Test 1 in Drug & Alcohol Abuse
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- How many drinks must you drink in one sitting to consider it binge drinking?
- 5
- If a man and a woman drink the same amount who will be more drunk?
- the woman, due to lower water concentration and higher fat concentration
- What age range do you find an increase in binge drinking?
- 18-22yrs
- What does the disinhibition theory state?
- alcohol impairs the self-control that normally inhibits a person from acting violently; disregarded bc alcohol doesn't ALWAYS lead to violence;
- What ranking in cause of death is cirrohsis of the liver?
- 9th
- What can cause mouth, throat, esophageal, liver, larynx, etc. cancer?
- moderate drinking
- Out of 10 high school seniors, how many have used illicit drugs?
- 4
- What presidential years did we notice a drop in high school drug use?
- Reagan/Bush yrs
- Earlier use leads to an increase or decrease of addiction later?
- increase
- Heavy or binge drinkers are how many times more likely to use another drug?
- 7 times
- What percentage of hospital visits are alcohol or drug related?
- 51%
- What percent of date rape is drug-related?
- 90%
- What drug is linked to definitive & violent behavior?
- alcohol
- How much money goes into drug-related crime?
- 57.4 billion
- What president started the war on drugs and in what year?
- Nixon, 1971
- How much money has been spent on the war on drugs?
- over 200 billion
- What prevents certain drugs, such as synthetic dopamean, from getting to the brain?
- the blood brain barrier
- What is dopamean responsible for?
- motor control & emotional stability
- What is linked to a deficiency in dopamean?
- Parkinson's and you get cravings & can result in schizophrenia
- What does serotonin do?
- controls mood levels and sleep patterns
- What is the slowest method for drug absorption?
- ingestion
- What year did Prohibition start?
- legislation passed 1919, Prohibition began 1920
- What is the psychoactive component in cannabinoids?
- THC, Tetrahydrocannabinol
- How many times more THC potent is hashish oil than marijuana?
- 3x
- What is a cummulative drug?
- THC
- ?
- recreational use
- What is licit drug use?
- caffeine & prescription drugs
- What percentage of preventable deaths are due to substance abuse?
- 50%
- Most commonly used illicit drug?
- marijuana
- What is the name of drug-related violence due to a drug at the time of violent act?
- pharmacological
- What is systemic violence?
- terratorial disputes in drug dealing
- How does the medical model view addiction?
- progressive with specific conditions & can be treated with pharmaceuticals
- How does the genetic model view addiction?
- that it is genetic because twins separated at birth have the same likely hood to be addicted
- How does the moral model view addiction?
- views drug abuse as a character flaw yet rejected by medical professionals
- How does the bio-psych-social model view addiction?
- takes into account genetic factors, learning factors, and society's influence on drug taking attitudes
- What does the CNS consist of?
- brain & spinal cord
- What are the two parts of the autonomic nervous system?
- sympathetic(excited) & parasympathetic(calm)
- What is the purpose of neurons?
- receives and transmits info
- What is reuptake?
- returning back of neurotransmitters to vessicles in synaptic knob
- What do endorphines do?
- make you feel less pain
- all of the above
- can't & present of other drugs, expectation affect
- the invention of the hyperdermic needle led to increase use of drugs intravenously
- true
- T/F organic chemistry purify drugs and make them more potent?
- True
- T/F 80's showed a decrease in drug use?
- False
- What is the best proven method for recovering alcoholics to control their condition?
- absolute abstinence
- medical, psychological, drug-taking behavior
- ?
- what characteristics are used to diagnose fetal alcohol syndrome?
- pre/post natal growth retardation; characteristic facial/skull disformities; evidence of CNS abnormalities or MR; all of the above
- What 2 countries have needle exchanges?
- Sweden & Australia
- What country doesn't have a needle exchange program?
- US
- What does zero-tolerance mean?
- no illicit drugs
- Does marijuana or cigarettes damage more cells and linings?
- Marijuana because of more tar
- What does the nervous system do?
- Take info from environment and control body response
- 12oz beer=?
- 4oz wine=1.25oz 80prf liquor
- 1 marijuana joint=
- 5 cigarettes in terms of carbon monoxide, 4 cigarettes in terms of tar, 10 cigarettes in terms of damage to cells linings of airways