PS 268 TEST ONE QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
Four basic principles of drugs - Answers 1. Drugs are neither good nor bad
2. Every drug has multiple effects
3. Both the size of the drug effect, and type, depend on the amount the individual has taken and the
way it was taken
4. The effect of any psychoactive drug depends on the individual's history, expectations, and
environment in which it is taken
Volatile Solvent Misuse - Answers The inhalation of substances such as gasoline, glue, and cleaning
products
Psychoactive - Answers having effects on thoughts, emotions, or behaviour
Marijuana - Answers dried leaves of the cannabis plant
Drug - Answers any substance, natural or artificial, other than food, that by its chemical nature alters
structure or function in the living organism
Illicit Drug - Answers a drug that is unlawful to possess or use
Harm Reduction - Answers a strategy used by Canada's Drugs and Substances Strategy to reduce the
damage associated with drugs other than abstinence or cessation of use
Drug Misuse - Answers the use of prescribed drugs in greater amounts than, or for purposes other
than, those prescribed by a physician or dentist
Addiction - Answers a chronic relapsing condition characterized by compulsive drug seeking and
abuse by long-lasting chemical changes in the brain
Dependence - Answers a state in which the individual uses the drug so frequently and consistently
that is appears it would be difficult for the person to get along without using the drug
Tolerance - Answers a condition that follows repeated ingestion of a drug in which a person's reaction
to a psycho-pharmaceutical drug decreases so that larger doses are required to achieve the same
effect
Withdrawal Symptoms - Answers abnormal physical or psychological effects that occur after stopping
a drug
Binge Drinking - Answers consuming five or more drinks on a single occasion
Social Trends - Answers range of attitudes and behaviours among Canadians
Correlate - Answers a variable that is statistically related to some other variable, such as drug use
Impulsivity - Answers a person's tendency to act quickly and without consideration of the long-term
consequences
Phenotypes - Answers genetic factors
Antecedent - Answers a variable that occurs before some event, such as the inhalation of drug use
Gateway - Answers one of the first drugs used by a typical drug user
Reinforcement - Answers each time you take the drug you increase slightly the probability that you
will take it again
What are the four key objectives of Canadian house to house surveys - Answers To determine the
prevalence, incidence, and patterns of drug and alcohol use
To measure the personal and social harms associated with the pattern of use during a person's
lifetime and during the 12m before the survey
To assess the context of use and identity risk and protective factors related to drug use and
consequences of such use in specific groups
To establish the baseline data against which to evaluate the effectiveness of the CDS and harm
reduction efforts focused on alcohol and other drug use in Canadians over 15
What is the longest ongoing school-based survey in Canada that identifies student drug use, harmful
consequences, and risk/protective factors? - Answers Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey
(OSDUHS)
What is the most commonly used illicit drug in Canada? - Answers Marijuana
Who is most likely to take illegal drugs? - Answers Usually young, male, and those who identify with
risk taking subcultures
Describe the marijuana trends throughout the 2000's - Answers Marijuana use rose in 2003 then
declined every year until 2017, drinking follows similarly
What are the 4 goals of Canada's Drug and Substance Strategy? - Answers 1. Prevention
2. Treatment
3. Harm Reduction
, 4. Enforcement
What are the main ways we prevent or reduce drug use? - Answers Legal controls and education
Why do researchers care so much about adolescents and young adults drug usage? - Answers Because
it is the age when drug use usually begins and is often predictive of long-term impairments
Laissez Faire - Answers A hands-off approach to government interference in the workings of the
market.
