01:830:364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Medical Cannabis, Psychoactive Drug, Sputum
Document Summary
Medical marijuana now legal in 28 states plus washington dc. In the 50"s and 60"s, thc content of street marijuana (leaf and bud) was 3-5%. By the 90"s, the thc content of resin-packed buds of female plants was 10-20%. Today, with hybridization and hydroponic growing techniques, the thc content of resin-packed buds of female plants is 20-30%. Cannabis is the mostly widely used illicit psychoactive substance in the us. One year prevalence (2005) is approximately 3. 4% among 12-17 year olds, and 1. 5% among adults age 18 years and older, with 4 times more adult males than adult females, but similar rates of the disorder among 12-17 year olds. Rates of maturing out of cannabis use disorder for females is much higher than for males and particularly in the early 20s. Temperamental: impulsivity, childhood conduct disorder, antisocial personality disorder. Environmental: academic failure, tobacco smoking, unstable or abusive family environment, use of cannabis by parents, low socioeconomic status.
