Exam 1: Drugs and Behavior Today

Alcohol has been an illicit drug since 1965.

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health examines the prevalence rates of illicit drug use among Americans in several age groups across the life span.

Chlorpromazine (brand name: Thorazine)is considered to be one of the original drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia.

The era of Prohibition in the United States began when the 18th Amendment to the U.S.Constitution took effect in 1920.

Willow bark is the source of present-day marijuana.

Non-college-bound seniors are about three times more likely than college-bound seniors to smoke at least a half pack of cigarettes per day.

The senna plant has been successfully used for the treatment of constipation.

Instances of drug abuse involve __________.

According to the text,a recent study has found that __________.

In the nineteenth century,opium drinking was __________.

Neuroscience examines __________.

A prominent nineteenth-century advocate of cocaine use was __________.

________ is the primary active ingredient in opium.

The most frequently used drug on a daily basis by high school students is __________.

Nonmedical use of Adderall is of special interest because of its potential for dependence and abuse.

Psychoactive drugs do not modify brain functioning once drug-taking behavior stops.

The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S.Constitution restricted which of the following psychoactive drugs?

A shaman is __________.

Analogy: Illicit drugs are to cocaine as licit drugs are to __________.

Which of the following is NOT an illicit drug in the United States?