Whether we see drug use as a problem depends on all of the following: Correct Answer: Reason one takes a drug
Quantity consumed and the manner by which one takes the drug
When and where the drug is used
The age of th
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Whether we see drug use as a problem depends on all of the following: Correct Answer: Reason one takes a drug
Quantity consumed and the manner by which one takes the drug
When and where the drug is used
The age of the individual taking the drug
In reference to psychoactive drug use, it is important to recognize that: Correct Answer: History and expectations influence how one is affected by a drug.
Type I error Correct Answer: alpha error - null hypothesis is rejected as false or unproven when it is actually true.
The highest rates of illicit drug use are in what age group? Correct Answer: 18 to 25
Drug use is positively correlated with? Correct Answer: rejection of traditional cultural systems
No Wrong Door Correct Answer: Treatment is available at every point of someone trying to get help in any stage of substance abuse.
The first of the pharmacological revolution was associated with the development of? Correct Answer: vaccines
The age group that is least likely to have used alcohol in the previous 30 days is? Correct Answer: 12 to 17
Which of the following is an example of behavioral toxicity? Correct Answer: driving inattentively after smoking marijuana
An experiment in which rats were allowed to self-inject drugs showed that the rats? Correct Answer: were more likely to die form cocaine than heroin
Which drug is most clearly linked to violent crime? Correct Answer: alcohol
Alcohol use is associated with? Correct Answer: 3/5 of all murders
40% of all assaults
1/3 of forcible rape and child molestation
50% committing violent crime
The number of people in the US arrested for drug-law violations each year is? Correct Answer: 1,000,000
About 1/2 of the emergency room episodes and 3/4 of the drug related deaths are associated with? Correct Answer: multiple drug episodes
All of the following are types of prevention: Correct Answer: primary prevention
secondary prevention
tertiary prevention
All of the following are key elements of the social influence model: Correct Answer: training refusal skills
countering advertising
use of teen leaders
Type II errors Correct Answer: beta error- null hypothesis is not rejected when it is actually false. Often result of too small of sample size.
Tertiary prevention programs are those aimed mainly at? Correct Answer: people who have been treated for substance abuse or has stopped the substance abuse without assistance
Secondary prevention programs are those aimed mainly at? Correct Answer: People who have tried the drug in question or a variety of other substances
Naltrexone-synthetic opioid antagonist Correct Answer: blocks opioids from binding to receptors
reduces craving for alcohol
was approved by the FDA in 1994 for the treatment of alcoholism
Disulfiram: Trade name Antabuse Correct Answer: Tablet by mouth once daily - may be crushed. 250mg or 500 mg.
Typically begins about 10 to 30 min after alcohol is ingested.
May occur for up to 14 days after last dose.
Inhibits the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase
Alcoholics Anonymous believes that alcoholism Correct Answer: Is a disease and the only cure is total abstinence. Some critics say it gives alcoholics an "excuse".
The process by which alcohol concentration is increased to more than 15%? Correct Answer: distillation
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