Exam 12: Substance-Related Disorders

George is experiencing symptoms similar to a bad flu; he is sneezing, sweating, tearful, yawns frequently, and has muscle pain. Which of the following drugs is he most likely withdrawing from?

Over the last decade in Canada, alcohol consumption:

Some of the activities that Marlatt's harm reduction therapy for addictions uses to reduce initial harm include

According to the five-factor motive scale for alcohol consumption, coping-_____ and coping-____ motives exist within the coping motives domain.

Motivational interviewing is a psychological treatment for addiction that is thought to work because:

While more men drink than women, the rates for hazardous drinking are equal across genders.

Explain why Canada has lower rates of cigarette smoking than many other countries.

It is legal to possess small amounts of marijuana in Canada

The belief that society does not approve of smoking is called:

OxyContin is:

Which is the most serious problem?

According to Thomas et al. (2009), over the last decade in British Columbia, alcohol consumption:

Biological treatments for alcoholism are:

With regard to alcohol use, the "French Paradox" refers to:

Which receptor gene has been associated with early onset of drinking in adolescents by Miranda et al. (2010)?

The first step in becoming a substance abuser is:

Regular marijuana use results in:

Further analyses of the 2004 Canadian Addiction Survey by Stockwell et al. (2009) revealed that ____% of the heaviest alcohol drinkers consumed ____% of the overall alcohol consumption.

Antabuse is a medication for alcoholics which

According to a study by Kuntsche et al. (2005), which looked at four drinking motives, young people drink primarily: