Exam 2 of CH 3 and 4

Question 1

Per standard dose, the effects of cocaine last longer than the effects of methamphetamine.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

For how long does the high from amphetamine generally last?

Answer 2

4 to 6 hours

Question 3

Formication, the imaginary sensation that hundreds of tiny bugs (e.g., coke nugs, meth bugs, and snow bugs) are crawling under one’s skin, is caused by the visual hallucinogenic effects of stimulants.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

For treating ADHD the most common alternative therapies to prescription medications for treating ADHD are…?

Answer 4

Dietary change and nutritional supplements

Question 5

On which part of the body does long-term use of stimulants (e.g., nicotine, cocaine, and methamphetamine) have the most significant impact?

Answer 5

cardiovascular system

Question 6

The further cocaine gets from its original product source, the more pure it becomes.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Tolerance is not a sign of physical or psychological dependence.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

According to researchers, a person who smokes cigarettes is 22 times more likely to use cocaine than a nonsmoker.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Which form and method of using cocaine produces the most intense immediate high?

Answer 9

Smoking crack cocaine

Question 10

The high from cocaine normally last four to six hours.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Chewing khat produces an immediate and intense high.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Which of the following best describes how the first cigarette of the day affects smokers?

Answer 12

Increases blood pressure and heart rate

Question 13

Methcathinone is manufactured by street chemist using ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, the same precursors used to manufacture methamphetamine.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

When smoking cessation is part of a drug treatment program, the chances of recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction generally increase

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Research show that boys under the age 18 with ADHD who are treated with stimulants (Adderall and Ritalin) are much less likely to abuse drugs and alcohol when they get older.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

The sense of relaxation and well being that nonsmokers receive from a cigarette is actually the sensation of the withdrawal symptoms being subdued.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Which of the following is not a street name for methcathinone?

Answer 17

Betel nut

Question 18

Among those who try a cigarette, what percentage will become daily habitual smokers?

Answer 18

25%

Question 19

The illicit manufacture and distribution on methamphetamine in the United States today is due to the involvement of…?

Answer 19

Mexican gangs and drug cartel

Question 20

Heroin was first developed to be non-addictive medical alternative to morphine

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Allodynia is a painful response to a normally pain free stimulus, often as a result of long term long term opiate/opoid use

Answer 21

True

Question 22

An individual who is under the influence of heroin will have dilated pupils

Answer 22

False

Question 23

The “stop” switch in the brain, which tells your mind and body that it has had enough and functions to turn off the brains “On switch” is located in the brain stem

Answer 23

False

Question 24

Human beings have naturally occuring (endogenous) opioids, which cause many of them same effects as those caused by taking opioid drugs (exogenous opioid)

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Overdose deaths involving opioids most commonly include their combined use with other legal or illicit substances like alcohol, benzodiazepines, or antidepressants

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Which of the following statements best describes the effects that depressants have on the body due to its effects on the central nervous system?

Answer 26

Depressants decrease rate of breathing and heart rate

Question 27

Historically most drug laws were made for political rather than medical considerations

Answer 27

True

Question 28

How long can withdrawal symptoms following detoxification and abstinence from long acting opioids such as methadone persist?

Answer 28

for 14 days or more after detoxification

Question 29

Hyperalgesia is a temporary increase in the sensitivity to ______ that is experienced during long term use of opiates/opiods used to treat pain

Answer 29

painful stimuli

Question 30

Tolerance to one type of depressant, such as alcohol can lead to the development of cross-tolerance for another depressant such as benzodiazepines

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Which of the following is true about the purity of heroin at the retail level?

Answer 31

It varies from 10% to 70%

Question 32

Why is it dangerous to combine an opioid with a downer like alcohol, barbiturates, or benzodiazepines?

Answer 32

Because the combination of depressants increase the potential for respiratory depression, overdose, and death

Question 33

Death from depressants (e.g. opioids) overdose usually involves severe respiratory depression

Answer 33

True

Question 34

The synergistic effects of drugs refers to..?

Answer 34

The combination of two or more depressant drugs which magnifies their effect on the CNS

Question 35

Z-hypnotics like Sonata, Ambien, and Imovane are short acting, but they are thought to have a higher risk of addiction than most benzodiazepines

Answer 35

False

Question 36

Most sedative-hypnotics are from natural sources

Answer 36

False

Question 37

Addiction to and withdrawal from benzodiazepines is not generally severe

Answer 37

False

Question 38

Of the following semi-synthetic/synthetic opiate drugs, which is not a correct match with the trade pharmaceutical name listed after it..?

Answer 38

Diacetylmorphine --->Suboxone

Question 39

Benzodiazepine sedative hypnotics generally have a higher margin of overdose safety than other drugs in this depressant category.

Answer 39

True