Week 1- Introduction and Concept of Substance Use Disorders

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Drug use disorders are the _____ leading cause of death in adults around the world.

6th

Cocaine is the most commonly abused illegal drug in the United States and Canada. T/F

False

Cultural Reasons could be a reason for drug use. T/F

False

Humans seem to be the only animals with a propensity towards using mind-altering substances. T/F

False

Secondary effect is the main effect. T/F

False

The desired dose is the lethal dose. T/F

False

Violence induced by the pharmacological properties of the drug itself is an example of what type of violence?

Pharmacological

The _____ effect of a drug is the desired effect.

Primary

The _____ effect of a drug is an unwanted side effect.

Secondary

25% of the entire population of the US (70 million) are addicted to marijuana. T/F

True

A neuropharmaceutical's potency is the ratio between the size of a dose and the behavioral response. T/F

True

Adults with SUDs are more likely to physically abuse and/or neglect their children than their non-abusing peers. T/F

True

Antagonists are able to fit into the receptor site without activating it. T/F

True

Approximately 25% of patients seen by primary care physicians have an alcohol or drug problem. T/F

True

Chronic exposure to drugs of abuse disrupts the way critical brain structures interact to control and inhibit behaviors related to drug abuse. T/F

True

Drug abuse does not appear to initiate a criminal career, although it does increase the extent and seriousness of one. T/F

True

Globally estimated 14 million people abuse or are addicted to cocaine. T/F

True

Half-life is the time it takes the drug to work. T/F

True

Illicit drug abuse is associated with criminal behavior. T/F

True

Internal forms of drug administration are Orally, Sublingually, and Rectally. T/F

True

It has been proven that there is a correlation between substance use and violence. T/F

True

Most workplaces that drug test use urine testing. T/F

True

Of all the substances used to alter mood and consciousness, alcohol is the one most directly linked to crime, especially violent crime. T/F

True

One reason people use drugs is to express a forbidden impulse. T/F

True

One third of all arrests in the United States are for alcohol-related offenses. T/F

True

Peak effects are the same as therapeutic threshold. T/F

True

Secondary effects are the things the user must endure to get the Prime effect. T/F

True

Some people become addicted to cope with physical pain. T/F

True

Substance abuse is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States. T/F

True

Substance use disorders are collectively still the most prevalent mental health problem facing the United States. T/F

True

Suicide is a major concern of those addicted. T/F

True

The blood brain barrier is a thin layer of tissue contributed by the astrocytes of the brain. T/F

True

The neurotransmitters are constantly re-wiring themselves to allow for greater/reduced sensitivity to the neurotransmitter being thrown at it. T/F

True

The prime effects of drugs are what the drug is intended to do. T/F

True

Which of the following is not part of the distribution process of drug molecules in the human body?

absorption

Use of which of the following substances have remained fairly stable in society, according to your text?

alcohol and tobacco

Use of which of the following substances have remained fairly stable in society, according to your text?

alcohol and tobacco.

The most commonly abused substance in the United States is _____.

alcohol.

A person may use chemicals in order to

all of these answers: - cope with pain - bond socially - experience a feeling of euphoria

Which process is affected by factors such as the individual's sex, state of hydration, genetic heritage, general health, and muscle/ adipose tissue ration?

distribution

Virtually all of the drugs of abuse known at this time:

either once were, or are now being investigated as potential pharmaceutical agents.

Illicit drugs are usually different pharmacologically than prescription drugs? T/F

false

The subcutaneous method of drug administration:

involves the injection of the compound just under the skin

In reality most of the drugs of abuse were pharmaceutical agents in the past. T/F

true

People can be addicted to things other than drugs. T/F

true

Pharmacology is often described as a bridge science because it incorporates knowledge and skills from a number of basic science disciplines including physiology, biochemistry and cell and molecular biology. T/F

true

Use of alcohol and tobacco have remained fairly stable in society. T/F

true


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