Substance Abuse Counseling

Which of the following is currently the number one most popular psychoactive substance in the world?

Alcohol

The most rapid route of administering a drug to reach the brain is intraveniously.

False. Intravenous reaches the BLOOD STREAM fastest. INHALATION reaches the brain fastest.

If drug policies were in place and law enforcement were able to eradicate major drug crops - namely cocaine, cannabis, and opium, then the problem with psychoactive drugs could be solved.

False. Synthetic marijuana, synthetic cocaine, and dozens of new designer drugs are on the market as street chemists try to stay ahead of the law.

Until the last century the ruling classes, governments, and merchants controlled trade of psychoactive drugs.

True

The potency of drugs today is due to technological advances in refining, synthesizing, and manufacturing methods.

True

A person's level of emotional and physical stress can increase the ability of psychoactive drugs to cross the blood brain barrier.

True.

In recent decades policy decisions regarding drug and alcohol use have been made based on the political climate rather than because of scientific and social research.

True.

The emotional center of the brain that is activated when a person with an addiction sees a person, place, or thing that reminds them of their addiction (e.g. needle, slot machine, white powder) is called the

Amygdala

Limiting the places where tobacco smoking is permitted has not reduced the use of tobacco in the U.S. or other countries where such policies have been implemented.

False. Limiting places where tobacco smoking is permitted has reduced the use of tobacco in the United States and other countries.

The monetary value of drugs has never been a part of legitimate governments' economic plans.

False. The monetary value of drugs hs often been a part of legitimate and illegitimate governments' economic plans.

In the US the legal drinking age varies from state to state.

False. In 1984 the legal drinking age was raised to 21 across all 50 states in the U.S.

Most of the world's cocaine trade is controlled by the Mexican Cartels.

False. Most of the world's cocaine trade is controlled by the FARC revolutionary armed forces in Columbia.

Psychoactive drugs promote homeosatic conditions in the CNS.

False. Psychoactive drugs disrupt homeostasis. Stimulant drugs accelerate or stimulate the function of the CNS, whereas depressants slow it down. Continued use of psychoactive substances leads to a new balance called allostasis, as opposed to the natural balance of homeostasis.

Which of the following correctly lists the routes of administration from fastest to slowest for getting drugs to the brain?

Inhaling, injecting, oral absorption.

Human brain chemistry can be affected by psychoactive drugs, behavioral addictions, and mental illness to induce an altered state of consciousness.

True.

Regardless of which method a person uses to consume a psychoactive drug, the drug reaches the brain through the bloodstream.

True.

The American Reolution was supported by exportation and taxation of tobacco, hemp, rum, and whiskey.

True.

The compulsie gambler's reward/control pathways in the brain becomes hijacked similar to the ways the brain becomes rewired from alcohol and other drug addiction.

True.

The historical and moral conflict between doing what an individual wants to do (primal urges) versus what they should do is mirrored in the conflict that arises between the old brain and the new brain when addictive drug behaviors are involved.

True.

There are more than 50 major topics covered by 12-step programs.

True.

Tolerance to the mental effects of drugs develops at the same rate as tolerance to the drugs physical effects.

False. For many drugs, tolerance to mental effects develops at a different rate than tolerance to the physical effects of the drug.

The name of the primary document that is used in the U.S. to assess whether a person has a substance related disorder is called

The Diagnostic Statistical Manual

The British encouraged the planting of hemp in the new American colonies for which of the following reasons?

To provide England with strong fibers from which they could make rope and sails for their ships.

The CNS is comprised of the spinal cord and the brain.

True.

A psychoactive drug is defined as...

any substance that directly alters the nromal functioning of the central nervous system.