Final Study Guide

Question 1

What is the psychoactive ingredient in tobacco?

Answer 1

Nicotine

Question 2

What effect does nicotine have on the body?

Answer 2

It causes heart problems.

Question 3

What is the cancer causing agent in tobacco?

Answer 3

Cigarette Tar

Question 4

What percent of people in the US smoke?

Answer 4

25%

Question 5

Is nicotine a stimulant or a depressant?

Answer 5

Stimulant

Question 6

What is the leading cause of death from cigarette smoking?

Answer 6

Lung cancer

Question 7

Although filtering cigarettes caused less toxins to be inhaled in the lungs, it caused what?

Answer 7

An increase in secondhand (side-stream) smoke, doubling the risk for heart disease.

Question 8

Opium comes from what plant?

Answer 8

Poppy plant

Question 9

Other than opium, what drug is found in the sap of the poppy plant?

Answer 9

Morphine

Question 10

Is heroin a synthetic or semi-synthetic narcotic?

Answer 10

Semi-synthetic

Question 11

Is demerol a synthetic or semi-synthetic narcotic?

Answer 11

Synthetic

Question 12

What are the three major medical uses for narcotics?

Answer 12

1) to diminish pain, 2) to suppress a cough, and 3) to treat diarhhea.

Question 13

What was methadone originally used for?

Answer 13

To treat heroin addiction, allowing addicts to once again learn to function in society.

Question 14

What long-term effects does heroin have on the body?

Answer 14

None. It is a non-toxic drug.

Question 15

What is the most likely cause of death in an overdose victim?

Answer 15

Respiratory arrest

Question 16

What drug is used to treat heron overdoses?

Answer 16

Narcan

Question 17

Is there a ross tolerance amongst the narcotics?

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

Which drug is the best cough suppressant?

Answer 18

Codeine

Question 19

What is the most potent psychadelic drug?

Answer 19

LSD

Question 20

LSD is measured in what unit? What does that mean?

Answer 20

Micrograms. It only takes a small amount to have a large effect.

Question 21

Does LSD have a high- or low-toxicity? What does might it cause?

Answer 21

Low. It may cause flashbacks.

Question 22

Are hallucinations from LSD visual or auditory?

Answer 22

Visual

Question 23

Are hallucinogens more physically or more psychologically addicting?

Answer 23

Psychologically

Question 24

Is there a strong cross tolerance between hallucinogens?

Answer 24

Yes

Question 25

Mescaline is also known as what? What kind of plant is it?

Answer 25

Peyote. It is a cactus.

Question 26

What is another name for psilocybin?

Answer 26

Magic mushrooms

Question 27

Who is Timothy Leery?

Answer 27

A big promoter of LSD.

Question 28

Who is Albert Hoffman?

Answer 28

The first person to synthesize LSD.

Question 29

Is LSD use more prevalent now or in the 60s?

Answer 29

In the 60s.

Question 30

What decade did LSD use rebound?

Answer 30

90s

Question 31

What is synesthesia?

Answer 31

Sensory crossover (ex. you begin seeing sounds and hearing colors).

Question 32

What is another name for PCP?

Answer 32

Phencyclidine

Question 33

What was PCP originally used for? What was another use for it?

Answer 33

It was a human anesthetic. It was also used as a veterinary drug.

Question 34

Can you overdose on PCP?

Answer 34

Yes

Question 35

What is a myth regarding LSD?

Answer 35

That it broke a person's chromosomes.

Question 36

What is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana?

Answer 36

Delta9THC

Question 37

What are the five medical uses of marijuana?

Answer 37

Treatment of 1) glaucoma, 2) asthma, 3) chemotherapy nausea, 4) anorexia nervosa, and 5) wasting syndrome secondary to AIDS.

Question 38

Is the breakdown of marijuana fast or slow?

Answer 38

Slow

Question 39

Have THC levels in marijuana increased or decreased over time?

Answer 39

Increased

Question 40

What percent of wild marijuana is THC?

Answer 40

2-3%

Question 41

What is the percent of Delta9THC is found in marijuana today?

Answer 41

10-15%

Question 42

What kind of damage can marijuana cause to the body?

Answer 42

Lung damage

Question 43

What are the three phases of drug treatment?

Answer 43

1) Detox, 2) Rehabilitation, and 3) Aftercare

Question 44

TRUE or FALSE. Lomotil is a synthetic form of THC that may be used in research.

Answer 44

False

Question 45

What are the three A's to recovery?

Answer 45

1) Admit, 2) Abstain, and 3) Accept Help

Question 46

What are the three levels of prevention?

Answer 46

1) Primary, 2) Secondary, 3) Tertiary