substance abuse

Question 1

Impaired control over use

Answer 1

can’t quit, using over longer periods of time than intended

Question 2

social impairment

Answer 2

affecting one’s relationships, work, school, including not engaging in activities in order to use the substance.

Question 3

risky use

Answer 3

driving drunk, risky sex, using even though it’s making a medical condition worse

Question 4

pharmalogical

Answer 4

tolerance and withdrawal

Question 5

addictiveness of drugs

Answer 5

heroin
cocaine
tobacco
methadone
barbiturates
Alcohol
amphetamines
benzos
cannabis
ecstasy
LSD

Question 6

Rated harm of drugs

Answer 6

most harmful: heroin, cocaine, barbiturates, street methadone, alcohol

Least harmful: Khat, Alkylnitrates. ecstasy, GHB, anabolic steroids

Question 7

Gateway theory

Answer 7

Theory proposing that use of certain drugs of abuse, particularly during childhood or adolescence, increases the risk of progressing to other substances. For example, tobacco or alcohol have been proposed as gateways to marijuana use, and in turn marijuana has been proposed as a gateway to so-called “hard drugs” like cocaine or heroin.

Question 8

ALDH2 & Gateway Theory

Answer 8

ALDH2 prevents alcohol use through a molecular pathway specific
to processing of alcohol
* If Gateway Theory is correct, these protected individuals should then
be at reduced risk for use of harder drugs