Multiple choice Chapter 7

Behavioral/psychological effects of marijuana last:

two to three hours

In certain cannabis products, THC concentrations can be as high as:

60 percent

If a drug test was conducted, which case could result in a positive reading:

All the below -Someone who smoked marijuana 12 hours ago -Someone who smoked marijuana for the first time three days ago. -Someone who did not actually smoke marijuana but was in the same room as a marijuana smoker.

Marijuana has which of the following reproductive effects:

All the below -a lower sperm count in males -Lower level of LH secretion in females -A lower level of testosterone in males

Symptoms of the marijuana high include:

All the below -feeling of euphoria -feelings of sleepiness -sharpened sense of sound

Concentration difficulties arising from marijuana use:

All the below: -impair short term memory -impair long term memory -cause fragmented, disjointed speech

It is likely that whether marijuana smoking enhances sexual desire depends on:

All the below: -the dosage of marijuana -expectations of the user -cultural factors

Cannabis plants having the highest resin content would most likely grow in the following climate:

Hot and dry

The Marijuana Act of 1937:

Imposed tax on marijuana use

The extent to which marijuana smoking suppresses the human immune system in a significant way is:

Inconclusive

In which region has marijuana been linked to the greatest number of psychiatric problems:

India and North Africa

It is doubtful that a decline in a marijuana smoker's interest in academic matters:

Is pharmacological in nature

Driving ability is impaired after marijuana smoking because:

It is more difficult to attend to peripheral stimuli

In 1969, the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 was found to be unconstitutional because:

It violated the fifth amendment of the U.S. constitution.

According to the text, in the 1920s, a large number of _____ were recreational marijuana users:

Jazz musicians

In western Europe prior to about 1800, cannabis was:

Known only to a small proportion of the population.

Self-administration of THC in animals is:

Less compulsive in character than with heroin.

Which of the following are characteristic of the amotivational syndrome:

Loss of energy

In India, bhang has a THC concentration approximating:

Marijuana

The technical name for the cannabis product familiar to North Americans is:

Marijuana

Tea pads in the 1920s referred to:

Places were marijuana smoking occurred

Some historians assert that marijuana would have not become so popular in the United Sates had it bot been for:

Prohibition

Which of the following is true:

Research shows that high-schools students who smoke marijuana miss more classes than other students.

The plant from which marijuana is derived was originally used for making:

Rope and twine

Marijuana is:

Schedule I drug

Currently, marijuana ranks _____ among drug-related ED visits:

Second

Another term for reverse tolerance is:

Sensitization

An example of a reaction to marijuana that is considered to be culturally based, at least in part, is:

Sexual reactivity

THC-sensitive receptors in the brain are located in those regions that are important for:

Short term memory and motor control

THC can be detected in the blood for several days after using marijuana due to:

Slow excretion of THC from fatty tissues

After using marijuana, a person's blood pressure:

depends on whether the person is sitting, standing or lying down.

Marijuana is to hashish as:

leaf is to resin

Maximizing THC absorption into the bloodstream requires:

long, deep inhalations

Reefer is to joint as:

marijuana is to marihuana

The lethal dose effective dose ratio for marijuana is roughly:

Twenty to forty thousand

The reverse tolerance effect in marijuana smoking is:

Widely reported outside the laboratory, but not supported in laboratory studies.

If there is a relatively large amount of fiber in a cannabis plant, it is likely that the psychoactive effect:

Will be low

Animals will self-administer marijuana:

But the behavior is not as compulsive as the other drugs

The following cannabis products are rank ordered for THC concentration(High to low):

Hashish oil, hashish, sinsemilla, marijuana

Long-term marijuana smokers show cognitive impairment for up to _____ after marijuana smoking.

Three days

Drivers testing positive for THC in their bloodstreams have been shown to be about ______ times more likely to be involved in an accident than divers testing negative for THC or alcohol:

Three to seven

A decline in memory recall is:

A characteristic feature of marijuana smoking.

Marijuana has which of the following effects on the male reproductive system:

A decrease in sperm count

The Club des Hachichins in Paris was:

A gathering place for consuming hashish.

Marijuana has which of the following effects on the female reproductive system:

A reduction in the luteinizing hormone secretion

With regards to smoked marijuana:

Absorption is fast, excretion is slow

By the mid 1960s, marijuana smoking was suddenly:

Affecting a wide cross section of the U.S.

The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 led to:

All of the U.S. states making possession of marijuana illegal.

