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4715570747Origin of drug abuse2240BC Hammurabi Code0
4715571547Number of people who have used illicit drugs in 2006111Million (45%)1
4715571987How many workers in a month report alcohol use?65%2
4715573495What is not a specific factor affecting how a user experiences a drug?personal3
4715574506Police and detectiveslowest level of illicit drug use4
4715575320Drugs that result from altered chemical structures of already existing illicit drugs.structural analogs5
4715576095The use of _______drugs causes far more deaths, sickness, violent crimes, economic loss, and other social problems combined.licit6
4715583349The internalization of attitudes, values, and behaviors that are needed in order to become participating members in conventional society.socialization7
4715583907Drug use is a collective attempt to gain social status and prestige within a peer group.social and cultural support perspectives8
4715585095How people learn patterns of behavior from the attitudes of society.social learning theory9
4715585623Drug use is a largely peer-generated activity.imitation theory10
4715586432A person's day-to-day social psychological relations is a primary cause for drug use.social influence theory11
4715587115The structural organization of a society, peer group, or subculture is responsible for drug use.structural influence theory12
4715588219Psychological theories tend to focus more on the ______ state of the individual.internal13
4715588592Sociological theories focus on factors that are ______.external14
4715589950It is believed that most drugs with abuse potential enhance pleasure centers byreleasing dopamine15
4715590428Percent of full-time drug users:70%16
4715590725The word addiction is derived from the Latin verb addicere, meaning:the process of binding things17
4715592186The decline of patent medicines.Pure Food and Drug Act 190618
4715592788Thalidomidewas used as a sedative for pregnant women19
4715593544Phase I clinical trials:healthy volunteers and eligible sickly volunteers, used to determine the safety of a drug20
4715595512Orphan Drug Lawtax breaks to companies if drugs developed to treat rare diseases21
4715596523Lowest abuse potentialSchedule V Drug22
4715597156The most common example of this strategy is the use of the narcotic methadone to treat the heroin addict.Replacement therapy23
4715598145An over-the-counter drug not generally recognized as safe or effective for the claimed therapeutic indication is classified as:Category II Drug24
4715599314Maintenance of internal stability.homeostasis25
4715601307Due to damage of dopamine neurons in the basal ganglia.Parkinson's disease26
4715602238It serves as the CNS control center for the autonomic nervous system, and maintains homeostasis in the body.hypothalamus27
4715603800limbic systemLocated in the brain, it regulates memory and emotional activities.28
4715611141Amount of yearly deaths from mixing alcohol with CNS depressants.300029
4715613583CNS depressant used to relieve anxietysedative30
4715614519CNS depressantsleep aid, cause anesthesia, relieve anxiety31
4715615218benzodiazepinestreats neurosis, alleviates back pain, aid in withdrawal from alcohol32
4715618167Used to relieve symptoms of allergies and motion sicknessantihistamines33
4715621830The consumable type of alcohol that is the psychoactive ingredient in alcoholic beveragesethanol34
4715625438What education level is most likely to be classified as a current alcohol user throughout their lives?college35
4715628914The behavior exhibited and expected while under the direct use of alcohol, determined by the norms and expectations that prevail in a particular culture.drunken comportment36
4715629571Percent of family disputes caused by alcohol in 1996?42%37
4715630442The social institution that bears the most costs of alcohol abuse.family38
4715630743What drug is related to over half of highway fatalities?alcohol39
4715631958The ________ has fewer occasions of uncontrolled drinking than the alcoholic; however, the drinking remains uncontrollable when it occurs.alcohol abuser40
4715633329Amount of yearly deaths alcohol is responsible for.100,00041
4715637800The depression of cerebral cortex functioning, resulting in a suspension of rational or thoughtful constraints on behavior.disinhibition42
4724633661Neurotransmitters in the brain and pituitary gland that have morphine-like qualities.endorphins43
4724634303When a drug causes impairment in judgment to the point that otherwise normal behaviors become dangerous.behavioral toxiticity44
4724635770A friend has admitted that when he was younger he occasionally used LSD. He now occasionally will experience recurrence of some of the effects of the drug though he has not used in years.flashback45
4724638169A person who has developed tolerance for oxycodone will also have a tolerance for which drug?codeine46
4724638676A person with 50mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood would have a blood alcohol level of.0547
4724642171Amphetamine's first medical use was as a treatment for which medical condition?asthma48
4724642640Before the 1900s, the term ________ best described the U.S. government's approach to most drugs.laissez-faire (hands off)49
