Exam 1: Drug Use and Abuse

An agent that is not part of the World Health Organization's definition of drug.

Prevalence refers to the number of first-time occurrences of some event during some time period.

The field of is concerned with all information about the effects of drugs on living systems.

The hypothesis is that one result of repeated use of a drug in interaction with environmental factors is changes in the brain neural pathways that may heighten the reward value of the drug.

Which of the following meets the criteria for binge drinking?

In medicine, a number of symptoms that occur together and characterize a specific illness or disease is known as a .

The term "withdrawal" refers to a definable illness that occurs with a cessation or decrease in use of a drug.

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, cigarettes (nicotine) are the most commonly used drugs in the United States.

Which of the following does not contribute to alcohol and drug abuse costs as measured in cost of illness studies?

The barbiturates are examples of a group of drugs that is classified by .

The craving for a drug is a physiological state.

Which of the following people is most likely to have used an illicit drug in the past month?

According to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, is the most commonly used illicit drug.

The is an important element of the drug experience because it affects how much of a drug reaches its site of action and how quickly it gets there.

Explain the difference between tolerance and withdrawal and how they relate to physiology.

Which of the following correctly lists adults' concerns over threats to the well-being of adolescents, in descending order of concern?

Which of the following factors is not thought to contribute to the drug experience?

The field of pharmacology is allied with .

The act of snorting cocaine describes a route of drug administration.

Tolerance refers to the ability to take more of a drug in order to achieve a better high.