Drug Abuse Exam 1 (UARK) – Study Guide, Practice Test & Review Questions
equal-opportunity affliction - correct answer ✔✔drugs could be obtained by anyone if they
wanted to
drug - correct answer ✔✔any substance that modifies (enhances, inhibits or distorts) mind
and/or body functioning
psychoactive drugs - correct answer ✔✔compounds (substances) that affect the CNS and/or
alter consciousness and/or perceptions
licit - correct answer ✔✔legal substances such as caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, prescription drugs
prescribed to you, cigarettes
illicit - correct answer ✔✔illegal substances such as weed, heroine, cocaine and meth
drug use - correct answer ✔✔taking or consuming drugs
gateway drugs - correct answer ✔✔types of commonly used drugs that are believed to lead to
using other more powerful mind-altering and addictive drugs, such as hallucinogens, cocaine,
crack and heroine. Alcohol, tobacco and weed are most common.
drug misuse - correct answer ✔✔the unintentional or inappropriate use of prescribed or over-
the-counter types of drugs (taking more drugs than prescribed, mixing drugs, etc)
drug abuse - correct answer ✔✔the willful misuse of either licit or illicit drugs for the purpose
of recreation, perceived necessity or convenience. Refers to a more intense misuse of drugs -
often to the point of addiction
, drug abuse - correct answer ✔✔also known as chemical or substance abuse. terms used by
hospitals and psychology
Erich Goode's 4 types of drug use - correct answer ✔✔1. Legal instrumental use
2. Legal recreational use
3. Illegal instrumental use
4. illegal recreational use
legal instrumental use - correct answer ✔✔taking prescribed drugs or OTC drugs to relieve or
treat mental or physical symptoms
legal recreational use - correct answer ✔✔using licit drugs like tobacco, alcohol, and caffeine to
achieve a certain mental state
illegal instrumental use - correct answer ✔✔taking non-prescribed drugs to achieve a task or
goal
illegal recreational use - correct answer ✔✔taking illicit drugs for fun or pleasure
3 types of drug users - correct answer ✔✔experimenters, compulsive users, floaters
experimenters - correct answer ✔✔begin using drugs largely because of peer pressure and
curiosity, and they confine their use to recreational settings
compulsive users - correct answer ✔✔devotes considerable time and energy into getting high,
talk incessantly (sometimes exclusively) about drug use, and become connoisseurs of street
drugs
equal-opportunity affliction - correct answer ✔✔drugs could be obtained by anyone if they
wanted to
drug - correct answer ✔✔any substance that modifies (enhances, inhibits or distorts) mind
and/or body functioning
psychoactive drugs - correct answer ✔✔compounds (substances) that affect the CNS and/or
alter consciousness and/or perceptions
licit - correct answer ✔✔legal substances such as caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, prescription drugs
prescribed to you, cigarettes
illicit - correct answer ✔✔illegal substances such as weed, heroine, cocaine and meth
drug use - correct answer ✔✔taking or consuming drugs
gateway drugs - correct answer ✔✔types of commonly used drugs that are believed to lead to
using other more powerful mind-altering and addictive drugs, such as hallucinogens, cocaine,
crack and heroine. Alcohol, tobacco and weed are most common.
drug misuse - correct answer ✔✔the unintentional or inappropriate use of prescribed or over-
the-counter types of drugs (taking more drugs than prescribed, mixing drugs, etc)
drug abuse - correct answer ✔✔the willful misuse of either licit or illicit drugs for the purpose
of recreation, perceived necessity or convenience. Refers to a more intense misuse of drugs -
often to the point of addiction
, drug abuse - correct answer ✔✔also known as chemical or substance abuse. terms used by
hospitals and psychology
Erich Goode's 4 types of drug use - correct answer ✔✔1. Legal instrumental use
2. Legal recreational use
3. Illegal instrumental use
4. illegal recreational use
legal instrumental use - correct answer ✔✔taking prescribed drugs or OTC drugs to relieve or
treat mental or physical symptoms
legal recreational use - correct answer ✔✔using licit drugs like tobacco, alcohol, and caffeine to
achieve a certain mental state
illegal instrumental use - correct answer ✔✔taking non-prescribed drugs to achieve a task or
goal
illegal recreational use - correct answer ✔✔taking illicit drugs for fun or pleasure
3 types of drug users - correct answer ✔✔experimenters, compulsive users, floaters
experimenters - correct answer ✔✔begin using drugs largely because of peer pressure and
curiosity, and they confine their use to recreational settings
compulsive users - correct answer ✔✔devotes considerable time and energy into getting high,
talk incessantly (sometimes exclusively) about drug use, and become connoisseurs of street
drugs
