Drugs/Alcohol STUDY SHEET help?
Question by Perchy: Drugs/Alcohol STUDY SHEET help?
Midterms friday. I was absent when we went over this study guide for a test on friday. I could google all of this information but some of it too specific and I am short on time. Here goes!
1-15 are true/false questions
1. Dextromethorphan is found in cough syrup and cold medicine.
2. Ecstasy was first synthesized in 1938 but the effects were not discovered until 1943.
3. The practice of “chasing the dragon” involves crushing heroin and injecting it into the vein
4. 1 in 3 children will try an inhalant.
5. It takes using methamphetamine multiple times for a person to become addicted.
6. The average age for the first tobacco use is 12.
7. Tobacco use costs $ 75 billion in direct medical costs in the United States.
8. Psychological addiction is more powerful than physical addiction.
9. Treatment for addiction to inhalants can last for several years.
10. 50% fo teen pregnancies occur while under the influence of alcohol and other drugs.
11. GHB was sold in health food stores up until 1998.
12. Researchers estimate alcohol use is implicated in 1/3 – 2/3 of sexual assault and date rape cases among teens and college students.
13. Cocaine is derived from teh root of the coca bush.
14. Ketamine is legal for use on animals.
15. Experimentation with inhalants usually begins between the ages of 13 – 18.
The final 25 (15-40) are short answer.
16. List 4 cancers linked to using tobacco products. ____________________
17. How many ingredients are in a cigarette? _________ How many chemicals are in cigarette smoke? ____
18. _______________ comes from the Greek word meaning “to make numb”
19. List 3 parts of the body that are damaged by inhalants.
20. If a beverage is 66% pure ethanol, what is the PROOF? _____
21. Draw and label how cocaine works in the brain. (I think I’ll google this one)
22. How does cocaine affect the heart and blood vessels? (5 part answer on this one) a)____ b)____ c)____ d)____ e)____
23. What color has the Roche Company made the Rohypnol pills to make them easier to detect? (Isn’t it dark green)
24. Describe all the requirements for a Schedule II drug.
25. List 2 medical purposes for stimulants.
26. List 3 Schedule I drugs.
27. List 2 examples of hallucinogenic drugs.
28. Ecstasy affects which 2 neurotransmitters in the brain?
29. In 1978 all legal manufacturing of what drug was stopped?
30. List 3 signs of a cocaine baby (after birth).
31. What are the common dangers of hallucinogens?
32. How long can marijuana stay in the body?
33. What is the legal drinking age in UTAH? (I’m sure I know this one, 21 right? Haha) What is the legal limit for a DUI in UTAH? ________
34. Who mostly purchased GHB when it was available at health food stores?
35. List 5 factors that affect a persons BAC?
36. List 3 long term effects of meth use
37. This date rape drug is 10x stronger than valium.
38. Someone who enters a “K-hole” is using what drug?
39. What is significant about prescription stimulants? (How they are designed.)
40. What are the categories of commonly abused prescription drugs?
Thanks for all your time guys, I will likely want to check my work so list your sources if at all possible, thank you.
Best answer:
Answer by BJ
I’ll leave out the ones that I don’t know an answer to
1. true
2. False. This is LSD
3. false. Chasing the dragon is smoking heroin.
5. Depends on the user
8. Depends on the user
9.True
10. false
13. true
14. true
16. Lung, mouth, throat, stomach(?)
17. I think it might be around 1000. and maybe around 2000 when smoked
20. 33
24. I don’t know this for sure but These drugs have a high abuse potential and can only be used with a prescription
25. Narcolepsy and increased alertness
26. Heroin, marijuana, LSD
27. Mescaline and LSD
31. Endangerment of yourself or others, impaired judgement
32. as little as 2 days and a much as a month
36. Erectile dysfunction, faster aging, ___
38. I think ketamine
40. Amphetamines, Barbiturates, narcotics
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