Chapter 1

Question 1

Which of the following routes of administration is the most efficient and effective in delivering a drug to the brain?

Answer 1

smoking

Question 2

Some drug effects take place over the long run; others are more short-term. Which of the following distinctions or dimensions is this difference relevant for?

Answer 2

the acute-chronic distinction

Question 3

Pharmacologically, a drug “action” takes place at the _________level.

Answer 3

molecular

Question 4

Which of the following drugs generates the most compulsive pattern of continued, abusive use in laboratory animals?

Answer 4

cocaine

Question 5

In all probability, the psychoactivity of drugs was discovered by humans when they engaged in religious ceremonies.

Answer 5

foraged for food during the Paleolithic era.

Question 6

In this book, we are mainly interested in drug-taking

Answer 6

for the purpose of getting high

Question 7

Which of the following drugs generates the greatest immediate sensual appeal?

Answer 7

cocaine

Question 8

What happens after heroin enters the body? It breaks down into _________.

Answer 8

morphine

Question 9

Sedative/hypnotics are also called _________.

Answer 9

general depressants

Question 10

Which drug combination produces the most clear-cut synergistic effect?

Answer 10

barbiturate and alcohol