LCAS NC COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Exposure Therapy - ✔✔This type of therapy asks clients to directly describe and
explore trauma-related memories, objects, emotions, or places. Intense emotions are
evoked, but decrease, desensitizing clients through repeated encounters with traumatic
material.
✔✔Experimental and Social Use of Drugs and Alcohol (stage 1) - ✔✔occasional -
perhaps a few times monthly, usually on weekends or at parties with friends. May use
when alone. Little to no behavioral changes, occasional, moderate hangover.
✔✔Abuse of Drugs and Alcohol (stage 2) - ✔✔regular use - up to several times a week.
may begin use during the day. may be using along rather than with friends. There are
behavioral indicators in this phase of addiction, such as a decrease in activities,
declined in school or work performance, and greater interest in use. May use to
manipulate emotions in this phase. May sell drugs or keep supply for personal use.
✔✔Dependency/Addiction Phase (Stage 3) - ✔✔daily use, continuous. will take serious
risks to obtain drugs/alcohol, potentially including criminal behavior. Drugs/Alcohol help
client to feel normal. Behavioral indicators can include changes in weight, health issues,
poor appearance, memory loss, volatile mood swings, employment loss, possible
overdoses, lack of concern about being caught. Chronic relapsing disorder in his phase.
✔✔Alcohol - ✔✔The most widely used and accepted drug, past and present. A
depressant, similar to the anesthetic drug ether. The only non-medical drug taken "only"
orally. It slows heart rate and slows breathing. It depresses the brain. This is the only
drug with which a large number of those who use it do not become physically
dependent on it. An estimated 10% of those who use it become dependent.
✔✔Other Sedative-Hynotics - ✔✔sedative and hypnotic agents which are non-
barbiturate or non-benzodiazepines, including Quaaludes, Ambien (Zolpidem), and
Lunesta (Eszopiclone).
, ✔✔Narcotics or Opiates/Opioids - ✔✔Drugs that cause sedation and euphoria by
causing depression of the central nervous system.
✔✔Narcotics or Opiates/Opioids - ✔✔Used medically to relieve pain, suppress cough
and control diarrhea, as well as some anxiety relief.
✔✔Narcotics or Opiates/Opioids - ✔✔Overdose can cause death by respiratory
depression
✔✔Semi-synthetic Opiates - ✔✔Hydromorphone (Dilaudid), Oxycodone, Heroin
✔✔Synthetic Narcotics - ✔✔Demerol, Methadone, Buprenorphine, Propoxyphene
(Darvone) Pentazocine (Talwin), OxyContin
✔✔Opiate Agonist - ✔✔These drugs can be substituted for the drug of abuse to provide
a more controllable form of addiction. Using them alleviates many withdrawal
symptoms. It acts similarly to opiates, and bonds with an opiate receptor to trick the
brain and take the place of an opiate. Substitution Therapy. Ex. Methadone, Clonidine.
✔✔Opiate Antagonist - ✔✔A drug which occupies the same space in the receptor, but
does not produce the same effects. This type of drug blocks the opiate receptor so that
it blocks the effects of opiates. Non-addictive. Example. Naltrexone (Revia, Vivitrol),
Naloxone, and Buprenorphine is a partial agonist can act as both agonist and
antagonist
✔✔Inhalant - ✔✔Solvents, aerosols, gases, and nitrates which can act as Central
Nervous System depressants. Can create similar effect to alcohol intoxication. Can
cause physical and psychological dependence. Risk of immediate death. OTC so tend
to be abused by adolescent population.
✔✔Marijuana - ✔✔Most frequently used illicit drug in the United States. THC potency
has increased dramatically since the early 1960s. Depressant stimulant, analgesic, and
sometimes hallucinogenic effect. 4-10 times the tar and carcinogens than found in
cigarettes. Can cause physical and psychological dependency. The buds of the female
plant contain the highest concentration of THC.
✔✔Cannabis Sativa - ✔✔Marijuana is derived from the hemp plan called this
✔✔Cannabinoids - ✔✔Chemical compounds found only in marijuana are referred to as
_____________. The primary one being THC.
✔✔Hallucinogens/Psychodelics - ✔✔This class of drug alters mood, thought, and
perception, cause CNS depression and, at times, stimulation. No physical dependence,
but can cause a psychological dependence. In large quantities, can be fatal.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Exposure Therapy - ✔✔This type of therapy asks clients to directly describe and
explore trauma-related memories, objects, emotions, or places. Intense emotions are
evoked, but decrease, desensitizing clients through repeated encounters with traumatic
material.
