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Withdrawal symptoms produced by abstaining from a drug are:

a.Often opposite to the effects of the drug itself b.Seen only in narcotics c.Extremely severe in all cases d.What maintains a drug habit -ANSWER-A

Opiate-based drugs have been used to treat all of the following

except:

• Coughing
• Diarrhea
• Depression
• Cancer pain -ANSWER-Depression

A key reason for heroin being so addictive is that it:

a.Can be consumed in many ways b.Easily and rapidly enters the brain c.Produces euphoria followed by a phase of intense alertness d.Has very aversive withdrawal symptoms -ANSWER-b.Easily and rapidly enters the brain

The conditioned tolerance study in your text suggests that:

a.Cocaine is very similar to caffeine b.Nicotine can be both a stimulant and a depressant c.Heroin overdose may occur when the drug is administered in a novel environment d.Tolerance to alcohol often produces tolerance to marijuana - ANSWER-c.Heroin overdose may occur when the drug is administered in a novel environment

Depressants have all of the following effects except:

• Hypnotic effects
• Analgesic effects
• Anxiolytic effects
• Sedative effects -ANSWER-b. Analgesic effects

During withdrawal from chronic alcohol administration, you are not

likely to see:

• Tremors
• Sleep disturbances
• Anxiolytic effects
• Mood disturbances -ANSWER-c. Anxiolytic effects

Delirium tremens:

• Is an abnormal form of alcohol withdrawal
• Is characterized by hallucinations, delusions and confusion
• Is a behavioral condition where individuals exhibit anxiety,

uncontrollable sweats, and a bad body odor

• All of the above -ANSWER-b. Is characterized by hallucinations,

delusions and confusion (

Alcohol exerts its major effects on the ___ receptor, a complex that has at least five kinds of receptors.

• Dopamine
• Glutamate
• GABAA
• GABAB -ANSWER-c. GABAA (*)

The GABAA receptor complex:

• Seems to be responsible for drug addiction
• Can be activated by barbiturates and benzodiazepines
• Is one of the few complexes that does not have multiple receptor

subtypes

• Is only found in the brain stem -ANSWER-b. Can be activated by

barbiturates and benzodiazepines

Fetal alcohol syndrome is the leading cause of ___ in the Western world.

• Miscarriages
• Intellectual impairment
• Multiple births
• Infertility -ANSWER-b. Intellectual impairment

Barbiturates:

• Are currently the drug of choice for treating anxiety
• Are preferred over benzodiazepines because they are less

dangerous

• Selectively act to inhibit behavior at high doses
• Are like alcohol in that they cause the release of glutamate -

ANSWER-c. Selectively act to inhibit behavior at high doses

Barbiturates are useful clinically because they:

• Do not produce tolerance at clinical doses
• Do not produce dependence at clinical doses
• Are safe for most people regardless of other medications
• Do not produce withdrawal symptoms when drug is stopped -

ANSWER-a. Do not produce tolerance at clinical doses

Barbiturates:

• Inhibit glutamate activity
• Inhibit GABAA activity, just like alcohol
• Open the chloride channels in the GABA complex
• All of the above -ANSWER-c. Open the chloride channels in the

GABA complex

Benzodiazepines replaced barbiturates because:

• They are not GABA agonists
• They also have analgesic properties
• Barbiturates became difficult to obtain
• They are less likely to produce an accidental overdose -ANSWER-
• They are less likely to produce an accidental overdose

Which of the following is a benzodiazepine effect?

• The muscle relaxation effects are produced in the limbic system
• The amnesic effects are produced in the brain stem

• The anxiolytic effects involve suppressing the limbic system.
• The sedation effects occur via the hippocampus -ANSWER-c. The

anxiolytic effects involve suppressing the limbic system.

Psychotic behavior following heavy amphetamine use:

• Has never been documented
• Lacks the delusions of schizophrenia
• May be permanent
• May be accompanied by a permanent sensitivity to amphetamines -

ANSWER-d. May be accompanied by a permanent sensitivity to amphetamines

Which of the following is not typically observed during nicotine withdrawal?

• Anxiety
• Vomiting
• Drowsiness
• Headache -ANSWER-b. Vomiting

Caffeine is:

• An illegal drug
• An abused drug
• Not considered a drug
• None of the above -ANSWER-b. An abused drug

MDMA:

• Was developed as an anesthetic
• Stimulates the release of dopamine and serotonin
• Causes dramatic negative effects on cognition, especially memory
• Is also called angel dust -ANSWER-b. Stimulates the release of

dopamine and serotonin

All of the following are true about marijuana except:

• It comes from the Indian hemp plant, which was cultivated in the

United States during World War II

• Its major psychoactive ingredient is THC
• A mild form of marijuana is called hashish