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Carriers of a DRD2A1 allele Gene have an excess of dopamine receptors

False

Coerced ( legally mandated ) treatment is not as effective as voluntary treatment

False

The majority of the United States National Drug control budget is allocated to demand reduction

False

The pharmacologic effects of inhalants are long lasting

False

The phrase " supply reduction refers to the prevention programs that prevent people from wanting to use illicit drugs

False

The reason why people engage in compulsive behaviors are different from the reasons why they use psychoactive drugs

False

There is a universally accepted treatment which has been proven effective for everyone who has an addiction

False

Unlike opiates steroids do not have distinct withdrawal symptoms

False

Alcohol or other drugs are involved in 70% of teen suicides

True

An important lesson from all primary prevention programs is that to be successful a program must be continually one year attempt in inoculating students against alcohol drug use have not been effective enough

True

Children who grow up in home with a drug-using or alcohol abusing family member take on this distinctive rules that affect their personalities

True

Embalming fluid used to preserve dead bodies for funerals and burials can also be used to create a PCP like High

True

Endogenous craving associated with initial abstinence is a type of drug hunger brought about by the depletion of brain neutral transmitters during drug use

True

False negative results not false positive constitute the majority of urine testing errors

True

Inhalants effect resemble those of alcohol and seductive intoxication

True

One reason why abusing pressurized inhalants is dangerous is because inhaling them directly from their containers can freeze lung tissues

True

Problems handling money in a responsible manner is one of the Hallmarks of almost any addiction

True

The use of an addictive substance such as school and Other Drugs at an early age changes vulnerable brain functions and increases a person's likelihood of developing an addiction

True

Treating people with addiction costs substantially less than incarcerating them for the same length of time

True

Regular survey data collection and analysis Alcohol and Other Drug use provide a benchmark to measure the effectiveness of prevention efforts and policies

True

Substituting a less harmful drug for a more harmful drug is a form of harm reduction

True

The inability to resist an Impulse that is originally pleasurable but ends up becoming harmful is called an impulse control disorder

True


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