✔✔Experimental and Social Use of Drugs and Alcohol (stage 1) - ✔✔occasional -
perhaps a few times monthly, usually on weekends or at parties with friends. May use
when alone. Little to no behavioral changes, occasional, moderate hangover.
✔✔Abuse of Drugs and Alcohol (stage 2) - ✔✔regular use - up to several times a week.
may begin use during the day. may be using along rather than with friends. There are
behavioral indicators in this phase of addiction, such as a decrease in activities,
declined in school or work performance, and greater interest in use. May use to
manipulate emotions in this phase. May sell drugs or keep supply for personal use.
✔✔Dependency/Addiction Phase (Stage 3) - ✔✔daily use, continuous. will take serious
risks to obtain drugs/alcohol, potentially including criminal behavior. Drugs/Alcohol help
client to feel normal. Behavioral indicators can include changes in weight, health issues,
poor appearance, memory loss, volatile mood swings, employment loss, possible
overdoses, lack of concern about being caught. Chronic relapsing disorder in his phase.
✔✔Alcohol - ✔✔The most widely used and accepted drug, past and present. A
depressant, similar to the anesthetic drug ether. The only non-medical drug taken "only"
orally. It slows heart rate and slows breathing. It depresses the brain. This is the only
drug with which a large number of those who use it do not become physically
dependent on it. An estimated 10% of those who use it become dependent.
✔✔Other Sedative-Hynotics - ✔✔sedative and hypnotic agents which are non-
barbiturate or non-benzodiazepines, including Quaaludes, Ambien (Zolpidem), and
Lunesta (Eszopiclone).
, ✔✔Narcotics or Opiates/Opioids - ✔✔Drugs that cause sedation and euphoria by
causing depression of the central nervous system.
✔✔Narcotics or Opiates/Opioids - ✔✔Used medically to relieve pain, suppress cough
and control diarrhea, as well as some anxiety relief.
✔✔Narcotics or Opiates/Opioids - ✔✔Overdose can cause death by respiratory
depression
✔✔Semi-synthetic Opiates - ✔✔Hydromorphone (Dilaudid), Oxycodone, Heroin
✔✔Synthetic Narcotics - ✔✔Demerol, Methadone, Buprenorphine, Propoxyphene
(Darvone) Pentazocine (Talwin), OxyContin
✔✔Opiate Agonist - ✔✔These drugs can be substituted for the drug of abuse to provide
a more controllable form of addiction. Using them alleviates many withdrawal
symptoms. It acts similarly to opiates, and bonds with an opiate receptor to trick the
brain and take the place of an opiate. Substitution Therapy. Ex. Methadone, Clonidine.
✔✔Opiate Antagonist - ✔✔A drug which occupies the same space in the receptor, but
does not produce the same effects. This type of drug blocks the opiate receptor so that
it blocks the effects of opiates. Non-addictive. Example. Naltrexone (Revia, Vivitrol),
Naloxone, and Buprenorphine is a partial agonist can act as both agonist and
antagonist
✔✔Inhalant - ✔✔Solvents, aerosols, gases, and nitrates which can act as Central
Nervous System depressants. Can create similar effect to alcohol intoxication. Can
cause physical and psychological dependence. Risk of immediate death. OTC so tend
to be abused by adolescent population.
✔✔Marijuana - ✔✔Most frequently used illicit drug in the United States. THC potency
has increased dramatically since the early 1960s. Depressant stimulant, analgesic, and
sometimes hallucinogenic effect. 4-10 times the tar and carcinogens than found in
cigarettes. Can cause physical and psychological dependency. The buds of the female
plant contain the highest concentration of THC.
✔✔Cannabis Sativa - ✔✔Marijuana is derived from the hemp plan called this
✔✔Cannabinoids - ✔✔Chemical compounds found only in marijuana are referred to as
_____________. The primary one being THC.
✔✔Hallucinogens/Psychodelics - ✔✔This class of drug alters mood, thought, and
perception, cause CNS depression and, at times, stimulation. No physical dependence,
but can cause a psychological dependence. In large quantities, can be fatal.
