Deck 1: An Introduction to Drug Use and Abuse

Question 1

Goldstein developed a ______________ model for considering the relationship between drugs and crime.

A) cause and effect
B) multi-factorable
C) bipartite
D) tripartite

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Offenses that are psychopharmacology induced, that is, the result of a response to the intoxicating effects of a drug are referred to as ______________ offenses.

A) compulsive
B) lifestyle
C) economic-compulsive
D) pharmacological

Answer 2

D

Question 3

National Survey on Drug Use and Health results are limited by ___________.

A) excluded segments of society (e.g., the homeless or the institutionalized)
B) refusal to participate
C) possibly biased subjects
D) all of these

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What is the most frequently used legal drug in the stimulants category?

A) ecstasy
B) cocaine
C) caffeine
D) alcohol

Question 5

Substances that can reduce pain are known as _____.

A) stimulants
B) hallucinogens
C) depressants
D) club drugs

Question 6

The most frequently used hallucinogens are _________ _____ ; both are produced chemically, and neither has a legitimate medical use.

A) codeine and amphetamine
B) LSD and amphetamine
C) Peyote and Psilocybine
D) LSD and PCP

Question 7

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reports that ____________ dependence is the most common substance use disorder in the United States and tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States.

A) cocaine
B) alcohol
C) nicotine
D) heroin

Question 8

__________________ is defined as "a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences" .

A) drug abuse
B) illicit drug use
C) drug addiction
D) drug disease

Question 9

Drunk driving is reputed to be the direct cause of __________ deaths in the United States annually.

A) 1,000
B) 6,000
C) 11,000
D) 10,000

Question 10

According to Shiffman and Balabanis, both tobacco and alcohol share a role as _______ drugs that precedes most subsequent use of marijuana and cocaine.

A) entry
B) bridge
C) gateway
D) club

Question 11

The repeal of Prohibition in 1933 __________ the murder rate in the United States.

A) did not effect
B) resulted in a slight decrease in
C) resulted in a dramatic decrease in
D) resulted in an increase in

Question 12

MDMA is also known as ____________.

A) ecstasy
B) cocaine
C) caffeine
D) amphetamines

Question 13

The cost of alcohol abuse is __________ the social cost of all illegal drugs.

A) about half as much as
B) about the same as
C) twice
D) triple

Question 14

_________________ elevate mood-produce feelings of wellbeing-by stimulating the CNS .

A) Stimulants
B) Hallucinogens
C) Depressants
D) Opioid pain killers

Question 15

Numerous definitions of drug abuse reflect __________, not scientific insight.

A) social values
B) legal specificity
C) frequency and amount of use
D) both a and b

Question 16

Crime driven by a need to buy drugs are referred to as __________________ offenses.

A) lifestyle
B) economic-compulsive
C) pharmacological
D) economic

Question 17

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, drug addiction is:

A) a chronic, relapsing brain disease characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use.
B) a compulsive behavior that is driven by psychological factors.
C) a behavior that drug addicts can stop at any time.
D) the use of illegal substances or legal substances used in a disapproved manner.

Question 18

Substances that alter perceptual functions are known as __________.

A) stimulants
B) hallucinogens
C) depressants
D) club drugs

Question 19

Cannabis exhibits some of the characteristics of ____________.

A) hallucinogens
B) depressants
C) stimulants
D) all of these

Question 20

The word drug is derived from the fourteenth century French word drogue , meaning __________.

A) illegal
B) dry mouth
C) dry substance
D) dry herb

Question 21

The hallucinogen, peyote, may be lawfully used in some religious ceremonies.

Question 22

The Monitoring the Future collects data about drug use from ___________________.

A) high-school students
B) college graduates
C) veterans
D) arrestees

Question 23

A ___________ drug user's life often revolves around obtaining, maintaining, and using a supply of drugs.

A) new
B) compulsive
C) addicted
D) recreational

Question 24

The two extremes on the drug use continuum are nonuse and compulsive use.

Question 25

According to Vaillant, no matter their class origin, most people who use narcotics have a greater tendency than their socioeconomic peers to be __________

A) aggressive
B) hungry
C) delinquent
D) employeed

Question 26

According to scientific and pharmacological data used to classify dangerous substances for the protection of society, __________ should be a Schedule II narcotic.

A) aspirin
B) alcohol
C) nicotine
D) metformin

Question 27

The relatively high rate of drug misuse among _____________ can be explained by availability.

A) males
B) physicians
C) students
D) athletes

Question 28

The three categories of drugs are depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens.

Question 29

Preoccupation is a characteristic of addiction whereby the addict assigns a high priority to acquiring drugs.

Question 30

Both alcohol and tobacco function as introductory drugs that may lead to the use of other psychoactive drugs.

Question 31

The use of psychoactive chemicals can objectively be labeled drug abuse when the user becomes _______________.

A) beligerent
B) intoxicated
C) dysfunctional
D) enlightened

Question 32

Two programs that were used to estimate drug use have been recently discontinued, Drug Abuse Warning Network and ____________________________ .

A) Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring
B) Prisoners Against Drugs
C) Drug Use in the United States Survey
D) National Drug Use Estimator

Question 33

The relationship between drugs and __________ has been consistently documented in both the popular press and in social scientific research

A) violence
B) crime
C) socioeconomic status
D) alcohol

Question 34

Outside of social settings, the _____________ drug user abstains and thereby remains in control of his or her drug use.

A) teenage
B) recreational
C) systemic
D) first-time

Question 35

Alcohol abuse is the most common substance abuse disorder in the U.S.

Question 36

A drug can have at least three different names: chemical, generic, and trade.

Question 37

The use of psychoactive chemicals, licit or illicit, can objectively be labeled drug addiction only when the user becomes dysfunctional as a consequence.

Question 38

A study of 9th and 10th grade male students found that for about ________ of those who used drugs, criminal behavior preceded use.

A) 1/3
B) 1/5
C) 1/4
D) 1/2

Question 39

By 2014, about one in ________ adolescents were current smokers.

A) twenty
B) thirty
C) ten
D) twenty-five

Question 40

The most frequently used hallucinogen is ecstasy.

Question 41

Explain differences in drug use measurement between NSDUH and the MTF.

Question 42

Explain the tripartite model Goldstein developed for considering the question of drugs and crime.

Question 43

Monitoring the Future (MTF) collects data from __________________.

Question 44

What is the drug use continuum and how can it help understand patterns of drug use?

Question 45

The use of psychoactive chemicals, licit or illicit, can objectively be labeled drug _________ only when the user becomes dysfunctional as a consequence.

Question 46

The NSDUH survey collects drug use data __________.

Question 47

_____________  distinguish between lawful drugs and illegal drugs.

Question 48

Barbiturates are the most frequently used depressants.

Question 49

Drug abuse may be defined from a number of perspectives: "The ________ definition equates drug use with the mere act of using a proscribed drug or using a drug under proscribed conditions.

Question 50

____________ offenses are the result of a response to the intoxicating effects of a drug.

Question 51

Explain the author's statement that "how society defines drug abuse determines how society responds to drug use."

Question 52

The most frequently used illegal stimulant is __________.

Question 53

What are the three categories of drugs of abuse and how do they differ from one another?

Question 54

The term ______________ rather than, for example, psychoactive or psychedelic , is a value-laden one.

Question 55

__________ and nicotine are also seen as gateway drugs.