Deck 3: Drug Abuse and Pharmacology

Question 1

Chloral hydrate and paraldehyde are two of the oldest pharmaceutical depressants still in use today.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

This is the most widely used naturally occurring narcotic in medical treatment in the world.

A)codeine
B)caffeine
C)nicotine
D)marijuana

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Meperidine effects are most closely associated with which drug?

A)marijuana
B)morphine
C)Ativan
D)Mebaral

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Paul is a college professor with many daytime anxiety issues that lead to issues with insomnia. Which of the following drugs would he most likely be prescribed?

A)Ativan
B)Cymbalta
C)Luminal
D)Mebaral

Question 5

A person who is suffering from Parkinson's disease probably has which of the following brain conditions?

A)too little dopamine
B)too much dopamine
C)too little serotonin
D)too much serotonin

Question 6

Both Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his fictitious hero, the detective Sherlock Holmes, were users of which drug?

A)cocaine
B)heroin
C)ecstacy
D)peyote

Question 7

The most powerful mind-altering drugs the human body creates, which underlie every thought, emotion, memory, and learning process, are known as:

A)neurotransmitters
B)external-transmitters
C)electons
D)neutrons

Question 8

A situation in which the user continues regular use of a drug and must administer progressively larger doses to attain the desired effect is known as:

A)tolerance
B)dependence
C)withdrawal
D)Trait theory

Question 9

Which of the following terms best describes a situation in which a person has a craving for or compulsive need to use drugs because the drugs provide the person with feelings of well-being and satisfaction?

A)physical dependence
B)psychologial abundance
C)psychological dependence
D)withdrawal

Question 10

According to the text, which drug has an extremely high potential for physical dependence?

A)ecstasy
B)cocaine
C)marijuana
D)heroin

Question 11

Which stimulant can also be used as a pesticide?

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

Question 12

Dr. W. H. Bentley brought cocaine to the United States as a drug to cure:

A)HIV
B)opium addiction
C)cancer
D)hiccups

Question 13

The FDA-approved name for the stimulant methamphetamine (meth) is:

A)Desoxyn
B)Cymbalta
C)Levothyroxin
D)Methancylacide dioxide

Question 14

This form of meth resembles glass fragments or shiny blue-white "rocks" of various sizes.

A)White Horse
B)Diamond Blue
C)Desoxyn Shine
D)Crystal Meth

Question 15

Which drug, when injected, blocks small blood vessels and damages the lungs and the retina of the eye?

A)methylphenidate
B)Khat
C)methcathinone
D)cocaine

Question 16

Injecting the drug just under the skin and into the muscle is known as:

A)skin popping
B)loritabing
C)skin flipping
D)mainlining

Question 17

LSD use hit its first peak in which decade?

A)1940s
B)1950s
C)1960s
D)1970s

Question 18

Flunitrazepam also goes by the drug name of "roofies."

Question 19

Although nicotine is an addictive substance, it does not create a physical dependence on the part of the smoker.

Question 20

One of the primary reasons for supporting the legalization of marijuana is that under 2% of all fatal crashes found marijuana as a factor for the crash.

Question 21

Since methamphetamine use has been found to be non-addicting, the popularity and use of the drug has increased in recent years.

Question 22

Methamphetamine comes in many forms and can be smoked, snorted, injected, or orally ingested.

Question 23

Taken in small amounts, cocaine usually makes the user feel euphoric, energetic, talkative, and mentally alert, especially to the sensations of sight, sound, and touch.

Question 24

The first resistance and negative opinion on cocaine use began in 1925 following the high number of WWI veterans who had become addicted to the drug to treat pain.

Question 25

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter present in the regions of the brain that regulate movement, emotion, cognition, motivation, and feelings of pleasure.

Question 26

Contrary to popular belief, cannabis products such as marijuana and hashish can result in memory loss and disorientation.

Question 27

Women who drink while pregnant may have children who are characterized by face and body abnormalities and, in some cases, impaired intellectual facilities known as:

A)fetal alcohol syndrome
B)Digeorge syndrome
C)Stevens-Johnson syndrome
D)haemochromatosis

Question 28

Of the neurotransmitters released by cocaine, the most important is __________, which fills receptors on the body of the next cell and sparks a continuation of a feeling of pleasure.

A)dopamine
B)serotonin
C)amino acids
D)adenosine

Question 29

Street names for LSD include all of the following except:

A)acid
B)blotter
C)cid
D)laser

Question 30

Xanax, Valium, and Paxipam are all types of what drug?

A)benzodiazepines
B)opiates
C)barbiturates
D)marijuana

Question 31

Chloral hydrate was first synthesized in 1832 and is the oldest known:

A)drug
B)form of opiate
C)liquid cough syrup
D)hypnotic depressant

Question 32

Eric is admitted to the local hospital following an automobile accident. Having spent five days in the hospital, he begins having delirium tremens associated with alochol withdrawal. Which drug would the hospital most likley administer?

A)benzodiazepines
B)paraldehyde
C)barbiturates
D)alcolid benzopium

Question 33

Most state traffic laws in the United States are based on the assumption that a driver with a BAC of _____ percent is intoxicated.

A).04 to .06
B).06 to .08
C).08 to .10
D)none of the above