Toxicity - Answers The potential harms associated with the drugs
Acute Toxicity - Answers Immediate harmful effects
Chronic Toxicity - Answers Harmful effects that occur after repeated use
Psychological Effects - Answers Effects on body processes essential to support life, such as breathing
or heart rate
Behavioural Effects - Answers Effects that render a person incapable of responding to their
surroundings, or result in poor decision making
What drug causes the most deaths? - Answers Tobacco
Substance Abuse - Answers Maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant
impairment or distress, as manifested by one of more characteristics in the past 12 months: leading to
failure in school or work, use in situations physically hazardous, legal problems, social or interpersonal
problems from drug
Substance Dependence - Answers Maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically
significant impairment or distress, as manifested by three or more of these in 12 months: tolerance,
withdrawal, taking larger amounts, not being able to cut down, giving up activities, continuing even
though knowing its a problem
What was the goal of legalizing cannabis in Canada? - Answers Reduce access to young people,
protect them from enticement, protecting health by providing quality weed, reduce illegal growing,
increase education and awareness
What is the law that legalized cannabis? - Answers Cannabis Act
What are the slang terms for the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act schedules? - Answers I - Hard
Drugs
II - Cannabis
III - Amphetamines, medical sedatives, and hallucinogens
IV - Prescriptions steroids and sedatives
V - Cough and cold medicines
VI - Precursors
What are adults entitled to under the Cannabis Act - Answers possession of up to 30 grams to also
share, grow up to 4 plants, to make products at home like weed brownies, and to buy edibles
What are the two problems associated with drugs in society? - Answers problem of actually taking the
drug and societal social problems like arrests, fines, jailing expenses
What 3 principles drive drug laws? - Answers 1. Toxicity
2. Dependence
3. Crime
Behavioural Toxicity - Answers Toxicity resulting from behavioural effects of a drug.
Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) - Answers US system for collecting data on drug-related deaths
or emergency room visits, discontinued in 2011
HIV - Answers human immunodeficiency virus
AIDS - Answers acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Which drugs are used intravenously? - Answers Almost any psychoactive drug that can be liquified can
be injected. Most common ones are opioids, cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, ritalin, and anabolic
steroids
Where was the first needle exchange program? - Answers Vancouver, Canada in 1989
Supervised Injection Sites - Answers Medically supervised facilities designed to provide a hygienic
environment in which drug users are able to consume illicit recreational drugs intravenously
What are the dangers of intravenous drug use? - Answers spread of blood-borne diseases such as HIV,
AIDS, and hepatitis C virus by sharing needles. 60% of HCV and 17% of HIV people were infected by
drug injections
How likely are IDU to share needles? - Answers 15% of intravenous drug users borrow needles that
have been used by someone else, 31% borrow other injectable equipment that has been used by
someone else
Four basic principles of drugs - Answers 1. Drugs are neither good nor bad
2. Every drug has multiple effects
3. Both the size of the drug effect, and type, depend on the amount the individual has taken and the
way it was taken
4. The effect of any psychoactive drug depends on the individual's history, expectations, and
environment in which it is taken
Volatile Solvent Misuse - Answers The inhalation of substances such as gasoline, glue, and cleaning
products
Psychoactive - Answers having effects on thoughts, emotions, or behaviour
Marijuana - Answers dried leaves of the cannabis plant
Drug - Answers any substance, natural or artificial, other than food, that by its chemical nature alters
structure or function in the living organism
Illicit Drug - Answers a drug that is unlawful to possess or use
Harm Reduction - Answers a strategy used by Canada's Drugs and Substances Strategy to reduce the
damage associated with drugs other than abstinence or cessation of use
Drug Misuse - Answers the use of prescribed drugs in greater amounts than, or for purposes other
than, those prescribed by a physician or dentist
Addiction - Answers a chronic relapsing condition characterized by compulsive drug seeking and
abuse by long-lasting chemical changes in the brain
Dependence - Answers a state in which the individual uses the drug so frequently and consistently
that is appears it would be difficult for the person to get along without using the drug
Tolerance - Answers a condition that follows repeated ingestion of a drug in which a person's reaction
to a psycho-pharmaceutical drug decreases so that larger doses are required to achieve the same
effect
Withdrawal Symptoms - Answers abnormal physical or psychological effects that occur after stopping
a drug
Binge Drinking - Answers consuming five or more drinks on a single occasion
Social Trends - Answers range of attitudes and behaviours among Canadians
Correlate - Answers a variable that is statistically related to some other variable, such as drug use
Impulsivity - Answers a person's tendency to act quickly and without consideration of the long-term
