• 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!!!

BELL RINGER

• Water• Bathroom• Sharpen Pencils

Break Time

• 7.1 BKnowledge of harmful and risky behaviors• 7.1 EFactors that affect school success• 7.2 CStrategies for avoiding drugs

Unit: Marijuana

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

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

DrugGateway

Drug

How is Marijuana Used?

SmokedJoint-Marijuana rolled up in cigarette papersBong-Marijuana smoked using a water pipeBlunt-Hollowed out cigars filled w/marijuana

EatenNot as commonPlaced in baked goods

NicknamesMany of these common nicknames are used in

movies & music.PotWeedHashMary JaneReeferChronicGrass

Remember: Not “everybody’s doing it”?

What is the correlation between age & use?8% of 8th graders

17% of 10th graders21% of 12th graders

Music & MarijuanaOn 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!!!

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”

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

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

Myth: Marijuana is not Addicting

More kids enter treatment for marijuana than for all other illegal drugs combined!!!

Withdrawal Symptoms Include:Loss of appetiteNervousnessIrritabilityStomach painAggressionAnxietyParanoia

Drug AbuseThe Before and After

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU7aRJ4WpUw&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Died 2/11/12 Age 48

Died 7/23/11Age 27