Exam 18: Substance Abuse

Imagine that a friend has ingested a drug that prevents alcohol from binding to the GABA receptor and then joins up with you at a bar. Which of the following would you expect to happen to this person?

________________ has effects that are so potent and rapid that it is probably the most effective reinforcer of all available drugs.

The analgesic effect of opiates is due to activation of neurons within the

Alcohol consumption is not distributed equally across the population; in the United States, _____ percent of the people drink _____ percent of the alcohol.

Opiate receptors in the ________ are responsible for the analgesia caused by opiate drugs.

If a new drug is developed that is a potent CB1 agonist, one would expect this drug to

A man ingests an aspirin to rid himself of a strong headache. This would be an example of ________.

At low doses, alcohol

Which drug administration route would be least reinforcing?

The drug ________ is useful for the treatment of opiate overdose.

Which of the following may explain why smokers obtain more pleasure from smoking in the morning than late in the afternoon?

The active site of action of the marijuana is the ________ receptor.

_________________, a treatment for nicotine abuse, is a partial agonist for the nicotinic receptor.

Studies by Volkow indicate that cocaine addicts exhibit ________ during withdrawal from cocaine.

Activation of neurons within the ________ during repeated drug injection appears to play a key role in the compulsive nature of drug abuse.

Research suggests that ______________ may be used to decrease the rewarding effects of cocaine.

There is a strong comorbidity between schizophrenia and substance ________.

Which of the following statements is true of nicotine abuse?

Which of the following is true of opiate reinforcement?

Explain why nicotine is considered to drug of abuse.