Exam 13: Opioids

Global illicit opium poppy cultivation grew 25% in 2009, resulting in a 15% increase in global opium production.

In addition to opium, what other ingredient(s) are found in the poppy?

Which statement does NOT describe Insite?

Long-term use of opioid drugs has been clearly shown to damage both the liver and the brain.

In what year did the British government pass a bill that eventually ended the opium trade?

Where does the Canadian supply of opium and heroin come from, and what trends were stated in the text?

Which is Insite?

Which statement describes the process of developing dependence on heroin?

Why was an exception under Section 56 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act required at the Insite facility?

What does the Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) do?

Which historical physician emphasized caution in the use of opium, but felt that it was almost a cure-all?

Several famous English authors wrote about the joys of opium; identify one of them.

Insite was an experiment in population health, as such what specifically was it granted and why?

What was it believed that Samuel Taylor Coleridge was experiencing when he wrote the beautiful and very well-known poem "Kubla Khan"?

Withdrawal from opioid drugs has effects similar to a bad case of intestinal flu.

What type of drug is fentanyl?

Which of the following describes the preferred injectable substance(s) in Canada?

In a heroin user, when can a negative reinforcement of drug-taking behaviour occur?

Provide three facts that would support the statement: "Fentanyl -- Canada's Deadly Opioid Epidemic."

Explain the purpose of Insite, its services, and the benefits derived by the community due to its existence.