Marijuana produces effects that might qualify is as a:

All the below -Hallucinogen -sedative -Analgesic

Compared to marijuana, tobacco contains higher levels of all but which of the following:

Ammonia

Given the same dose of marijuana, who will report the greatest effect:

An experienced smoker

Which of the following is a psychological effect of marijuana:

An increase in heart rate

The naturally occurring substance that stimulates the THC-sensitive receptors in he brain is called:

Anandamide

present day marijuana contains:

Approximately 10 percent THC

Though THC produces a significant increase in heart rate, there is no conclusive evidence of cardiovascular problems among users who:

Are under thirty-five years of age

Acute affects of marijuana can worsen the following medical conditions:

Arteriosclerosis

Hashish oil is produced by:

Boiling hashish in alcohol and then filtering out the residue.

Bhang is:

Both -A liquid form of cannabis -equivalent in potency to a marijuana cigarette.

A drawback of urine testing for the presence of THC is:

Both -The test cannot show exactly when exposure occurred -Test cannot determine whether the person actually smoked marijuana.

As with LSD, marijuana produces:

Changes in the sense of time.

Molecular abnormalities in the respiratory tracts of heavy marijuana smokers have been identified that resembles the changes found in the respiratory tracts of:

Cigarette smokers

THC is one of eighty or so:

Compounds called cannabinoids

In comparisons to tobacco, marijuana are:

Contains more hydrocarbons

Difficulties in handling sensory-motor tasks while engaged in marijuana smoking:

Continue even after the effects of marijuana are no longer felt.

The consistency of tolerance effects for marijuana smoking inside and outside the laboratory depends upon:

Controlling for the THC content ingested

By 1890, the hemp crop had been replaced by _____ as a major source of farm income in the U.S. South.

Cotton

Marijuana smoking does not increase the risk of developing _____, while tobacco does.

Emphysema

Prior to the 1960s, the public believed that marijuana was abused by most:

Ethnic minorities in urban areas

time marijuana smoker us likely to:

Feel no discernible effects at all.

The respiratory effects of a single marijuana joint is equivalent to up to ______ tobacco cigarettes:

Five

Daily smoking of one marijuana joint is equivalent to how many cigarettes in terms of damage to cells lining the airways:

Five cigarettes a day

According to the text, one joint has approximately the same amount of tar as ______ cigarettes.

Four

The highest THC concentrations are achieved in the following cannabis product:

Hashish oil crystals

According to the text, authorities largely ignored marijuana clubs in New York City during the 1920s because:

Marijuana was not viewed as a social threat.

Given that marijuana does not depress respiration, one would expect an absence of THC-sensitive receptors in the:

Medulla

As the THC content in marijuana increases,:

Memory performance decreases

Marijuana smoking is to opium smoking as:

Mexican Americans were to Chinese Americans

Compared to opium or cocaine, the prevalence of products containing marijuana in patent medicines during the nineteenth century was:

Much lower

Anandamide is another name for:

Naturally occurring THC

Tobacco cigarettes are to joints as:

Nicotine is to THC

There is a craving for marijuana to the same degree as there is a craving for:

None of the below -alcohol -opiate -sedative-hyponotics

Long-term marijuana users show impairments involving _____, which are irreversible for long-term marijuana users even after abstaining from marijuana smoking for six months.

None of the below -memory -attention -fertility

Marijuana is:

None of the below -stimulant -hallucinogen -sedative

Among normal individuals, relatively low THC concentrations are fortunately:

Not likely to cause acute emotional problems.

According to the text, smoking approximately ______ following ovulation can suppress levels of luteinizing hormone in women.

One marijuana joint

Peak levels of THC in the blood occur about _____ after taking the drug.

Ten minutes

Marijuana is the only drug:

That takes practice before effects are felt reliably.

Hugo, Dumas, Baudelaire, and Balzac were among the prominent artist and intellects who regularly attended:

The Club des Hachichins in Paris

A decline in one's grades after a period of regular marijuana smoking supports:

The amotivational syndrome

Physical withdrawal symptoms after smoking marijuana exist when:

The amount of marijuana smoked is moderate to high.

Which aspect of marijuana ingestion represents the risk factor for worsening symptoms of asthma:

The deep breathing process in marijuana smoking

The description of Marijuana as a killer weed dates back to:

The late 1920s and early 1930s

A principle factor in the movement of U.S. public opinion with respect to marijuana in the 1930s was:

The migration of Mexicans into the U.S.

They key psychoactive factor in Cannabis sativa comes from:

The resin that accumulates on the leaves.

On reason Western Europe was reintroduced to cannabis after 1800 was:

The return of French soldiers from Egypt

Why does sinsemilla contain a higher concentration of THC than marijuana:

The sinsemilla is bushier, and the resin content is higher as a result.

Metabolites of marijuana are detectable several weeks after marijuana smoking if:

There has been chronic marijuana smoking

Which of the following statements is true:

There is a possibility that stopping marijuana smoking lowers the risk of cancer.

One of the distinctive characteristics of Cannabis sativa is its:

resilience

Leading the antimarijuana crusade in the U.S. during the 1930s:

the Federal Bureau of Narcotics