CSAMS EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Canon 1 - Answers - independence, impartiality, integrity
Canon 2 - Answers - impartiality, competence, and diligence
Canon 3 - Answers - conflicts of interest
Canon 4 - Answers - political activity
$400 - Answers - Maximum amount able to be charged for ADS clients
True - Answers - Drugs contain chemicals that tap into the brain's communication
system and disrupt the way nerve cells normally send, receive, and process information.
True - Answers - The area of connection between two neurons in the brain is called a
synapse
True - Answers - The same area in the brain that allows a person to feel pleasure in
eating also makes the person feel pleasure when taking a drug.
True - Answers - Reverse tolerance is a state when the user gets the desired effect
from taking less of a drug than in previous uses.
True - Answers - When using cocaine, opiates, or marijuana the drug binds to
receptors, on neurons in the nucleus accumbens.
True - Answers - Symptoms of post acute withdrawal can last up to 2 years.
False - Answers - A person experiencing post acute withdrawal has problems with long-
term memory.
False - Answers - Post acute withdrawal includes symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and
increased heart rate.
True - Answers - Emotional overreaction and emotional numbness are both symptoms
of post acute withdrawal symptoms.
True - Answers - Post acute withdrawal syndrome can be a trigger for relapse
False - Answers - The schedule of drugs developed by the FDA helps us to classify a
drugs legal use
True - Answers - Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse.
, True - Answers - Club drugs is a drug classification which includes GHB, ketamine,
rohypnol, and MDMA.
True - Answers - Schedule II contains drugs such as cocaine that have a high potential
for abuse and have been accepted as having a medical use in the United States.
False - Answers - Heroin is a schedule III drug
True - Answers - Alcohol is absorbed from the stomach and small intestine into the
bloodstream.
True - Answers - Acetaldehyde is a break down product of alcohol.
True - Answers - The leading known cause of mental retardation in the United States is
fetal alcohol syndrome
False - Answers - Heavy use of alcohol does not increase the risk of certain cancers,
stroke, and liver disease.
False - Answers - Binge drinking is 3+ drinks within 2 hours.
True - Answers - Phenobarbital increases the seizure threshold.
True - Answers - Benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed to treat anxiety.
True - Answers - GHB is commonly used by body builders.
False - Answers - Valium is a type of SSRI (Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor)
False - Answers - Paraldehyde is commonly known as "knock out drops"
True - Answers - Amotivational syndrome is a condition characterized by apathy,
inability to concentrate, and little achievement orientation
True - Answers - The main active chemical in marijuana is dela-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.
False - Answers - Long-term use of marijuana can result in reverse-tolerance
True - Answers - The lung damage caused by marijuana is equivalent to 20 cigarettes
True - Answers - Marijuana may cause a panic reaction
True - Answers - Baking soda and water are added to cocaine to make crack
True - Answers - Crashing from a cocaine high can include depression and nausea.
Canon 1 - Answers - independence, impartiality, integrity
Canon 2 - Answers - impartiality, competence, and diligence
Canon 3 - Answers - conflicts of interest
Canon 4 - Answers - political activity
$400 - Answers - Maximum amount able to be charged for ADS clients
True - Answers - Drugs contain chemicals that tap into the brain's communication
system and disrupt the way nerve cells normally send, receive, and process information.
True - Answers - The area of connection between two neurons in the brain is called a
synapse
True - Answers - The same area in the brain that allows a person to feel pleasure in
eating also makes the person feel pleasure when taking a drug.
True - Answers - Reverse tolerance is a state when the user gets the desired effect
from taking less of a drug than in previous uses.
True - Answers - When using cocaine, opiates, or marijuana the drug binds to
receptors, on neurons in the nucleus accumbens.
True - Answers - Symptoms of post acute withdrawal can last up to 2 years.
False - Answers - A person experiencing post acute withdrawal has problems with long-
term memory.
False - Answers - Post acute withdrawal includes symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and
increased heart rate.
True - Answers - Emotional overreaction and emotional numbness are both symptoms
of post acute withdrawal symptoms.
True - Answers - Post acute withdrawal syndrome can be a trigger for relapse
False - Answers - The schedule of drugs developed by the FDA helps us to classify a
drugs legal use
True - Answers - Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse.
, True - Answers - Club drugs is a drug classification which includes GHB, ketamine,
rohypnol, and MDMA.
True - Answers - Schedule II contains drugs such as cocaine that have a high potential
for abuse and have been accepted as having a medical use in the United States.
False - Answers - Heroin is a schedule III drug
True - Answers - Alcohol is absorbed from the stomach and small intestine into the
bloodstream.
True - Answers - Acetaldehyde is a break down product of alcohol.
True - Answers - The leading known cause of mental retardation in the United States is
fetal alcohol syndrome
False - Answers - Heavy use of alcohol does not increase the risk of certain cancers,
stroke, and liver disease.
False - Answers - Binge drinking is 3+ drinks within 2 hours.
True - Answers - Phenobarbital increases the seizure threshold.
True - Answers - Benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed to treat anxiety.
True - Answers - GHB is commonly used by body builders.
False - Answers - Valium is a type of SSRI (Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor)
False - Answers - Paraldehyde is commonly known as "knock out drops"
True - Answers - Amotivational syndrome is a condition characterized by apathy,
inability to concentrate, and little achievement orientation
True - Answers - The main active chemical in marijuana is dela-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.
False - Answers - Long-term use of marijuana can result in reverse-tolerance
True - Answers - The lung damage caused by marijuana is equivalent to 20 cigarettes
True - Answers - Marijuana may cause a panic reaction
True - Answers - Baking soda and water are added to cocaine to make crack
True - Answers - Crashing from a cocaine high can include depression and nausea.
