Prevention of Drug Abuse Exam 1 – Study Guide, Practice Test & Review Questions
__________ is characterized by excessive use, constant preoccupation with the availability and
supply of the drug, refusal to admit excessive use, and reliance on the drug.
Drug use
Drug misuse
Acute drug use
Initial drug abuse - correct answer ✔✔Initial drug abuse
The phrase that is synonymous with addiction, where more of the drug is sought despite the
presence of negative physical symptoms, is:
Relief
Withdrawal
Dependency
Preoccupation - correct answer ✔✔Dependency
Substances that affect the central nervous system and alter consciousness and/or perception
are pharmacologically known as:
, Psychoactive drugs
Affective drugs
Enforcing drugs
Drugs of purpose - correct answer ✔✔Psychoactive drugs
__________ drugs refer to types of drugs that lead to the use of other more addictive types of
drugs.
Addictive
Gateway
High way
Predisposition - correct answer ✔✔gateway
The idea that drug consumption is found across all income levels, social classes, races,
ethnicities, lifestyles, and age groups refers to drugs as:
an inherent problem
a dynamic affliction
an equal-opportunity affliction
__________ is characterized by excessive use, constant preoccupation with the availability and
supply of the drug, refusal to admit excessive use, and reliance on the drug.
Drug use
Drug misuse
Acute drug use
Initial drug abuse - correct answer ✔✔Initial drug abuse
The phrase that is synonymous with addiction, where more of the drug is sought despite the
presence of negative physical symptoms, is:
Relief
Withdrawal
Dependency
Preoccupation - correct answer ✔✔Dependency
Substances that affect the central nervous system and alter consciousness and/or perception
are pharmacologically known as:
, Psychoactive drugs
Affective drugs
Enforcing drugs
Drugs of purpose - correct answer ✔✔Psychoactive drugs
__________ drugs refer to types of drugs that lead to the use of other more addictive types of
drugs.
Addictive
Gateway
High way
Predisposition - correct answer ✔✔gateway
The idea that drug consumption is found across all income levels, social classes, races,
ethnicities, lifestyles, and age groups refers to drugs as:
an inherent problem
a dynamic affliction
an equal-opportunity affliction
