreased weight/appetite, nervous/anxiety, insomnia, irritability, agression

Question 21

Less common symptoms of marijuana withdrawal

Answer 21

Dysphoria-depressed, stomachache, chills, shakiness, and sweating

Question 22

Can you get high in a room full of potheads?

Answer 22

Unlikely, but studies done where guy was locked in a cabinet and 16 blunts were smoked by machine, in the end he inhaled enough pot to have smoked one blunt

Question 23

What are medical uses of marijuana?

Answer 23

Marinol - chemical constituent of Delta-9-THC. approved for nausea and vomiting for patients undergoing chemotherapy and for anorexia associated with AIDS wasting syndrome (increase appetite)
Cesamet-synthetic analog of THC (same effects)

Question 24

Experiment medical uses of marijuana

Answer 24

Galucoma, can be used as a sedative hypnotic for producing sleep, analgesic use, anti-asthma, anti-inflammatory, appetite stimulants