Question 1

Which of the following effects on the reproductive system has research shown to be associated with chronic marijuana use?

Accepted Answer

A) decreases in the number of sperm in men 
B) nonovulatory menstrual cycles in women 
C) decreases in sperm motility in men 
D) All of these are correct. 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 2

Which of the following is true regarding the research evidence on the social environmental effects of marijuana?

Accepted Answer

A) Marijuana enhances competence in social situations. 
B) Marijuana use is causally related to aggression. 
C) Marijuana use combined with preexisting personality characteristics may produce the amotivational syndrome. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 3

What are the common short-term physiological effects associated with marijuana's use?

Accepted Answer

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Question 4

Marijuana's effects on psychomotor activity and performance appear to be related to .

Accepted Answer

A) genetic predisposition 
B) dosage 
C) expectations 
D) route of administration

Question 5

is not a commonly reported consequence of marijuana use.

Accepted Answer

A) Impaired signal detection 
B) Increased sensory stimulation 
C) Increased sensitivity to pain 
D) More intense sexual pleasure

Question 6

A is a cigar that is emptied of tobacco and refilled with marijuana.

Accepted Answer

A) hookah 
B) bong 
C) blunt 
D) reefer

Question 7

Based on a United Nations survey, how many people worldwide use marijuana?

Accepted Answer

A) about 5 percent 
B) nearly 9 percent 
C) almost 16 percent 
D) over 20 percent

Question 8

Following cannabis ingestion, marked concentrations of THC can be found in the even when blood levels of THC are zero.

Accepted Answer

A) brain 
B) lungs 
C) kidneys 
D) liver 
E) all of these

Question 9

The short-term memory impairment associated with marijuana use can occur with fairly low doses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The center of marijuana use and distribution in 1920s America was .

Accepted Answer

A) San Francisco 
B) Los Angeles 
C) New York 
D) New Orleans

Question 11

Almost all marijuana smokers eventually enter a stage of .

Accepted Answer

A) heightened vigilance 
B) paranoia 
C) increased psychomotor activity 
D) relaxation

Question 12

What legislation, passed in 1937, markedly decreased prescribed medicinal uses of marijuana?

Accepted Answer

A) The Volstead Act 
B) The San Francisco Ordinance 
C) The Marijuana Tax Act 
D) The Controlled Substances Act

Question 13

A report issued by the concluded that there was a scientific foundation for studying marijuana as a treatment vehicle.

Accepted Answer

A) LaGuardia Commission 
B) Indian Hemp Drugs Commission 
C) United States National Academy of Sciences 
D) Baroness Wootton

Question 14

Physical dependence to marijuana has been reliably and consistently demonstrated in laboratory studies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The primary psychoactive agent in marijuana is .

Accepted Answer

A) THC 
B) AMP 
C) cannabidiol 
D) cannabinol

Question 16

Marijuana used today in the United States is stronger than it was in the 1980s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

is marijuana that is soaked in formaldehyde and dried before being smoked.

Accepted Answer

A) AMP 
B) Hashish 
C) PCP 
D) DMT

Question 18

The , published in 1944 and created at the request of the mayor of New York, concluded that marijuana use was not particularly harmful to the user or to society at large.

Accepted Answer

A) Indian Hemp Drugs Commission Report 
B) LeDain Commission Report 
C) LaGuardia Commission Report 
D) Baroness Wootton Report

Question 19

How does the THC content of marijuana today compare to its potency 30 years ago? How might this affect considerations by states to legalize use of the drug?

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

Which of the following has not been identified as a possible explanation for marijuana's effect on short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Drug action interferes with the neurochemical processes operative in memory. 
B) Marijuana use destroys neural connections in the hippocampus. 
C) Marijuana users are not motivated to attend to or retrieve material. 
D) Marijuana decreases the user's ability to concentrate.

Exam 11: Marijuana

Which of the following effects on the reproductive system has research shown to be associated with chronic marijuana use?

Which of the following is true regarding the research evidence on the social environmental effects of marijuana?

What are the common short-term physiological effects associated with marijuana's use?

Marijuana's effects on psychomotor activity and performance appear to be related to .

is not a commonly reported consequence of marijuana use.

A is a cigar that is emptied of tobacco and refilled with marijuana.

Based on a United Nations survey, how many people worldwide use marijuana?

Following cannabis ingestion, marked concentrations of THC can be found in the even when blood levels of THC are zero.

The short-term memory impairment associated with marijuana use can occur with fairly low doses.

The center of marijuana use and distribution in 1920s America was .

Almost all marijuana smokers eventually enter a stage of .

What legislation, passed in 1937, markedly decreased prescribed medicinal uses of marijuana?

A report issued by the concluded that there was a scientific foundation for studying marijuana as a treatment vehicle.

Physical dependence to marijuana has been reliably and consistently demonstrated in laboratory studies.

The primary psychoactive agent in marijuana is .

Marijuana used today in the United States is stronger than it was in the 1980s.

is marijuana that is soaked in formaldehyde and dried before being smoked.

The , published in 1944 and created at the request of the mayor of New York, concluded that marijuana use was not particularly harmful to the user or to society at large.

How does the THC content of marijuana today compare to its potency 30 years ago? How might this affect considerations by states to legalize use of the drug?

Which of the following has not been identified as a possible explanation for marijuana's effect on short-term memory?