Drug Use and Abuse – Exam 2 Practice Test (Chapters 6–9) Study Guide & Review
Questions
What substance is commonly abused by people who primarily abuse cocaine? - correct answer
✔✔Alcohol
How was cocaine most commonly consumed by law-abiding adults in Europe and America in the
late 19th century ? - correct answer ✔✔Swallowed as a liquid
Which legislation required anyone importing, manufacturing, selling, or dispensing cocaine to
register with the Treasury Department and pay a special tax? - correct answer ✔✔The Harrison
Act
Which is a chronic effect of cocaine? - correct answer ✔✔Hallucinations and paranoia
Cocaine greatly enhances the activity of what neurotransmitter? - correct answer ✔✔Dopamine
The abuse of which stimulant reemerged a major social concern in the 1990s? - correct answer
✔✔Methamphetamine
D-amphetamine is currently placed on which schedule? - correct answer ✔✔Schedule 2
"ice" refers to what drug? - correct answer ✔✔smokable methamphetamine
Abusers of which drug have one of the highest relapse rates for any category of illicit or licit
drug abuse? - correct answer ✔✔Methamphetamine
Which statement regarding medications for ADHD is accurate? - correct answer ✔✔
, Which is the correct sequence in the process of transforming coca leaves into crack cocaine -
correct answer ✔✔Extraction with solvents, oxidation, reverse extraction with baking soda
How much time passed between their introduction of coca leaves to Europe and the beginning
of common use of cocaine among Europeans? - correct answer ✔✔Approximately 300 years
Why is the combination of alcohol and cocaine more dangerous than either of the two drugs
used alone? - correct answer ✔✔Cocathylene has a longer duration and greater excitatory
effect on BP and HR than that is produced by cocaine alone
Why does limiting access to OTC cold medicines like Sudafed help reduce methamphetamine
production - correct answer ✔✔Medicines like Sudafed contain pseudoephedrine
Why is chewing coca leaves so much less liekly to develop into abuse when compared to using
pure cocaine? - correct answer ✔✔Chewing coca leaves provides for slow absorption of a low
dose of cocaine
60 to 90% of cocaine abusers also abuse what other drug? - correct answer ✔✔Alcohol
What common method of cocaine administration provides for less intense effects than injection
but almost twice the duration of the effect - correct answer ✔✔Snorting powder
What are the direct consequences of the sudden elevation in the sympathetic branch of the
ANS caused by cocaine? - correct answer ✔✔Blood vessels constrict; pupils dilate, and appetite
is diminished
Why are other anesthetics preferred over cocaine? - correct answer ✔✔The anesthetic effects
of cocaine last a short duration
Questions
What substance is commonly abused by people who primarily abuse cocaine? - correct answer
✔✔Alcohol
How was cocaine most commonly consumed by law-abiding adults in Europe and America in the
late 19th century ? - correct answer ✔✔Swallowed as a liquid
Which legislation required anyone importing, manufacturing, selling, or dispensing cocaine to
register with the Treasury Department and pay a special tax? - correct answer ✔✔The Harrison
Act
Which is a chronic effect of cocaine? - correct answer ✔✔Hallucinations and paranoia
Cocaine greatly enhances the activity of what neurotransmitter? - correct answer ✔✔Dopamine
The abuse of which stimulant reemerged a major social concern in the 1990s? - correct answer
✔✔Methamphetamine
D-amphetamine is currently placed on which schedule? - correct answer ✔✔Schedule 2
"ice" refers to what drug? - correct answer ✔✔smokable methamphetamine
Abusers of which drug have one of the highest relapse rates for any category of illicit or licit
drug abuse? - correct answer ✔✔Methamphetamine
Which statement regarding medications for ADHD is accurate? - correct answer ✔✔
, Which is the correct sequence in the process of transforming coca leaves into crack cocaine -
correct answer ✔✔Extraction with solvents, oxidation, reverse extraction with baking soda
How much time passed between their introduction of coca leaves to Europe and the beginning
of common use of cocaine among Europeans? - correct answer ✔✔Approximately 300 years
Why is the combination of alcohol and cocaine more dangerous than either of the two drugs
used alone? - correct answer ✔✔Cocathylene has a longer duration and greater excitatory
effect on BP and HR than that is produced by cocaine alone
Why does limiting access to OTC cold medicines like Sudafed help reduce methamphetamine
production - correct answer ✔✔Medicines like Sudafed contain pseudoephedrine
Why is chewing coca leaves so much less liekly to develop into abuse when compared to using
pure cocaine? - correct answer ✔✔Chewing coca leaves provides for slow absorption of a low
dose of cocaine
60 to 90% of cocaine abusers also abuse what other drug? - correct answer ✔✔Alcohol
What common method of cocaine administration provides for less intense effects than injection
but almost twice the duration of the effect - correct answer ✔✔Snorting powder
What are the direct consequences of the sudden elevation in the sympathetic branch of the
ANS caused by cocaine? - correct answer ✔✔Blood vessels constrict; pupils dilate, and appetite
is diminished
Why are other anesthetics preferred over cocaine? - correct answer ✔✔The anesthetic effects
of cocaine last a short duration
