Exam 10: Special Topic: Drugs and the Mind

Tundie is an accomplished lab technician. She wants to determine whether her boyfriend is still smoking marijuana, a habit he swore he would give up. She can't test his blood for THC because performing this test might arouse the suspicions of the authorities. Which of the following blood findings might suggest that her boyfriend is still smoking weed?

Ergot, a fungus, contains a hallucinogenic drug that binds to serotonin receptors. The natural drug is most similar to ________.

This drug is normally injected but can also be processed into forms that can be smoked or inhaled. It is a synthetic opiate that produces feelings of ecstasy.

Marina has owned a bar for many years and extols the health benefits of alcohol. Which of these claims is correct?

While examining her patient's nose, Dr. Carlita Gonzales, an allergy specialist, noted a hole in the partition between the nasal cavities. The doctor suspects her patient is snorting which drug?

Which of the following is not a potential effect of alcohol abuse?

Mattie thinks she should use nicotine patches because they are safe. How can you convince her otherwise, given the information in this chapter?

Which drug, if it were legal, would you recommend for a patient who has little or no appetite, such as a person on chemotherapy?

Angie wants to go with her boyfriend to a bar and drink some beer, but she does not want to become intoxicated because she needs to drive them both home after 2 hours. She weighs 120 pounds. What advice can you give her based on the information in the textbook?

If a person uses Percocet, a morphine relative, to which of these drugs might that person develop cross-tolerance?

A psychoactive drug that delays the removal of a neurotransmitter from the synapse will ________.

Vasily thinks that drinking alcohol heightens his alertness and awareness of his surroundings and that he is a better driver after drinking several beers. Persuade him otherwise.