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What to Teach Kids About Marijuana Parenting for Prevention Information Series
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Hazelden Publishing
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1562461621
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9781562461621
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9780585351117
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English
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Marijuana, Children--Drug use, Drug abuse--Prevention, Parenting.
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1998
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HV5822.M3W48 1998eb
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649/.4
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Marijuana, Children--Drug use, Drug abuse--Prevention, Parenting.
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What to Teach Kids about Marijuana
For Parents, Teachers, and Other Caregivers
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Editor's Note: We use the term "alcohol and other drugs" in this booklet to emphasize that alcohol is a drugjust like tranquilizers, cocaine, marijuana, heroin, or any other mind-altering substance. We also sometimes use the term "chemical dependence" because it covers addiction to all these mind-altering drugs and because it's short and simple.
Copyright 1998 Johnson Institute-QVS, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this booklet may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without express permission in writing from the publisher:
Johnson Institute-QVS, Inc. 7205 Ohms Lane Minneapolis, MN 55439-2159
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data What to teach kids about marijuana: for parents, teachers, and other care givers. p. cm.(The parenting for prevention information series) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-56246-162-1 (pbk.) 1. Marijuana. 2. ChildrenDrug use. 3. Drug abuse Prevention. 4. Parenting. I. Johnson Institute (Minneapolis, Minn.) II. Series. HV5822.M3W48 1998 649'.4dc21 9744842 CIP
Printed in the United States of America
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What Is Marijuana?
Marijuana (also called pot, weed, grass, reefer, smoke, and joint) is a common hemp plant that bears the botanical name Cannabis sativa. Did you know that marijuana contains well over 400 different types of chemicals? Its major chemical or drug, however, is called THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). Like other drugs (e.g., alcohol, cocaine, heroin), marijuana produces physical, emotional, behavioral, and mental changes in those who use it. Like other drugs, marijuana affects the chemistry of the brain and thus is considered a mind-altering and mood-changing chemical. Three times more potent and toxic than it was a decade ago, marijuana poses a serious threat to the health and safety of young people who use it today.
Marijuna is considered a "gateway" drug to other potent drugs of abuse.
In the United States, marijuana is an illegal drug. In rare instances certain physicians have prescribed it for patients undergoing chemotherapy for cancer and other serious diseases. However, there is great controversy surrounding this practice. Along with tobacco and alcohol, marijuana is considered a "gateway" drug to other potent drugs of abuse. Research indicates that those who regularly use marijuana are far more likely than those who do not use it to experiment with other more powerful drugs.
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How Is It Used?
Ground up particles of the marijuana plant (except for roots and main stem) are either smoked or eaten. When smoked, the body absorbs the chemical THC through the lungs. When eaten (usually by being mixed with food, e.g., cake or brownies), the body absorbs the THC through the lining of the stomach.
loose marijuana (smoked in pipes, also called bongs)
hashish (condensed forms of marijuana that look like small balls of dark clay or tar; smoked in pipes)
Who Uses Marijuana?
Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in America. A 1990 survey by the National Institute on Drug Abuse indicated that about one third of the population has used it at least once. Most people who use marijuana claim to use it for "recreational" purposes. Even though marijuana use is a criminal offense, these people don't see themselves as criminals but as law-abiding citizens who simply choose to ignore the law. For the most part, marijuana users figure that it's no big thing. Unfortunately, that thinking comes from not being aware of just how marijuana affects the body. By the way, marijuana use by young people has increased significantly since 1992 as the drug has become more and more available and more potent. The Monitoring the Future Study of 1994
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surveyed a large number of eighth, tenth and twelfth grade students throughout the country. Of all the students surveyed, nearly 40% had used marijuana. Seven percent of the students reported using marijuana as early as the seventh grade. Next to alcohol, marijuana is the drug of choice for young people.
What Are the Effects of Marijuana Use?
Mention the word "marijuana" and memories of the "far out" sixties and seventies come rushing back to many adults. Marijuana was the "happening" drug of the hippie era. It was the drug of choice, the way to get high. People who remember the late sixties and early seventies may think that marijuana was and is a fairly harmless drug, a "gentle high," whose only effect was ''the munchies." In reality, however, marijuana is not nownor was it everjust a harmless or innocuous recreational drug.
Like alcohol, marijuana has a tranquilizing effect on most people. Users report feelings of euphoria and relaxation, as well as an altered sense of time and body image. At the same time, users also experience reddening of the eyes, an increase in heart rate, and dryness or scratchiness in the mouth and throat. Besides these initial effects, marijuana use has a number of other consequences:
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