What Are the Potential Effects of Heavy Marijuana Usage

question 11

Multiple Choice

What are the potential effects of heavy marijuana usage?

• A)hallucinations,anxiety,depression,body image distortion,and other psychotic symptoms
• B)a decrease in dopamine production
• C)The body decreases the natural production of endorphins.
• D)the release of excess dopamine production
• E)All of the answer choices are potential effects of heavy marijuana usage.

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Definitions:

Resting Potential

The difference in voltage across the neuronal membrane when the neuron is not actively sending a signal, typically around -70mV.

Membrane Potential

The electrical potential difference across a cell's plasma membrane, crucial for the transmission of nerve impulses and muscle contraction.

Millivolts

A unit of electric potential equal to one thousandth of a volt, commonly used in various fields such as physics and electrophysiology to measure small voltage differences.

All-Or-None

A principle stating that the strength of a response of a nerve or muscle fiber is not dependent on the strength of the stimulus; if a stimulus is above a certain threshold, a nerve or muscle fiber will fire with full strength.