4724645080By what brand name was meprobamate best known in the 1950s?milltown, equanil50
4724646464Chemicals released by neurons that trigger a responseneurotransmitters51
4724646691Cocaine extracted into an organic solvent is one way of creating a substance known asfreebase52
4724647488Dependence is more likely to develop rapidly for people taking amphetamines in what manner?Large doses taken intravenously53
4724648197Drugs on which schedule currently have NO medical use in the United States?Schedule I54
4724649036During most of the 1970s, which of the following prescription medications was the leading seller?valium55
4724649448For all age groups, the most commonly used drug isalcohol56
4724652745How much less alcohol does light beer usually have than regular beer?10%57
4724653754If a dose of a drug has an ED50 what does this mean?effective on 50% of the patients/animals58
4724657200In an attempt to help rehabilitate addicted persons, Congress voted to create two farms in what year?193559
4724659752MDMA is known by what street nameecstacy60
4724660078Most common drug screening tests are best verified by which follow up test?gas chromatography/mass spectrometry61
4724660471On which schedule is marijuana currently listed?Schedule I62
4724661457One of the earliest medical uses for cocaine wasdepression, stomach ailments, anesthetic63
4724662982People who choose to drive after smoking marijuana are most likely to be affected by impairment in their ability to do what?maintain speed, concentrate64
4724664716Prozac and Haldol are examples of which classification of drugs?Psychotherapeutics65
4724666106Rohypnol is a benzodiazepine, also known by what slang term?date rape drug66
4724666406Simply stated, a "psychoactive drug" is one that altersmood and consciousness67
4724668652The lowest dose of a drug in which effects are observedthreshold dose68
4724668904The quality that mos drug users share in commonno respect for conventional ways69
4724672235The technical name for chronic mental impairments caused by long-term heavy alcohol use is called what?alcoholic dementia (Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome)70
4724672719The part of the nervous system that regulates involuntary bodily functionsautonomic nervous system71
4724673511What is the % of 90 proof whiskey?45%72
4724674435What percent of inhaled nicotine is absorbed?90%73
4724674822Steroids that mimic the effects of male hormones in performance enhancement but do not emphasize the sexual effects?anabolic74
4724675128Which of the following describes alcohol's effect on a person in extreme cold?warm but loosing body heat75
4724677076Which of the following drugs is known to have metabolites that are almost as active as the parent drug?marijuana76
4724678266Which of the following indicates the difference between morphine and heroin?heroin is more lipid soluble and 3x's more potent77
4724687487Which of the following is indicative of Stage 4 of alcohol withdrawal?seizures78
4724687872Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a successful social influence drug prevention program?involving law enforcement79
4724688786Which of the following is NOT a classification of psychoactive drugs?narcotics80
4724688942Which of the following is NOT a condition commonly treated with narcotics?dysentery81
4724689585Which of the following is NOT a current use for benzodiazepines?anticonvulsant82
4724691866Which of the following is NOT a way in which some consumed alcohol when excreted from the body is unchanged by the body?stool83
4724692203Which of the following is the most potent preparation of marijuana?charas84
4724692468Which of the following is the proper chemical notation for the chemical composition of the anesthesia known as "laughing gas"?NO (Nitrous oxide)85
4724693031Which of the following ways of administering a drug would be preferred if a person required a slow and steady dose of a medication?topical patch86
4724693342Which of the following ways of ingesting cocaine results in the fastest experience of the effects of the drug?smoking87
4724693784Which of the following would slow the absorption of alcohol in the body?food and water88
4724694072Which stage of drug treatment involves helping a person accommodate physically to the absence of the drug in the body?detoxification89
4724694304You have an acquaintance who has been acting panicked, seems suspicious and paranoid, seems confused about some decisions, and is agitated to the point that you are afraid he might be violent. Knowing what you know about drug use, you might suspect your friend is experiencing the behavioral toxicity of what drug?amphetamines90
4725285872Use of MPTP causes which of the following diseases?Parkinson's91
4725287135Buprenorphineused to treat morphine overdoses92
4725291764Methadoneaddictive as heroine if injected93
4725314136differential associationrefers to how individuals are socialized into the perceptions of a group; this can include the perceptions of drug effects and how one should respond.94
4725287996Methadoneaddictive as heroine if injected95

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