STEP 2: REVIEW AND ANALYZE STATISTICS RELATED TO MARIJUANA USE

 

1.      Use the site: http://www2.druginfo.org/orgs/dsi/Marijuana/Marijuana.TheDeceptiveDru.html, graphing basics and the graphing calculator – THC to show how long it will take to eliminate the THC from your body after you have smoked one joint. 

A.    Will the THC ever be eliminated from your body? Why or why not?

B.    Does this graph show an exponential decay or growth?  Explain.

 

2.    Marijuana is stronger today than it was in the 1970’s.  What is considered to be the increase in its’ potency?

 

3.    If one in six 10th graders are current users of marijuana and Mountain View has 56 10th graders, how many are marijuana users?

 

 

4.    Use the site www.mapinc.org/pdxnorml/Exposing_index_1095.html, to graph a line of how marijuana use has increased over time. The graphing basics and graphing using the TI - linear links may help you with this.  After the line is graphed, determine the slope and equation of the line.  Based on this data, what do you think will happen in later years?

 

5.    Do you think there would be a direct or indirect correlation between 8th, 10th, and 12th graders who use or have used marijuana.

 

 

6.    Using the DEA website, go to the “Statistics” page to answer the following:

A.    Make a column chart that shows the number of domestic arrests from 1988 to 1998.

B.    Make a pie chart that shows the Percentage of Adult Males Testing Positive for Specific Drugs at Time of Arrest in 1998 in Washington, DC.

 

7.    Using the statement: “If marijuana is legalized, then the number of marijuana-related emergency room will increase.”

A.      Is this statement true or false? Why?

B.       Write the converse of the statement.  Determine if the converse is true.

C.       Write the contrapositive.  Is it true or false? Why?

D.      Write the inverse.  Is it true or false? Why?

E.       Make up a syllogism that you believe to be true.

 

8.    Using the qualifiers “marijuana”, “recreational use” and “medicinal use”, construct a Venn diagram to show how these interact.  Explain your diagram in words.

 

9.    Find a picture of a cannabis leaf, copy and print the picture.

A.      How many lines of symmetry does it have?

B.       What type of symmetry does it have?

C.       Do you think symmetry is evident in nature? Why? Give an example.

 

If the use of marijuana is legalized:

10.            If there was a “marijuana tax” of $100 per ounce and the tax went directly to the state, how much money would be generated in one year.  Assume 600 tons were sold in one year (DEA 1997 seizure records).  *Remember, you will need to convert ounces to tons.

 

11. The state agrees to set aside 17% each month in an account for health benefits.  How much is set-aside in one month?

 

12.            Using the graphing calculator – finance key, assume this amount is put into an account that pays 4.2% annual interest, compounded quarterly. How much interest is earned? What will be the balance after one year?

 

13. What should be done with this money?

 

14. Data Retrieval Sheet – the next step

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESOURCES FOR STEP 2

 

http://tigger.stthomas.edu/BIOL/COURSES/PHYSIOL/marijuana/MARIJUANA.HTM#eff

physiological effects and stats on marijuana use

 

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/

DEA homepage

 

http://www2.druginfo.org/orgs/dsi/Marijuana/Marijuana.TheDeceptiveDru.html

information on marijuana

 

www.westfieldnj.com/ncadd/faqs.htm

facts and questions about marijuana

 

www.mapinc.org/pdxnorml/Exposing_index_1095.html

marijuana myths; scientific evidence

 

http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/

archives relating to math issues

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/index.html

PBS site for drug information