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When a drug enters the body via oral ingestion, smoking, snorting, or injection, the chemicals
move through the bloodstream and must cross what barrier to produce an effect?
a.blood-liver
*b.blood-brain
c.blood-heart
d.blood-lung
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Psychoactive drugs operate at this level, meaning that they affect the action of the
neurotransmitters that control brain function.
a.cellular level
b.metabolic level
c.unconscious level
*d.synaptic level
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Although drugs differ in the length of time they act on the neurochemical systems of the brain,
the drugs are broken down by the body into other chemical substances called
a,electrolytes
*b.metabolites
c.dopamine
d.serotonin
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A synergistic effect is achieved when
*a.the combined effect of two drugs is greater than the sums of each drug taken individually
b.the combined effect of two drugs is less than the sums of each drug taken individually.
c.the combined effect of two drugs is no different than the sums of each drug taken individually.
d.the combined effect of two drugs is the same as the sums of each drug taken individually.
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In addition to the amount of drugs possessed or sold by offenders, criminal penalties are further
influenced by
a.what kind of drug is confiscated
b.where the offender is apprehended
*c.the weight and purity of the drug
d.the chemical make up of the drug
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What is the effective dose (ED) of a drug?
a.the level at which a drug becomes ineffective
*b.the amount of a drug needed to achieve a specific psychoactive effect
c.the point at which a drug's effect is increased
d.the amount of a drug needed to reverse a specific psychoactive effect
(15:A)
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