Exam 2: Drug-Taking Behaviour: Personal and Social Issues

A problem with street drugs is that the user doesn't know the toxicity risks until the drug has been used.

If tolerance to a potentially toxic drug has occurred, a toxic response might occur only if the dose level is __________.

The margin of safety measure of a particular drug is a more conservative (in the direction of safety) measure of drug toxicity than the therapeutic index for that drug.

A patient mentions drinking eight glasses of vodka and gin during a drug-related ED visit. This is an example of an alcohol-in-combination DAWN case.

The DSM-5 includes three diagnosis categories for substance-related disorders.

Females are more likely than males to commit crimes that can be classified as __________.

Systemic violence might include robbing a shopkeeper in order to get money to buy drugs.

In Canada, different amounts of cannabis and cannabis products are classified by different "schedules."

The effects observed among pregnant women with respect to the use of barbiturates are __________.

The DAWN reports mainly focus on emergency department cases caused by __________.

All psychoactive drugs have the same adverse effects on the fetus.

The toxic dose is calculated using __________.

Assume that an initial dose of 100 mg will produce a particular drug effect. After repeated administrations, a dose of ________ produces an equivalent response. Which alternative would be consistent with the greatest degree of tolerance?

Drug tolerance is to ________ as behavioural tolerance is to _________.

Recurrent substance use resulting in a failure to fulfill major role obligations at work, school, or home is not sufficient to signify a diagnosis of __________.

In most cases, the dosage levels taken by drug abusers would be lethal if taken by a first-time user.

An effective dose (ED) of a drug depends upon __________.

According to the DSM-5, there are now __________ criteria for the newly established diagnosis.

Needle-exchange programs increase the prevalence of illicit drug use.

LSD, antipsychotic drugs, and antidepressant drugs all share the common feature of __________.