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Eric Martin, MAC, CADC III, CPSACCBO, Policy & Legislative Liaison, 2008-present

ACCBO, Past-president & Director Emeritus, 1991-2008

Adjunct Faculty, University of Oregon, 2000-present

Governor’s Advisory Board on Drugs & Violent Crime, 2004-2006

Governor’s Council on Substance Abuse Programs, 2007-2009

Commission, Co-Chair, Oregon THW Commission, 2013-present

Up in Smoke: Marijuana Education/Intervention Specialist

Consulting Editor; NIDA Science to Practice Perspectives

Certified NAADAC Case Presentation Examiner

ICRC Examination Proctor

Legalization vs. “non-enforcement”

U.N. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs• started with the League of Nations – precursor in 1912 (led to

Harrison Narcotic Act)• The Single Convention officiated with 73 nations in 1961• 193 counties now represented

Article 23 & 28: Cultivation only for medical and scientific purposes.Article 36: requires criminalization of "cultivation, production, manufacture, extraction, preparation, possession, offering, offering for sale, distribution, purchase, sale, delivery on any terms whatsoever, brokerage, dispatch, dispatch in transit, transport, importation and exportation of drugs contrary to the provisions of this Convention.”

U.N. Single Convention on Drugs, 1961

• No marijuana for people in safety sensitive jobs (Union, DOT, etc.) until it is legalized federally.

• Probably no marijuana for state and federal corrections (drug package). They already prohibit alcohol.

• Probably no marijuana for employees of organizations that receive federal grants/funding, until it’s legalized federally.

• Possibly other occupations related to federal government, until it’s legalized federally.

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You can’t make BHO at home. You can only purchase it from a

licensed BHO manufacturer.

According to Rasmussen Poll: Single men with no children are the most likely of all groups (ethnicity, political party, sex, etc.) to vote in favor of legalization. Women with children are the most likely “no” voters.

Additionally, SurveyUSA’s polling on Prop 19 in California, reveals that women had the biggest change of heart prior to voting. Early polls showed women in favor of Prop 19, however, by the eve of the vote, women significantly pulled back against Prop 19.

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Research on Medical Marijuana and Age

– University of California, Santa Cruz, California MMJ:

• 75% male and largest percentage 25-34 years old

– Colorado/California Analysis most card holders are:

• white males, between 17 – 25 years old,

• with no history of chronic illness, and have a history of substance use.

– Arizona, First Annual Medical Marijuana Report A.R.S. §36-2809, 2012 & 2013:

• Largest percentage of patients – males 18-30 years old

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Marijuana Epidemiology

National Data from NSDUH

About 34.2%-43.7% of Americans have used marijuana (2000-2013)

About 10.10%-12.6% of Americans have used in the past year (2000-2013)

About 5.8%-7.5% of Americans are regular users (past month) (2000-2013)

About 4% of marijuana users are chronic users, 5-7 days per week. (2000-2011)

SAMHSA National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002-2013)

What percentage of the population develops Marijuana Addiction, Abuse, Dependence, etc..

NORML reported that “approximately 8% of marijuana users develop a pattern of abuse and dependence problems”.

NORML, recorded testimony to Congress 1999 Cannabis Dependence: Its Nature, Consequences and Treatment, Marlatt, 2006

8-9% meet diagnostic criteria for cannabis dependence, Cannabis Dependence: Its Nature, Consequences and Treatment, Marlatt, 2006

Past Month

9%Weekends 

plus

4%

Less than 

yearly

57%

Past Year

26%

Daily

4%

Of the 43% of Americans who smoke marijuana(approx. 113 million Americans, 12 and older)

92% of marijuana usersconsume marijuana

less than weekly

Colorado Department of Revenue

Occasional 53.7%

Daily 21.8%

Daily or Almost Daily Marijuana Use in the Past Year and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older: 2002-2012

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We NEED… Marijuana Vocabulary

• Oregon Weed:• Ice

• Cinderella

• Big Bang

• God Bud

• Sour Diesel

• Frankenberry

• Permafrost

• Oregon Pinot Noir

• Northern Lights

• White widow

• Oregon Weed:• White Rhino

• White Russian

• Granddaddy Purple

• AK

• KGB

• Blueberry

• Trainwreck

• Purple Power

• Viper

Marijuana Vocabulary

• Bud – flowers (female plant)

• Blunt (tobacco & weed)

• Keif (bud exudate)

• Keif Hash (pure exudate)

• BHO – dabs, wax, budder, shatter, crumble

• Grow-op - garden

Growing 101

MaleCannabis

FemaleCannabis

BudsFlowers

What is trimming?Buckingham Palace

In 1588, Abul-Fath Gilani, a Persian physician at the Indian court of the Emperor Akbar, invented the Hookah.

Possibly the oldest known

depiction of pipe/tube

smoking from 1000 A.D.

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Dabs Wax Shatter

Concentrate of Marijuana Resin(70%-90% THC)

Marijuana has changed over the yearsNatural vs. Hybridized Genetic Polyploids/Tetraploids

1%THC vs. 37.2%THC1%CBD 1%CBD

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Rendered Anandamide

Rendered D-9-THC

Sativex®– Cannabis extract 1:1

THC:CBD

– Approved in Canada for adjunctive treatment of

• MS spasms• neuropathic pain • cancer pain

– US advanced clinical trials in cancer pain

– Fast acting oromucosalspray