Transcript WARM UP - Bellefonte Area School District

WARM UP
What is marijuana?
List 3 things you know about it.
What are some “street” names
for marijuana?
Today we will:
• Identify how many people actually do
use marijuana in the United States
• Discuss some reasons why teens
choose to use marijuana
• Look at the Immediate effects of
marijuana use
• Look at the Long term effects of
marijuana use
PAIRS READ
•Turn to pages 42 and 43 in
your LS workbooks
•With a partner, please take
turns reading these pages
•Review the information with
your partner
MARIJUANA
• COMES FROM THE HEMP PLANT (CANNIBUS SATIVA)
• CONTAINS OVER 400 DIFFERENT DANGEROUS
CHEMICALS
• HAS A TOUGH FIBER STEM THAT IS USED TO MAKE ROPE
•THC- Tetrahydrocannabinol
• MIND ALTERING AGENT THAT GIVES THE USER A “HIGH”
• USE HAS INCREASED RECENTLY AMONG TEENS
• WITH THAT BEING SAID, FEWER PEOPLE USE THE DRUG
THAN WE THINK
QUESTIONS:
• DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO USES
MARIJUANA?
• COULD YOU GET MARIJUANA IF YOU
WANTED TO?
• IS THERE MARIJUANA READILY
AVAILABLE AT BAMS?
• HOW MUCH TROUBLE CAN YOU GET
FOR GETTING CAUGHT WITH
MARIJUANA?
WHY DO TEENS BEGIN
SMOKING MARIJUANA?
• With a partner, think of reasons why someone would
experiment with marijuana.
•Curiosity
•Peer pressure
•Look more grown up
•Like the way it makes you feel
•Anxiety / depression
IMMEDIATE EFFECTS
• Increase in HR
• Reddening of the eyes
• Dry mouth and throat / cough
• Decrease in body temperature
• Makes the person restless
• Alters the senses
• Loss of concentration
• Impairs short term memory
• Loss of coordination
LONG TERM EFFECTS
• ADDICTION
• FAT SOLUBLE- IT CAN STAY IN THE BODY FOR UP TO 30
DAYS
• CHANGE IN STRUCTURE OF BRAIN CELLS
• INCREASED HR
• POOR BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE HEART
• DISEASE (CANCER)
• ALTERS LUNG CAPACITY (INFLAMED LUNGS)
• HURT THE WHITE BLOOD CELL FORMATION NECESSARY
FOR THE BODY’S IMMUNE SYSTEM
• HURT THE MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
GATEWAY DRUG
• MARIJUANA USE OPENS THE DOOR TO OTHER DRUG
EXPERIMENTATION AND USE!!