Prevention of Drug Abuse – Final Exam | Comprehensive Practice Test, Study Guide & Review
Questions
History of Stimulants - correct answer ✔✔1887 - first synthesized (L. Edeline)
1927 - first hand account of amphetamine effects (Gordon Alles)
1932 - Benzedrine (amphetamine) inhaler --> abused \
1971 - potent amphetamine like compounds in nasal inhalers were withdrawn from the market
WWII - used to counteract fatigue
History of Narcotics - correct answer ✔✔1803 - morphine created by frederick serturner
(extracted active ingredients in opium)
1832 - 2nd compound purified (codeine)
1853 - Alexander Wood perfected the hypodermic syringe
Anti-Heroin Act of 1924 - heroin importation, manufacture & posession was outlawed in US
1970s - Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention & Control Act
History of Alcohol & Laws - correct answer ✔✔Temperance movement (1830 - 1850) - alcohol
moderation
1830s - only abstinence from distilled spirits
later total abstinence
Prohibition - Alcohol outlawed in U.S 1920
-difficult to enforce
-speakeasy
-bootlegging
1933 ended prohibition
, Laws around stimulants - correct answer ✔✔1970 - legal use of amphetamines restricted to
narcolepsy, ADHD, & short term weight loss
Laws around Narcotics - correct answer ✔✔Opium Act of 1909 - Barred importing opium for
smoking purposes
Harrisons Narcotic Tax Act of 1914 - required physicians & pharmacists to register to distribute
opiates
Anti Heroin Act of 1924 - Importation and Manufacture, & possession of heroin outlawed
1938 Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act - required all medication to be proven safe by FDA
1970s comprehensive drug abuse prevention & control act
Reason a person may be prescribed stimulants - correct answer ✔✔for narcolepsy, ADHD, &
Weight loss
Reason a person may be prescribed narcotics - correct answer ✔✔prescribed for pain relief
after surgeries, or if they have experienced a major trauma
Phases of highs and withdrawals for stimulants - correct answer ✔✔Highs:
- alertness
-excitation
-euphoria
Withdrawals:
- restless
-talkative
-trouble sleeping
-personality change
Questions
History of Stimulants - correct answer ✔✔1887 - first synthesized (L. Edeline)
1927 - first hand account of amphetamine effects (Gordon Alles)
1932 - Benzedrine (amphetamine) inhaler --> abused \
1971 - potent amphetamine like compounds in nasal inhalers were withdrawn from the market
WWII - used to counteract fatigue
History of Narcotics - correct answer ✔✔1803 - morphine created by frederick serturner
(extracted active ingredients in opium)
1832 - 2nd compound purified (codeine)
1853 - Alexander Wood perfected the hypodermic syringe
Anti-Heroin Act of 1924 - heroin importation, manufacture & posession was outlawed in US
1970s - Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention & Control Act
History of Alcohol & Laws - correct answer ✔✔Temperance movement (1830 - 1850) - alcohol
moderation
1830s - only abstinence from distilled spirits
later total abstinence
Prohibition - Alcohol outlawed in U.S 1920
-difficult to enforce
-speakeasy
-bootlegging
1933 ended prohibition
, Laws around stimulants - correct answer ✔✔1970 - legal use of amphetamines restricted to
narcolepsy, ADHD, & short term weight loss
Laws around Narcotics - correct answer ✔✔Opium Act of 1909 - Barred importing opium for
smoking purposes
Harrisons Narcotic Tax Act of 1914 - required physicians & pharmacists to register to distribute
opiates
Anti Heroin Act of 1924 - Importation and Manufacture, & possession of heroin outlawed
1938 Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act - required all medication to be proven safe by FDA
1970s comprehensive drug abuse prevention & control act
Reason a person may be prescribed stimulants - correct answer ✔✔for narcolepsy, ADHD, &
Weight loss
Reason a person may be prescribed narcotics - correct answer ✔✔prescribed for pain relief
after surgeries, or if they have experienced a major trauma
Phases of highs and withdrawals for stimulants - correct answer ✔✔Highs:
- alertness
-excitation
-euphoria
Withdrawals:
- restless
-talkative
-trouble sleeping
-personality change
