Exam 1: Drugs and Behavior Today

Non-college-bound high-school seniors are ___ times more likely to smoke at least half a pack of cigarettes a day than college-bound high-school seniors.

Since 1970,the U.S.government's position on marijuana is that it has high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use.

Patent medicines in the nineteenth century contained __________.

Crack,a form of smokable cocaine,appeared on the scene in the mid-1980s.

In 2009,high school seniors reported drinking an alcoholic beverage in the previous month at a prevalence rate that was approximately ______ the rate reported with respect to illicit drugs in the previous month.

Drug abuse can involve either licit or illicit substances.

According to the University of Michigan survey,binge drinking is defined as consuming _____ or more alcoholic drinks in a row.

The potential for drug abuse in general presents a greater challenge for __________.

A flavonoid called naringenin,found in grapefruit,has a specific inhibitory effect on the secretion of hepatitis C virus from infected liver cells.

If you were alive in 1900,you would consider heroin __________.

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health survey,about _____ of adults aged 26 or older in 2009 have used an illicit drug within the previous year.

According to the 2009 University of Michigan survey,almost one-half of high school seniors reported having consumed ______ in the past month.

Opium use in the nineteenth century was __________.

Dr. Smith recommends drinking four ounces of an alcoholic beverage per day to his patient.The use of alcohol in this case is best described as __________.

The leading risk factor(s)for marijuana use include __________.

The legality of psychoactive drugs may depend on cultural and historical circumstances.

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?

Viking warriors known as berserkers displayed wild behavior due to ingestion of which psychoactive drug?

According to the text,it is likely that the decline of alcohol consumption from the 1980s to the present among high school seniors can be attributed to __________.

Cocaine use during 2009 was reported by _________ of seniors.