Question 1

Many American states now control cold medicine that contains pseudoephedrine.What is the reason for this?

Accepted Answer

A) pseudoephedrine is an ingredient used to make meth 
B) pseudoephedrine is a highly addictive drug 
C) pseudoephedrine is likely to produce an overdose 
D) pseudoephedrine is highly flammable and may explode

Question 2

The inability of cocaine addicts to experience pleasure is called anhedonia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Tolerance does NOT develop to cocaine or amphetamine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Freud thought cocaine could be used as an aphrodisiac.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Robert's son has been diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.Which drug is most likely to be prescribed?

Accepted Answer

A) buspirone 
B) methaqualone 
C) chlorpromazine 
D) methylphenidate

Question 6

To show support for his country's production of cocaine at a United Nations meeting,Bolivian President Morales held up a bag of cultivated cocaine powder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which route of administration would be considered to pose the greatest risk of a cocaine overdose for a regular user?

Accepted Answer

A) freebasing 
B) injection 
C) intranasal 
D) smoking

Question 8

You were just given cocaine and you want to experience the quickest possible drug reaction;what route of administration will you use?

Accepted Answer

A) eating;swallowing 
B) freebasing 
C) injection 
D) intranasal

Question 9

Cocaine and amphetamines are beta-blockers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Cocaine enhances sexual performance in males.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which drug has physiological and behavioural effects that are the most similar to the effects of amphetamine?

Accepted Answer

A) MAO inhibitors 
B) the phenothiazines 
C) cocaine 
D) GHB

Question 12

You just used cocaine,and you have been told that you should experience the effect in 30 seconds.What route of administration did you use?

Accepted Answer

A) eating;swallowing 
B) freebasing 
C) injection 
D) intranasal

Question 13

If you and your friends were regular users of cocaine in the early 1970s,what would have been your most likely route of administration?

Accepted Answer

A) freebasing 
B) injection 
C) intranasal 
D) smoking

Question 14

Which ingredient was in the original Coca-Cola?

Accepted Answer

A) methamphetamine 
B) cocaine 
C) barbiturates 
D) benzedrine

Question 15

Which drugs act by blocking the reuptake of dopamine and other monoamine transmitters?

Accepted Answer

A) barbiturates 
B) benzodiazepines 
C) antipsychotics 
D) amphetamines

Question 16

Which author gave his fictional character cocaine to provide energy to aid his powers of deductive reasoning?

Accepted Answer

A) Henrik Ibsen 
B) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
C) John Stith Pemberton 
D) Angelo Mariani

Question 17

Canada enacted its first drug law which included cocaine use in 1929.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Cocaine is thought to activate the dopamine pathways of the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Describe the various routes of cocaine administration (that is,intranasal,smoking,intravenous).How do the effects differ?

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

In which time period was cocaine use presented in the media as an emerging national crisis?

Accepted Answer

A) mid-1960s 
B) mid-1970s 
C) mid-1980s 
D) mid-1990s

Exam 5: Cocaine, Amphetamines, and Related Stimulants

Many American states now control cold medicine that contains pseudoephedrine.What is the reason for this?

The inability of cocaine addicts to experience pleasure is called anhedonia.

Tolerance does NOT develop to cocaine or amphetamine.

Freud thought cocaine could be used as an aphrodisiac.

Robert's son has been diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.Which drug is most likely to be prescribed?

To show support for his country's production of cocaine at a United Nations meeting,Bolivian President Morales held up a bag of cultivated cocaine powder.

Which route of administration would be considered to pose the greatest risk of a cocaine overdose for a regular user?

You were just given cocaine and you want to experience the quickest possible drug reaction;what route of administration will you use?

Cocaine and amphetamines are beta-blockers.

Cocaine enhances sexual performance in males.

Which drug has physiological and behavioural effects that are the most similar to the effects of amphetamine?

You just used cocaine,and you have been told that you should experience the effect in 30 seconds.What route of administration did you use?

If you and your friends were regular users of cocaine in the early 1970s,what would have been your most likely route of administration?

Which ingredient was in the original Coca-Cola?

Which drugs act by blocking the reuptake of dopamine and other monoamine transmitters?

Which author gave his fictional character cocaine to provide energy to aid his powers of deductive reasoning?

Canada enacted its first drug law which included cocaine use in 1929.

Cocaine is thought to activate the dopamine pathways of the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway.

Describe the various routes of cocaine administration (that is,intranasal,smoking,intravenous).How do the effects differ?

In which time period was cocaine use presented in the media as an emerging national crisis?