SOCL 4465 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The passage of the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act - Answer -came after over a thousand
stories about cocaine had appeared in the national media
Crack cocaine is a very stable form of the drug also known as cocaine hydrochloride.
(T/F) - Answer -False
Most illicit cocaine in the U.S. is powder cocaine (cocaine hydrochloride), which is -
Answer -too stable to be smoked.
Which famous physician studied cocaine as a treatment for morphine dependence and
depression? - Answer -Sigmund Freud
Cocaine use during pregnancy now appears to be associated with - Answer -no
consistent negative associations with physical growth, test scores, or language in
children
Cocaine's effects in the brain - Answer -All of the answers are correct. (result from
blocking norepinephrine reuptake, result from blocking serotonin reuptake, result from
blocking dopamine reuptake)
The effect of amphetamines on weight control - Answer -is real, but small and limited in
duration.
The use of cocaine by members of the general public in Europe was initially in the form
of - Answer -drinks, such as coca wine.
Which of the following can produce paranoid psychosis? - Answer -high doses of
amphetamines
Illicit cocaine comes to the U.S. primarily from - Answer -South America
One "non-stimulant" medication that has been approved for ADHD does not appear to
have abuse potential. Atomoxetine is sold under the brand name - Answer -Strattera
Which of the following is true about the current use of amphetamines to treat
depression? - Answer -Amphetamines are used mostly as an adjunctive therapy.
What is cocaine still used for medically? - Answer -It is used as a local anesthetic for
nasal, laryngeal, and esophageal surgeries.
________________ is defined as a method of preparing cocaine as a chemical
substance so that it can be smoked. - Answer -Freebase
, In 1935, the wake-promoting effect of amphetamine led to testing it for the treatment of
________, which is defined as a condition in which the individual spontaneously falls
asleep as many as 50 times a day. - Answer -narcolepsy
The four most widely sold benzodiazepines are all longer-acting drugs sold primarily as
- Answer -anxiolytics
The "date-rape" drug Rophynol (flunitrazepam) - Answer -is sold as a hypnotic agent
(sleeping pill) in many countries other than the U.S.
Librium (chlordiazepoxide) and Valium (diazepam) were the first widely sold - Answer -
benzodiazepines
Two drugs that were introduced as being safer than the barbiturates, but in the long run
proved to be not much safer, were - Answer -meprobamate and methaqualone
_______________ is still used in emergency medicines as a treatment for cyanide
poisoning. - Answer -Amyl nitrate
GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyric acid) - Answer -occurs naturally in the brain
Which of the following criteria is used to classify barbiturates? - Answer -duration of
action
When depressants are used as medications to induce sleep, they are called - Answer -
hypnotics
Drugs with a shorter duration of action leave the system quickly and are much more
likely to produce withdrawal symptoms than are longer-acting drugs. (T/F) - Answer -
True
Withdrawal from long-term use of sedative hypnotic drugs is characterized by - Answer
-anxiety, impaired concentration, insomnia, convulsions
What has prevented paraldehyde from being widely used? - Answer -bad taste and
order
One of the oldest gaseous anesthetics, popularly known as "laughing gas," is - Answer
-nitrous oxide
Animal self-administration experiments and studies of drug choice among humans
indicate that - Answer -short-acting barbiturates are more likely to lead to dependence
than any of the benzodiazepines
Sedative-hypnotic agents bind to which receptors in the brain? - Answer -gamma-
aminobutyric acid (GABA)
The passage of the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act - Answer -came after over a thousand
stories about cocaine had appeared in the national media
Crack cocaine is a very stable form of the drug also known as cocaine hydrochloride.
(T/F) - Answer -False
Most illicit cocaine in the U.S. is powder cocaine (cocaine hydrochloride), which is -
Answer -too stable to be smoked.
Which famous physician studied cocaine as a treatment for morphine dependence and
depression? - Answer -Sigmund Freud
Cocaine use during pregnancy now appears to be associated with - Answer -no
consistent negative associations with physical growth, test scores, or language in
children
Cocaine's effects in the brain - Answer -All of the answers are correct. (result from
blocking norepinephrine reuptake, result from blocking serotonin reuptake, result from
blocking dopamine reuptake)
The effect of amphetamines on weight control - Answer -is real, but small and limited in
duration.
The use of cocaine by members of the general public in Europe was initially in the form
of - Answer -drinks, such as coca wine.
Which of the following can produce paranoid psychosis? - Answer -high doses of
amphetamines
Illicit cocaine comes to the U.S. primarily from - Answer -South America
One "non-stimulant" medication that has been approved for ADHD does not appear to
have abuse potential. Atomoxetine is sold under the brand name - Answer -Strattera
Which of the following is true about the current use of amphetamines to treat
depression? - Answer -Amphetamines are used mostly as an adjunctive therapy.
What is cocaine still used for medically? - Answer -It is used as a local anesthetic for
nasal, laryngeal, and esophageal surgeries.
________________ is defined as a method of preparing cocaine as a chemical
substance so that it can be smoked. - Answer -Freebase
, In 1935, the wake-promoting effect of amphetamine led to testing it for the treatment of
________, which is defined as a condition in which the individual spontaneously falls
asleep as many as 50 times a day. - Answer -narcolepsy
The four most widely sold benzodiazepines are all longer-acting drugs sold primarily as
- Answer -anxiolytics
The "date-rape" drug Rophynol (flunitrazepam) - Answer -is sold as a hypnotic agent
(sleeping pill) in many countries other than the U.S.
Librium (chlordiazepoxide) and Valium (diazepam) were the first widely sold - Answer -
benzodiazepines
Two drugs that were introduced as being safer than the barbiturates, but in the long run
proved to be not much safer, were - Answer -meprobamate and methaqualone
_______________ is still used in emergency medicines as a treatment for cyanide
poisoning. - Answer -Amyl nitrate
GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyric acid) - Answer -occurs naturally in the brain
Which of the following criteria is used to classify barbiturates? - Answer -duration of
action
When depressants are used as medications to induce sleep, they are called - Answer -
hypnotics
Drugs with a shorter duration of action leave the system quickly and are much more
likely to produce withdrawal symptoms than are longer-acting drugs. (T/F) - Answer -
True
Withdrawal from long-term use of sedative hypnotic drugs is characterized by - Answer
-anxiety, impaired concentration, insomnia, convulsions
What has prevented paraldehyde from being widely used? - Answer -bad taste and
order
One of the oldest gaseous anesthetics, popularly known as "laughing gas," is - Answer
-nitrous oxide
Animal self-administration experiments and studies of drug choice among humans
indicate that - Answer -short-acting barbiturates are more likely to lead to dependence
than any of the benzodiazepines
Sedative-hypnotic agents bind to which receptors in the brain? - Answer -gamma-
aminobutyric acid (GABA)
