Drug Education

The legal level of intoxication in all 50 states in the US is a BAC of how much?

0.08

In what year did smoking peak among Americans?

1963

How many cigarettes smoked in succession will cause a smoker to feel satiated based on neural receptor response?

2-3 cigs

What is the minimum dose of LSD required for a user to experience effects?

25 micrograms

How many groups are involved in a balanced placebo design

4

Estimates are that what percentage of the world's population regularly consumed products containing caffiene

90%

The 'Asian Flushing Response' brought about by alcohol use is due to a build up off what?

Acetaldehyde

Opium is considered the prototype for which of the following drug responses?

Addiction

What chemical binds to the same receptors on brain cells as do cannabinoids?

Anadamide

The diuretic effects of caffeine have led to its use in what type of medication?

Appetite suppressants

What type of caffeine did the 16th-century European explorers discover in Mexico?

Cacao

What did Lowe's 1988 study reveal about the effects on state-dependent learning when an individual consumes a combination of alcohol and caffeine?

Caffeine was mostly responsible

What is the active ingredient in Khat?

Cathinone

Anabolic steroids can increase a users risk for heart disease due to its impact on levels of what substance?

Cholesterol

Which of the following is the most effective way to get a dose of nicotine?

Cigarette smoking

Which of the following is an opiate drug use side effect that is good for some people but not for others?

Constipation

What type of alcohol is used in the production of alcoholic beverages?

Ethanol

From a public health POV , what is the definition of heavy drinking?

Experiencing negative consequences of drinking

What herbal preparation may be useful in treating Alzheimer's Disease but has not been proven to do so?

Ginkgo Biloba

Which of the following is a mechanism by which cocaine can cause death?

Heart failure

What is the main difference between morphine and heroin

Heroine more readily penetrates the blood-brain barrier

What is the slang term that refers to using inhalants?

Huffing

Anya is experiencing severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms and needs immediate treatment. Where should she be treated?

In a hospital

Who most often reports negative emotional effects of marijuana use?

Inexperienced users

Which of the following led to the decline of medicinal applications of tobacco?

Knowledge of its additive properties

What 1944 report concluded that marijuana use was not particularly harmful to the user or to society at large?

LaGuardia Commission report

Manic patients are most commonly prescribed what drug to stabilize their mood?

Lithium

Which of the following effects is associated with anticholinergic hallucinogens but not the psychedelics?

Loss of memory for the experience

All night parties/raves have become associated iwth which of the following drugs

MDMA

What is the name of the leafy top portion of the Cannabis sativa plant?

Marijuana

Caffeine is primarily excreted from the body in what form?

Metabolites

The long-term effects of stimulant use involve the depletion of what?

Monoamines

Marijuana cigarettes contain how much tar as compared to tobacco cigarettes?

More tar than tobacco cigarettes

Which of the following is a barbiturate?

Nembutal

All of the tobaccos consumed in the US come from what plant?

Nicotiana Tabacum

Which substance is contained in an alkaloid such as caffiene

Nitrogen

Opium is considered the prototype for which of the following drug responses 2?

Prices?

Aspirin is thought to act by inhibiting the production of __________.

Prostaglandins

Which of the following has the highest potential alcohol content?

Rum

What is the most widely used form of contraception in the US?

birth control pill

Which of the following is a slang name for methamphetamine?

ice

Because of the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2006, cold medicine that contains pseudo epinephrine can only be sold at pharmacies and the name of each purchaser must be recorded. Why?

it's an ingredient used to make meth

The effects of anti-psychotic medications on what part of the brain serve to moderate or blunt emotional arousal?

limbic system

What is the major current medical use for cocaine?

local anesthetic

Which of the following is a synthetic opiate?

oxymorphone

What is a term to describe those drugs that have a special or unique effect on the mind or on mental functioning?

psychotheraputic

When a smoker returns to smoking after having abstained for some amount of time, he or she has experienced what phenomenon

relapse

Ayahuasca is thought by some native South American tribes to produce what effect?

telepathic effects

Which statement is true for all hallucinogens?

they alter perception and states of consciousness

Which of the following is TRUE of depressant drugs?

they show cross-tolerance