Marijuana Flashcards
What provides marijuana’s psychoactive effects?
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
What class of drug is marijuana?
Schedule I, despite being legal in many states.
In how many states is marijuana legal for recreational and medicinal purposes?
3/4 states.
CBD
Cannabidiol or Epidiolex, A cannabis derived medication that is FDA approved to treat seizures. Schedule V
Dronabinol capsules, dronabinol oral solution, and nabilone
Marinol, Syndros, Cesamet. Synthetic cannabinoid FDA approved medication used to treat chemotherapy and anorexia in AIDS.
What are the four FDA approved cannabis-derived medication?
Epidiolex, Marinol, Syndrox, and Cesamet.
What four organizations do not support recreational marijuana use?
DEA, Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC), the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), and the American Psychiatric Association.
Is marijuana legal at the federal level?
No
What is marijuana’s mechanism of action?
THC attaches to cannabinoid receptors in the brain and body and alters neurological functioning.
Endocannabinoids
Naturally occurring NT’s that send signals to parts of the brain responsible for multiple functions like lessening pain, reducing anxiety, creating pleasure, and enhancing learning.
Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome
A condition caused by long-term marijuana use involving repetitive cycles of vomiting and dehydration.
How quickly is a marijuana high felt?
10-15 seconds and lasts 4 hours.
Amotivational Syndrome
Loss of drive or apathy, common with schizophrenia.
Cannabis Extracts
Solvent-based products, used
What does evidence say about in-utero exposure to marijuana?
Impairment in cognitive functioning, particularly in learning, problem solving, attention, and memory.
What correlation is there between marijuana use in adolescence and IQ and mental disorders?
Participants lost an average of 8 IQ points.
Related to the onset of mental disorders.
Cannabis Concentrates
Solventless, extracted products, produced from trichomes (hairs on marijuana plant.)
Vaping\Dabbing
The act of inhaling the THC from vapor from an electronic device, such as an electronic cigarette.
What is the most common way to manufacture marijuana concentrate?
Using butane, a flammable solvent found in lighter fluid, which produces Butane Hash Oil (BHO).
How high is the concentration of BHO?
As high as 90%
Supercritical Fluid Extraction
Solventless technique used to produce THC concentrates. Allows CO2 to reach a supercritical state, yielding a cleaner, safer product.
Kief
When trichomes fall off the plant and become dry and brittle. Can be pressed together to form hashish.
Hashish
Made using low heat and high pressure, less potent than BHO concentrates.
Bubble hash
Type of hash made using ice-water extraction.
Spice (K2)
A synthetic cannabinoid, a human-made psychoactive substance sprayed on shredded plants to be smoked. Intended to replicate the effects of marijuana, hallucinogenic properties.
Which is more potent, Spice or THC?
Spice
Spiceophrenia
Describes more intense and persistent paranoid hallucinations associated with spice use.
Rhabdomyolysis
When muscles break down and release a protein known as myoglobin into the blood. Renal failure can occur b/c kidneys cannot remove waste.
