Quiz #1

Question 1

what are three drug user changes?

Answer 1

-social & psychological basis of attraction
-alters body chemistry
-satisfies a genetically programmed desire

Question 2

what are four factors that affect drug use?

Answer 2

-biological, genetic, & pharmacological
-cultural
-social
contextual

Question 3

what are ways you can misuse a drug?

Answer 3

• taking more than whats prescribed
• using OTC in excess
• mixing w/ other drugs
• using old meds
• discontinuing drugs before recommendation
• giving meds to peers or family

Question 4

what is the difference between drug abuse and drug addiciton?

Answer 4

abuse is the willful misuse for convenience

addiction is the non-casual drug use that causes a strong psychological desire

Question 5

what are the 6 major drug types?

Answer 5

prescription, OTC, recreational, illicit, herbal, commercial

Question 6

what is equal opportunity affliction?

Answer 6

available to everyone regardless of income, age, social class, race

Question 7

what is the difference between legal instrumental, legal recreational, illegal instrumental, and illegal recreational?

Answer 7

LI: Tylenol
LR: alcohol
II: cocaine to stay awake
IR: meth

Question 8

what is the difference between experimenters, compulsive, and floaters/chippers for drug users?

Answer 8

ex: me and alcohol
comp: me and nicotine
float: grace & nic

Question 9

what is the 1906 pure food and drug act?

Answer 9

requires manufactures to indicate the amounts of 11 dangerous products on label
-led to the creation of food & drug administration
- started due to patent drugs (‘secret’ ingredients)

Question 10

what is the Sherly amendment?

Answer 10

labels cannot contain any statement claims that claim curative or therapeutic (cancer can be cured)

Question 11

what is the 1938 federal food & drug cosmetic act?

Answer 11

-started due to elixir sulfanilamide killed 100 people due to lack of testing
-required drug companies to prove efficacy and safety of product

Question 12

what are the three steps to get approved for producing a drug?

Answer 12

1. chemical must be identified for having potential value (test animals)
2. human testing
3. drug allowed to be marketed under patent name

Question 13

what are the three phases of human testing?

Answer 13

1. 20-100 healthy people, side effects & dose
2. 100-300 patients, effectiveness of treatment
3. thousands of patients, safety checks & side effects

Question 14

what is the prescription drug user fee act?

Answer 14

allows FDA to collect user fees for evaluation

Question 15

what is the drug abuse prevention & control act of 1970?

Answer 15

classifies drugs into schedules

Question 16

what schedule is has the most addictive drugs that aren’t approved for use?

Answer 16

schedule 1

Question 17

what are four strategies for preventing abuse?

Answer 17

supply reduction
demand reduction
inoculation (education, emotional impact)
drug courts