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Pick up your journal/pre-test located on the chair Begin working quietly on your own.

Bell Ringer. Pick up your journal/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!!!. Break Time. Water Bathroom Sharpen Pencils. Unit: Marijuana. 7.1 B Knowledge of harmful and risky behaviors 7.1 E

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Pick up your journal/pre-test located on the chair Begin working quietly on your own.

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  1. Bell Ringer • Pick up your journal/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!!!

  2. Break Time • Water • Bathroom • Sharpen Pencils

  3. Unit: Marijuana • 7.1 B Knowledge of harmful and risky behaviors • 7.1 E Factors that affect school success • 7.2 C Strategies for avoiding drugs

  4. 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

  5. How is Marijuana Used? Smoked Joint-Marijuana rolled up in cigarette papers Bong-Marijuana smoked using a water pipe Blunt-Hollowed out cigars filled w/marijuana Eaten Not as common Placed in baked goods

  6. Gateway DrugA 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 Drug Gateway Drug

  7. Nicknames Many of these common nicknames are used in movies & music. • Pot • Weed • Hash • Mary Jane • Reefer • Chronic • Grass

  8. Remember: Not “everybody’s doing it”? What is the correlation between age & use? 8% of 8th graders 17% of 10th graders 21% of 12th graders

  9. 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!!!

  10. 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”

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. Myth: Marijuana is not Addicting More kids enter treatment for marijuana than for all other illegal drugs combined!!! Withdrawal Symptoms Include: Loss of appetite Nervousness Irritability Stomach pain Aggression Anxiety Paranoia

  14. Drug AbuseThe Before and After • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU7aRJ4WpUw&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active Died 7/23/11 Age 27 Died 2/11/12 Age 48

  15. Inhalants • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J618fx8Y2u0&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fJwK5500U0&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TByV_Twbmi0&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

  16. Table of Contents10. Journal Entry – Drugs11. Marijuana Pre-test12. Marijuana Notes13. Marijuana Notes Cont.

  17. 7th Grade Table of Contents • 1. Table of Contents • 2. What’s Your Alcohol I.Q.? • 3. Alcohol Notes-side 1 • 4.Alcohol Notes-side 2 • 5.Letter to the Governor • 6.Tobacco Study Guide-side 1 • 7.Tobacco Study Guide-side 2 • 8.Check It Out-side 1 • 9.Check It Out-side 2 • 10. Journal Entry-Drug Unit • 11. Marijuana Pre-test • 12. Marijuana Notes • 13. Marijuana Notes Continued

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