EXAM 1 CH1 & CH2

Question 1

Which of the following statements is true?

Answer 1

Humankind has always had a desire to alter individual states of consciousness regardless of the potential for damage.

Question 2

A practical way to classify psychoactive substances is the following:

Answer 2

Stimulants, Depressants, and psychedelics

Question 3

In the United States, the legal drinking age varies from state to state.

True or False

Answer 3

False

Question 4

According to the authors of Uppers, Downers, All Arounders, a psychoactive drug is defined as….

Answer 4

Any substance that directly alters the normal functioning of the central nervous system.

Question 5

Compulsive behaviors (binge eating, anorexia, bulimia, compulsive gambling, sexual compulsion, and internet addiction) affect many of the same areas of the brain that are influenced by psychoactive drugs.

True or False

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The potency of drugs today is due to technological advances in refining, synthesizing and manufacturing methods.

True or False

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Which of the following is currently the most popular psychoactive substance worldwide?

Answer 7

Alcohol

Question 8

The Gin Epidemic …..?

Answer 8

Was brought under control through high taxes and strict regulations of the sake of gin.

Question 9

Mexican cartel have replaced colombian cartels in smuggling cocaine into the United States.

True or False

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Human brain chemistry can be affected by psychoactive drugs, behavior addictions, and mental illness, to induce an altered state of consciousness.

True or False

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Which if the following statements is true regarding addiction m including compulsive behaviors such as gambling.

Answer 11

Addiction is a disease analogous to an diabetes

Question 12

The central nervous system is composed of the spinal cord and the brain.

Trure or False

Answer 12

True

Question 13

When drugs are taken orally, the effects are delayed for approximately how long?

Answer 13

20 to 30 minutes

Question 14

Because the blood-brain barrier is not formed until a child is one to two years of age, any psychoactive substance used by a pregnant women can be particularly harmful to a developing fetus.

True or False

Answer 14

True

Question 15

There are several routes of administering drugs, an some reach the brain faster than others. Which of the following sequences correctly lists the routes of administration from fastest to slowest for getting the drugs to the brain?

Answer 15

Inhaling (smoke), injecting (intravenous), mucous membrane absorption (nasal passage), ora is l ingestion.

Question 16

Active transport occurs when fat soluble drugs pass from an area where there is a higher concentration of a drug to an area of lower concentration.

True or False

Answer 16

False

Question 17

The emotional center of the brain that is activated when a person with an addiction sees a person, place, or thing that reminds him of their addiction (needles, slot machines, white powder) is called the….

Answer 17

Amygdala

Question 18

The more rapidly a psychoactive drug reaches its central nervous system target, the less the reward and the lower the reinforcement effect.

True or False

Answer 18

False

Question 19

Acetylcholine is the most crucial neurotransmitter involved in drug use and abuse.

True or False

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Which statement is true regarding intravenous drug use…?

Answer 20

Intravenous drug use is the most dangerous method because it bypasses the bodies natural defenses.