Exam 1: Drug Use and Abuse

What term is used to describe the inability of a drug to cause withdrawal symptoms?

Which individual would experience the greatest effect from the same drug and dosage?

Which drug classification system are you using if you say you like to get high using "poppies" when in fact you are referring to an opiate?

Which term is used in the DSM-IV-TR?

Which term describes why the capacity of a drug dose has a diminished effect on the user as it is repeatedly taken?

Briefly describe the The Canadian Drug and Alcohol Monitory Survey (CADUMS)(2008),and identify what and why most Canadians think people use drugs.

The presence of which of the following is a key factor in psychological dependence?

According to the textbook,there are many factors affecting the drug environment.Which of the following describes one of those factors?

In 2007,a University of Michigan study asked adults to identify what they believed was the most serious threat to children's and adolescents' well-being.At what rank did smoking tobacco appear?

Calling amphetamines "speed" is an example of drug classification by therapeutic use.

Which term best describes using a substance in a particular method,amount,or situation so that the drug causes problems or greatly increases the chances of problems occurring?

Which region of Canada was excluded from the 2009 Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey (CADUMS)?

What accounts for the most significant factor affecting how a person will respond to a given dose and drug?

In 2007,a University of Michigan study asked adults to identify what they believed was the most serious threat to children's and adolescents' well-being.At what rank did drug abuse appear?

The Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey (CADUMS)was notorious in the field of research because it was the first drug research that gathered data from at least one high school class in every high school across Canada during a one year period.

According to the Vega et al.(2002)data on lifetime use of illicit drugs,Mexico reported rates comparable to those reported in the United States.

A negative relationship exists between sensation seeking and drug and alcohol use.

Which of the following is NOT a basis for classifying drugs?

Which term best describes the means by which any drug may produce its desired effect?

It is felt that the newest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual,DSM-IV,will be the final one.