Chapter 7: Drug Use and Abuse – Study Guide, Key Concepts & Practice
Questions
What are Psychoactive drugs? - correct answer ✔✔affect the nervous system by changing the
way the brain perceives and processes information from the environment
Certain psychoactive drugs produce ______ an intense feeling of well-being. - correct answer
✔✔euphoria
During the ______ process, the body converts harmful substances into less dangerous
compounds that can be execrated. - correct answer ✔✔detoxification
A state of ______ occurs when a sunstance reaches poisonous levels in the body. - correct
answer ✔✔intoxification
Abusing more than one drug at a time is reffered to as what? - correct answer ✔✔Polyabuse
Which drugs are considered "gateway" drugs? - correct answer ✔✔alcohol, nicotine, merijuana,
inhalants
When a person develops a habitual pattern of taking a drug that produces a compulsive need
for it, this person has become a drug ______. - correct answer ✔✔addict
In the United States, so more women or men use illegal drugs? - correct answer ✔✔Male
Do successful drug prevention programs usually include drug resistance skills? - correct answer
✔✔Yes
, What is the temporary and improper use of a legal drug called? - correct answer ✔✔Misuse
Being drug dependent means thata person has developed ______. - correct answer
✔✔tolerance
After chronic exposure to certain drugs, the body develops ______, the ability to endure larger
amounts of these substances while the adverse effects decrease. - correct answer ✔✔tolerance
What is withdrawal? - correct answer ✔✔temporary physical and psychological state that
occurs when certain drugs are withdrawn
What conditions are associated with cocaine abuse? - correct answer ✔✔loss of appetite,
increased heart rate, blood pressure, respiration
Marijuana and hashish saoke contain numerous irritants that can damage the ______. - correct
answer ✔✔brain
Which drugs are classified as hallucinogens? - correct answer ✔✔LSD, mescaline, psilocybin,
PCP
Which drug is a "designer" drug that produces both hallucinogenic and stimulant effects? -
correct answer ✔✔Ecstasy
Pregnant women who regularly use drugs such as cocaine, amphetamines, opiates, and
marijuana are more likely to give birth to ______ babies. - correct answer ✔✔premature
Adolescents who have______ are more likely to use psychoactive drugs than teens who do not
have this characteristics. - correct answer ✔✔drank
Questions
What are Psychoactive drugs? - correct answer ✔✔affect the nervous system by changing the
way the brain perceives and processes information from the environment
Certain psychoactive drugs produce ______ an intense feeling of well-being. - correct answer
✔✔euphoria
During the ______ process, the body converts harmful substances into less dangerous
compounds that can be execrated. - correct answer ✔✔detoxification
A state of ______ occurs when a sunstance reaches poisonous levels in the body. - correct
answer ✔✔intoxification
Abusing more than one drug at a time is reffered to as what? - correct answer ✔✔Polyabuse
Which drugs are considered "gateway" drugs? - correct answer ✔✔alcohol, nicotine, merijuana,
inhalants
When a person develops a habitual pattern of taking a drug that produces a compulsive need
for it, this person has become a drug ______. - correct answer ✔✔addict
In the United States, so more women or men use illegal drugs? - correct answer ✔✔Male
Do successful drug prevention programs usually include drug resistance skills? - correct answer
✔✔Yes
, What is the temporary and improper use of a legal drug called? - correct answer ✔✔Misuse
Being drug dependent means thata person has developed ______. - correct answer
✔✔tolerance
After chronic exposure to certain drugs, the body develops ______, the ability to endure larger
amounts of these substances while the adverse effects decrease. - correct answer ✔✔tolerance
What is withdrawal? - correct answer ✔✔temporary physical and psychological state that
occurs when certain drugs are withdrawn
What conditions are associated with cocaine abuse? - correct answer ✔✔loss of appetite,
increased heart rate, blood pressure, respiration
Marijuana and hashish saoke contain numerous irritants that can damage the ______. - correct
answer ✔✔brain
Which drugs are classified as hallucinogens? - correct answer ✔✔LSD, mescaline, psilocybin,
PCP
Which drug is a "designer" drug that produces both hallucinogenic and stimulant effects? -
correct answer ✔✔Ecstasy
Pregnant women who regularly use drugs such as cocaine, amphetamines, opiates, and
marijuana are more likely to give birth to ______ babies. - correct answer ✔✔premature
Adolescents who have______ are more likely to use psychoactive drugs than teens who do not
have this characteristics. - correct answer ✔✔drank
