Deck 9: Cocaine Misuse and Cocaine Use Disorder

Question 1

According to your text, taking cocaine with increases the user's risk of sudden cardiac death 18 fold compared to taking cocaine alone.

A)marijuana
B)heroin
C)methamphetamine
D)alcohol

Answer 1

alcohol

Question 2

Coca-Cola, which was introduced as a , contained small amounts of cocaine and was developed because _.

A)treatment for delusional thinking; it helped to calm the patient
B)depressant; alcohol use was banned on Sundays and cocaine's depressant effects could replace those of alcohol
C)temperance drink; alcohol use was banned on Sundays
D)substitute for water; local water was considered impure for consumption

Answer 2

temperance drink; alcohol use was banned on Sundays

Question 3

About % of people who try cocaine will ultimately become addicted, although more become "regular users."

A)15
B)25
C)50
D)75

Answer 3

15

Question 4

Chronic bronchiolitis is also known as

A)cotton fever.
B)crack lung.
C)dermal infiltration.
D)acute pericarditis.

Question 5

Which of the follow acts prohibited the use of cocaine for non-medical reasons?

A)The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
B)The Harrison Narcotic Act of 1914
C)The Omnibus Drug Act of 1921
D)The Comprehensive Drug Abuse & Prevention Control Act of 1928

Question 6

Cocaine is a factor in between % of all deaths that result from illicit drug use, according to your text.

A)10 and 20
B)30 and 40
C)40 and 50
D)60 and 70

Question 7

How are coca leaves typically used in many parts of the world?

A)Crushed into capsules
B)Injected
C)Snorted
D)Chewed

Question 8

When injected into a blood vessel, the misuser will begin to feel cocaine's effects

A)in 45-60 seconds.
B)in 15 seconds.
C)in 2-3 minutes.
D)almost instantly.

Question 9

Research evidence also suggests that cocaine is able to indirectly activate the receptor sites in the brain.

A)opioid mu and kappa
B)opioid mu and delta
C)opioid sigma and epsilon
D)lambda and mu

Question 10

According to your text, the current theory is that cocaine's rewarding effects reflect its ability to influence the receptor site in the brain.

A)Serotonin 5-HT3
B)Dopamine D2
C)Dopamine D1
D)Dopamine D18

Question 11

According to a study cited in your text, % of heart attacks in people ages 18-45 may be cocaine-related.

A)5
B)15
C)25
D)50

Question 12

Following the "flash" or "rush" experience, intravenous cocaine misusers will then experience lasting for 10-15 minutes.

A)a sense of excitation or euphoria
B)introversion with new psychological insights
C)extroversion and intense desire to be around others
D)extreme vulnerability

Question 13

The half-life of injected or snorted cocaine is thought to be

A)4-5 hours.
B)30-90 minutes.
C)20 minutes.
D)dependent on the method by which it is administered.

Question 14

The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

A)merely required that manufacturers of a product list the ingredients of that product on a label.
B)was essentially the same as alcohol prohibition, but for cocaine.
C)backfired, as it led to a 3-fold increase in cocaine usage in the United States.
D)created a system by which the United States government now regulated and taxed the sale of cocaine, a system that ended within 3 years due to public outcry.

Question 15

"Insufflation" is a technical term for the process of

A)causing the price of illicit cocaine to go up.
B)causing the heart rate to go up after cocaine is injected.
C)"snorting" cocaine powder, or intranasal ingestion.
D)mixing cocaine with water for intravenous injection.

Question 16

When misused, cocaine's effects seem to be strongest when

A)the blood levels are stable.
B)the blood levels are rising.
C)the blood levels are falling.
D)none of the above.

Question 17

What professionals still use cocaine medically?

A)Otolaryngologists
B)Psychiatrists
C)Neuroopthalmologists
D)Orthopedic surgeons

Question 18

To avoid the bitter taste when chewing the leaves of the coca plant, indigenous people also

A)chew calcium obtained from sea shells.
B)chew lime obtained from sea shells.
C)mix sea salt with the leaves of certain trees and chew the wad for a while.
D)soak coca leaves with seaweed in a vat filled with water and slowly heat the vat until it begins to boil, let it cool, and then chew the coca leaves.

Question 19

According to your text, cocaine's pleasurable effects are thought to reflect its ability to in the brain.

A)force the release of dopamine from neurons in the reward system
B)force the release of acetylcholine from neurons involved in the reward cascade
C)block the reabsorption of acetylcholine in the limbic system after release
D)produce metabolites with psychoactive effects

Question 20

During the most recent resurgence of cocaine misuse in the United States, what year did cocaine misuse peak?

A)1969
B)1974
C)1986
D)1991

Question 21

The pattern of cocaine misuse in the United States has been cyclical.

Question 22

Cocaine induced cardiac problems follow a rather predictable pattern that is easily identified, and this leads to effective intervention if the issues are caught early enough.

Question 23

Discuss the relationship between cocaine misuse and central nervous system damage.

Question 24

Discuss the three distinct cocaine "epidemics"that have occurred in the United States.

Question 25

Discuss the history of cocaine use, in terms of its early use for various medication conditions.How, if at all, is cocaine used today for the treatment of medical ailments?

Question 26

Describe the various methods of cocaine misuse.

Question 27

A cocaine misuser's risk of suffering a stroke might be as much as 50 times higher than that of a nonmisuser.

Question 28

It is impossible to use crack intravenously.

Question 29

Discuss the effects of cocaine abuse on emotions and perceptions.

Question 30

Those who misuse cocaine are at an increased risk for a cardiovascular complication called sudden aortic dissection.