consequences
Phenotypes - Answers genetic factors
Antecedent - Answers a variable that occurs before some event, such as the inhalation of drug use
Gateway - Answers one of the first drugs used by a typical drug user
Reinforcement - Answers each time you take the drug you increase slightly the probability that you
will take it again
What are the four key objectives of Canadian house to house surveys - Answers To determine the
prevalence, incidence, and patterns of drug and alcohol use
To measure the personal and social harms associated with the pattern of use during a person's
lifetime and during the 12m before the survey
To assess the context of use and identity risk and protective factors related to drug use and
consequences of such use in specific groups
To establish the baseline data against which to evaluate the effectiveness of the CDS and harm
reduction efforts focused on alcohol and other drug use in Canadians over 15
What is the longest ongoing school-based survey in Canada that identifies student drug use, harmful
consequences, and risk/protective factors? - Answers Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey
(OSDUHS)
What is the most commonly used illicit drug in Canada? - Answers Marijuana
Who is most likely to take illegal drugs? - Answers Usually young, male, and those who identify with
risk taking subcultures
Describe the marijuana trends throughout the 2000's - Answers Marijuana use rose in 2003 then
declined every year until 2017, drinking follows similarly
What are the 4 goals of Canada's Drug and Substance Strategy? - Answers 1. Prevention
2. Treatment
3. Harm Reduction
, 4. Enforcement
What are the main ways we prevent or reduce drug use? - Answers Legal controls and education
Why do researchers care so much about adolescents and young adults drug usage? - Answers Because
it is the age when drug use usually begins and is often predictive of long-term impairments
Laissez Faire - Answers A hands-off approach to government interference in the workings of the
market.
Toxicity - Answers The potential harms associated with the drugs
Acute Toxicity - Answers Immediate harmful effects
Chronic Toxicity - Answers Harmful effects that occur after repeated use
Psychological Effects - Answers Effects on body processes essential to support life, such as breathing
or heart rate
Behavioural Effects - Answers Effects that render a person incapable of responding to their
surroundings, or result in poor decision making
What drug causes the most deaths? - Answers Tobacco
Substance Abuse - Answers Maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant
impairment or distress, as manifested by one of more characteristics in the past 12 months: leading to
failure in school or work, use in situations physically hazardous, legal problems, social or interpersonal
problems from drug
Substance Dependence - Answers Maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically
significant impairment or distress, as manifested by three or more of these in 12 months: tolerance,
withdrawal, taking larger amounts, not being able to cut down, giving up activities, continuing even
though knowing its a problem
What was the goal of legalizing cannabis in Canada? - Answers Reduce access to young people,
protect them from enticement, protecting health by providing quality weed, reduce illegal growing,
increase education and awareness
What is the law that legalized cannabis? - Answers Cannabis Act
What are the slang terms for the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act schedules? - Answers I - Hard
Drugs
II - Cannabis
III - Amphetamines, medical sedatives, and hallucinogens
IV - Prescriptions steroids and sedatives
V - Cough and cold medicines
VI - Precursors
What are adults entitled to under the Cannabis Act - Answers possession of up to 30 grams to also
share, grow up to 4 plants, to make products at home like weed brownies, and to buy edibles
What are the two problems associated with drugs in society? - Answers problem of actually taking the
drug and societal social problems like arrests, fines, jailing expenses
What 3 principles drive drug laws? - Answers 1. Toxicity
2. Dependence
3. Crime
Behavioural Toxicity - Answers Toxicity resulting from behavioural effects of a drug.
Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) - Answers US system for collecting data on drug-related deaths
or emergency room visits, discontinued in 2011
HIV - Answers human immunodeficiency virus
AIDS - Answers acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Which drugs are used intravenously? - Answers Almost any psychoactive drug that can be liquified can
be injected. Most common ones are opioids, cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, ritalin, and anabolic
steroids
Where was the first needle exchange program? - Answers Vancouver, Canada in 1989
Supervised Injection Sites - Answers Medically supervised facilities designed to provide a hygienic
environment in which drug users are able to consume illicit recreational drugs intravenously
What are the dangers of intravenous drug use? - Answers spread of blood-borne diseases such as HIV,
AIDS, and hepatitis C virus by sharing needles. 60% of HCV and 17% of HIV people were infected by
drug injections
How likely are IDU to share needles? - Answers 15% of intravenous drug users borrow needles that
have been used by someone else, 31% borrow other injectable equipment that has been used by
someone else
