Exam 5: Narcotics: Opium, Heroin, and Synthetic Opiates

Morphine-like molecules can be classified as __________.

Discuss the three principal medical applications of narcotic drugs today.Give examples where needed.

Black tar is the name given to a type of Colombian heroin.

In 1942,growing opium poppies became illegal in the United States.

Discuss Zinberg's study of heroin chipping and studies since then that shed light upon the dependence-producing potential of heroin.

Laudanum originated in Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age,about 1200 B. C. p.120

Needles are avoided in which route of administration?

Morphine is roughly ____ times stronger than raw opium.

Mainlining refers to which type of heroin administration?

Physiological changes in the body during heroin use include a release of histamine in the bloodstream,respiratory depression,and increased blood pressure.

Mainlining is a term that refers to snorting heroin.

Heroin is about three times stronger than morphine.

Which drug was introduced to provide a morphine-induced analgesia while reducing the possibility of abuse?

In Victorian England,the acceptable form of opium use was __________.

Natural components of opium are usually categorized as __________.

"Cold turkey" refers to the onset of chills during heroin withdrawal.

Therapeutic communities tend to focus upon __________.

By the 1940s,heroin abuse was widespread in practically every level of society.

An example of a heroin abuser responding to a placebo would be a(n)__________.

Analogy: Morphine is to naloxone as __________.