Exam 5: Cocaine, Amphetamines, and Related Stimulants

Many American states now control cold medicine that contains pseudoephedrine.What is the reason for this?

The inability of cocaine addicts to experience pleasure is called anhedonia.

Tolerance does NOT develop to cocaine or amphetamine.

Freud thought cocaine could be used as an aphrodisiac.

Robert's son has been diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.Which drug is most likely to be prescribed?

To show support for his country's production of cocaine at a United Nations meeting,Bolivian President Morales held up a bag of cultivated cocaine powder.

Which route of administration would be considered to pose the greatest risk of a cocaine overdose for a regular user?

You were just given cocaine and you want to experience the quickest possible drug reaction;what route of administration will you use?

Cocaine and amphetamines are beta-blockers.

Cocaine enhances sexual performance in males.

Which drug has physiological and behavioural effects that are the most similar to the effects of amphetamine?

You just used cocaine,and you have been told that you should experience the effect in 30 seconds.What route of administration did you use?

If you and your friends were regular users of cocaine in the early 1970s,what would have been your most likely route of administration?

Which ingredient was in the original Coca-Cola?

Which drugs act by blocking the reuptake of dopamine and other monoamine transmitters?

Which author gave his fictional character cocaine to provide energy to aid his powers of deductive reasoning?

Canada enacted its first drug law which included cocaine use in 1929.

Cocaine is thought to activate the dopamine pathways of the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway.

Describe the various routes of cocaine administration (that is,intranasal,smoking,intravenous).How do the effects differ?

In which time period was cocaine use presented in the media as an emerging national crisis?