Throughout Much of the United States, It Is Illegal to Use

question 16

Multiple Choice

Throughout much of the United States, it is illegal to use marijuana, even for medical reasons. Compared with other nations, this is:

• A) very unusual; most countries permit both medical and recreational use of marijuana.
• B) unusual; most countries permit medical, but not recreational, use of marijuana.
• C) somewhat unusual; most countries permit at least limited medical use of marijuana.
• D) common; most countries do not allow either medical or recreational use of marijuana.

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Definitions:

Isoelectronic

Describing atoms, ions, or molecules that have the same number of electrons and thus similar electron configurations.

Octet Rule

A chemical rule of thumb that reflects the observation that atoms of main-group elements tend to bond in such a way that each atom has eight electrons in its valence shell.

Lewis Dot Structure

A diagram that represents the valence electrons of atoms within a molecule, showing the bonding between atoms as well as lone pairs of electrons.

He

Helium, a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert, monatomic gas that heads the noble gas series in the periodic table.