PBSI 336 - Exam 1 questions correctly
answered to pass
Pharmacology - correct answer ✔✔drugs
Psychopharmacology - correct answer ✔✔drugs on behavior and psychological
Neuropharmacology - correct answer ✔✔drugs on brain function
Neuropsychopharmacology - correct answer ✔✔drugs on brain, behavior and psychological
Psychoactive drug - correct answer ✔✔alterations in perception, mood, or consciousness
Purposes of psychoactive drugs - correct answer ✔✔recreation, therapeutic, ritual/spiritual
Ways to classify/categorize drugs - correct answer ✔✔source, behavioral/psychological effects,
pharmacological action, chemical structure, legal status
Classification by source - correct answer ✔✔natural, semisynthetic, synthetic
Pharmacological action - correct answer ✔✔often drugs have multiple
Physical dependence - correct answer ✔✔the body relies on the drug to prevent withdrawal
,Addiction - correct answer ✔✔uncontrollable cravings, inability to control drug use, compulsive
drug use, and use despite doing harm to oneself or others; a disease
Addiction vs. physical dependence - correct answer ✔✔one or the other can occur or both
Current drug use in the U.S. - correct answer ✔✔in the last month 13% of the population has
used illicit drugs (mostly marijuana)
Last year in substance use disorder - correct answer ✔✔largest percent alcohol followed by
illicit drugs (43.3 million people
Binge drinking - correct answer ✔✔>= 5 drinks men; >= 4 drinks women
Heavy drinking - correct answer ✔✔5>= binge days out of last 30 days
Drug + alcohol use in college age adults - correct answer ✔✔daily marijuana use on the rise;
binge alcohol use higher in college students than non-college peers; marijuana and nicotine
vaping on the rise
Drug + alcohol use in high school students - correct answer ✔✔steady illicit drug use in 12th
graders over the years; decreased alcohol use; decreased cigarettes; increased vaping for
nicotine & THC
History of drug use - correct answer ✔✔many psychoactive substances are made by plant and
were available to ancient peoples
Which factors shaped drug use and cultural attitudes in the U.S. - correct answer ✔✔alcohol
temperance movement, prohibition and equated drug use with criminal behavior; increased
addictive potential of drugs due to advances in chemistry and development of hypodermic
, syringes; increased drug availability and lack of drug control laws; medicalization of drug
addiction, addiction was a disease
What is a good or bad drug - correct answer ✔✔can be abused/addictive and medical tools
War on drug - correct answer ✔✔1971 Nixon; incarceration expand and drug crimes more
severely policed and punished; targeted at the anti-war left and black people; mandatory
minimum prison sentences, increased penalties for possession; subjected blacks to higher rates
of arrests and incarceration than whites
Anti-drug abuse act - correct answer ✔✔1986 sentencing disparity between crack and powder
cocaine; disparity helped fuel racial disparities in incarceration
What country is the top consumer of illicit drugs - correct answer ✔✔United states
The past approach to the drug problem - correct answer ✔✔drugs are a criminal justice
problem, law enforcement, penalization
Influence of science on nation's drug policy - correct answer ✔✔very little
What works - correct answer ✔✔treatment programs
The future approach to the drug problem - correct answer ✔✔drugs are a public health
problem, increased treatment availability, focus on education and prevention, reduced drug
sentences, legalization of marijuana, harm reduction (syringe programs)
DSM 5 Substance use Disorder - correct answer ✔✔must be maladaptive; basis in biology; all
drugs taken in excess have in common direct activation of brain reward systems; substance use
disorders
answered to pass
Pharmacology - correct answer ✔✔drugs
Psychopharmacology - correct answer ✔✔drugs on behavior and psychological
Neuropharmacology - correct answer ✔✔drugs on brain function
Neuropsychopharmacology - correct answer ✔✔drugs on brain, behavior and psychological
Psychoactive drug - correct answer ✔✔alterations in perception, mood, or consciousness
Purposes of psychoactive drugs - correct answer ✔✔recreation, therapeutic, ritual/spiritual
Ways to classify/categorize drugs - correct answer ✔✔source, behavioral/psychological effects,
pharmacological action, chemical structure, legal status
Classification by source - correct answer ✔✔natural, semisynthetic, synthetic
Pharmacological action - correct answer ✔✔often drugs have multiple
Physical dependence - correct answer ✔✔the body relies on the drug to prevent withdrawal
,Addiction - correct answer ✔✔uncontrollable cravings, inability to control drug use, compulsive
drug use, and use despite doing harm to oneself or others; a disease
Addiction vs. physical dependence - correct answer ✔✔one or the other can occur or both
Current drug use in the U.S. - correct answer ✔✔in the last month 13% of the population has
used illicit drugs (mostly marijuana)
Last year in substance use disorder - correct answer ✔✔largest percent alcohol followed by
illicit drugs (43.3 million people
Binge drinking - correct answer ✔✔>= 5 drinks men; >= 4 drinks women
Heavy drinking - correct answer ✔✔5>= binge days out of last 30 days
Drug + alcohol use in college age adults - correct answer ✔✔daily marijuana use on the rise;
binge alcohol use higher in college students than non-college peers; marijuana and nicotine
vaping on the rise
Drug + alcohol use in high school students - correct answer ✔✔steady illicit drug use in 12th
graders over the years; decreased alcohol use; decreased cigarettes; increased vaping for
nicotine & THC
History of drug use - correct answer ✔✔many psychoactive substances are made by plant and
were available to ancient peoples
Which factors shaped drug use and cultural attitudes in the U.S. - correct answer ✔✔alcohol
temperance movement, prohibition and equated drug use with criminal behavior; increased
addictive potential of drugs due to advances in chemistry and development of hypodermic
, syringes; increased drug availability and lack of drug control laws; medicalization of drug
addiction, addiction was a disease
What is a good or bad drug - correct answer ✔✔can be abused/addictive and medical tools
War on drug - correct answer ✔✔1971 Nixon; incarceration expand and drug crimes more
severely policed and punished; targeted at the anti-war left and black people; mandatory
minimum prison sentences, increased penalties for possession; subjected blacks to higher rates
of arrests and incarceration than whites
Anti-drug abuse act - correct answer ✔✔1986 sentencing disparity between crack and powder
cocaine; disparity helped fuel racial disparities in incarceration
What country is the top consumer of illicit drugs - correct answer ✔✔United states
The past approach to the drug problem - correct answer ✔✔drugs are a criminal justice
problem, law enforcement, penalization
Influence of science on nation's drug policy - correct answer ✔✔very little
What works - correct answer ✔✔treatment programs
The future approach to the drug problem - correct answer ✔✔drugs are a public health
problem, increased treatment availability, focus on education and prevention, reduced drug
sentences, legalization of marijuana, harm reduction (syringe programs)
DSM 5 Substance use Disorder - correct answer ✔✔must be maladaptive; basis in biology; all
drugs taken in excess have in common direct activation of brain reward systems; substance use
disorders
