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Chapter 11 Discussion Questions
1. Explain the characteristics of marijuana, sinsemilla, hashish, and hashish oil in terms
of the manner in which they are obtained from the cannabis plant and their respective
levels of THC.
2. Explain the social and historical factors that changed the image of marijuana from an
obscure psychoactive substance to a drug that was considered dangerous and worthy of
extreme prohibitory policies.
3. Describe the distinctions between the CB1 and CB2 receptors and how various
cannabinoids interact with these two receptor types and produce different behavioral
and physiological effects.
4. Discuss the present understanding of the chronic effects of marijuana with respect to
cardiovascular and respiratory disease, lung cancer, immunological disease, and sexual
functioning.
5. Discuss the basic premises of the gateway hypothesis and present an argument that
argues against the inherent property of marijuana to cause a progression to the abuse
of more serious drugs.
6. Describe the present-day accepted medical applications of marijuana.