Exam 1: Drugs and Behaviour Today

Until 1903, the formula for Coca-Cola contained opium.

Antidrug campaigns in the media are created to discourage young people from becoming involved with drugs in general.

The rate of smoking among Canadian youth aged 15 to 19 has increased by three times since 1985.

Drug abuse can involve either licit or illicit substances.

The Cross-Canada Report on Student Alcohol and Drug Use indicates that the prevalence of binge drinking in grade 12 students is about __________ that of the prevalence of binge drinking in grade 7 students.

Laudanum is a liquid form of nicotine used in the nineteenth century.

Protective factors are the negation (or the inverted image) of risk factors.

In 2011, approximately _________ of grade 12 students reported taking OTC cough-and-cold medications.

The attraction of opium used prior to 1900 was related to its being __________.

Patent medicines refer to products that have been patented and distributed by pharmaceutical companies following a lengthy process of Health Canada approval.

Analogy: Placebo effect is to a genuine effect as __________.

When asked about their motivation for drug use, high school seniors have frequently cited __________.

Today, the Canadian government classifies marijuana as an illegal substance with no accepted medical use.

Dextromethorphan can be found in _______, and in high doses can increase the risk of brain damage, seizure, and death.

Opium use in the nineteenth century was __________.

Laudanum was a drink containing which psychoactive drug(s)?

Efforts to reduce underage drinking by enforcing restrictions on alcohol sales to minors have met with only partial success.

The presence of protective factors can provide the basis for resilience toward drug use among high-risk adolescents.

Which of the following drugs (also known as the "Forget-me pill") is easily dissolved in beverages and is used to intoxicate or sedate individuals?

Neuroscience research has focused upon which of the following aspects of the body?