ESS 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Alprazolam, Dextropropoxyphene, Cough Medicine
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Marijuana (continued) not going to be on exam 2. Marijuana persists in the body of a chronic user for up to 3 months. Problem great variation in the amount of active ingredients in any given marijuana plant. Controls nausea & helps with weight gain. Cannabidiol is not present in marinol anti-anxiety component is lost. Balance of thc & cbd that diminishes psychoactive effects of thc. Used to treat spasticity in multiple sclerosis. Test show a lower level of impairment of driving ability with a small dose of marijuana as compared with a small dose of alcohol. Alcohol makes a driver overconfident, marijuana makes drivers wary & paranoid. U. s. drug enforcement administration ranks controlled substances according to five. Marijuana along w/drugs like lsd & heroin are a schedule i drug highest potential for abuse & (cid:3247)most dangerous(cid:3248) Because alcohol & tobacco are legal, they are not controlled substances, & not subject to dea scheduling.
