CHLH 243 Exam 1 questions with
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Psychoactive - correct answer ✔✔A drug that influences the functioning of the brain and hence our
behavior and experience
Drug Abuse - correct answer ✔✔A form of drug-taking behavior that results in some form of physical,
mental, or social impairment
Drug dependence - correct answer ✔✔Means that a person needs a drug to function normally--abruptly
stopping the drug leads to withdrawal symptoms
Licit - correct answer ✔✔Drug whose manufacture, sale, or possession is legal
Illicit - correct answer ✔✔Drug whose manufacture, sale or possession is illegal
Placebo Effect - correct answer ✔✔A beneficial effect, produced by a 'fake' drug or treatment, that
cannot be attributed to the properties of the 'fake thing' itself, and must therefore be due to the
patient's belief in the treatment
Risk Factors of Drug Use - correct answer ✔✔At least some close friends tried/used marijuana, was ever
offered marijuana, friends not upset if tried once or twice, it is easy to get, perception of not great risk
for monthly use
Protective Factor of Drug Use - correct answer ✔✔Intact and positive home environment, positive
educational experience, conventional peer relationships, positive attitudes and beliefs
Patters of Drug Use in High Schools - correct answer ✔✔Illicit drug use prevalence rates reached peak by
1979, steady decline until 1993, reversal upward again from 1993 to 2001, decline since then, In 2003,
39% reported use of an illicit drug over previous year; 1979 this was 54%
, Drug - correct answer ✔✔A chemical substance that, when taken into the body, alters the structure of
functioning of the body in some way, excluding those nutrients considered to be related to normal
functioning
Instrumental Use - correct answer ✔✔Referring to the motivation of a drug user who take the drug for a
specific purpose other than getting "high"
Recreational Use - correct answer ✔✔Referring to the motivation of a drug user who takes the drug only
to get "high" or achieve some pleasurable effect
Patterns of Drug Use in College Students - correct answer ✔✔Alcohol consumption reduced when legal
age changed to 21, binge drinking been steadily on rise 10-15 years, drug use lower among African
Americans, smoking is down, 26 and older: 10% use illicit drugs monthly mostly marijuana
Therapeutic Index - correct answer ✔✔Measure of a drug's relative safety for use, computed by the ratio
of the lethal dose for 50% of the population; i.e. LD50/ED50
Toxicity - correct answer ✔✔Physical or psychological harm that a drug might present to a user
Effective dose - correct answer ✔✔Minimal dose of a drug needed to produce intended effect in a
percentage of population (50%)
Lethal dose - correct answer ✔✔Minimal dose needed to produce death in percentage of population
(50%)
DAWN (Drug Abuse Warning Network) - correct answer ✔✔ED mentions: The substances mentioned
referred to by the patient during a given ED episode; ME mentions: substances involved in a particular
drug related death as reported by Medical Examiner
Acute - correct answer ✔✔Immediate Harm
Chronic - correct answer ✔✔Long-term harm
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Psychoactive - correct answer ✔✔A drug that influences the functioning of the brain and hence our
behavior and experience
Drug Abuse - correct answer ✔✔A form of drug-taking behavior that results in some form of physical,
mental, or social impairment
Drug dependence - correct answer ✔✔Means that a person needs a drug to function normally--abruptly
stopping the drug leads to withdrawal symptoms
Licit - correct answer ✔✔Drug whose manufacture, sale, or possession is legal
Illicit - correct answer ✔✔Drug whose manufacture, sale or possession is illegal
Placebo Effect - correct answer ✔✔A beneficial effect, produced by a 'fake' drug or treatment, that
cannot be attributed to the properties of the 'fake thing' itself, and must therefore be due to the
patient's belief in the treatment
Risk Factors of Drug Use - correct answer ✔✔At least some close friends tried/used marijuana, was ever
offered marijuana, friends not upset if tried once or twice, it is easy to get, perception of not great risk
for monthly use
Protective Factor of Drug Use - correct answer ✔✔Intact and positive home environment, positive
educational experience, conventional peer relationships, positive attitudes and beliefs
Patters of Drug Use in High Schools - correct answer ✔✔Illicit drug use prevalence rates reached peak by
1979, steady decline until 1993, reversal upward again from 1993 to 2001, decline since then, In 2003,
39% reported use of an illicit drug over previous year; 1979 this was 54%
, Drug - correct answer ✔✔A chemical substance that, when taken into the body, alters the structure of
functioning of the body in some way, excluding those nutrients considered to be related to normal
functioning
Instrumental Use - correct answer ✔✔Referring to the motivation of a drug user who take the drug for a
specific purpose other than getting "high"
Recreational Use - correct answer ✔✔Referring to the motivation of a drug user who takes the drug only
to get "high" or achieve some pleasurable effect
Patterns of Drug Use in College Students - correct answer ✔✔Alcohol consumption reduced when legal
age changed to 21, binge drinking been steadily on rise 10-15 years, drug use lower among African
Americans, smoking is down, 26 and older: 10% use illicit drugs monthly mostly marijuana
Therapeutic Index - correct answer ✔✔Measure of a drug's relative safety for use, computed by the ratio
of the lethal dose for 50% of the population; i.e. LD50/ED50
Toxicity - correct answer ✔✔Physical or psychological harm that a drug might present to a user
Effective dose - correct answer ✔✔Minimal dose of a drug needed to produce intended effect in a
percentage of population (50%)
Lethal dose - correct answer ✔✔Minimal dose needed to produce death in percentage of population
(50%)
DAWN (Drug Abuse Warning Network) - correct answer ✔✔ED mentions: The substances mentioned
referred to by the patient during a given ED episode; ME mentions: substances involved in a particular
drug related death as reported by Medical Examiner
Acute - correct answer ✔✔Immediate Harm
Chronic - correct answer ✔✔Long-term harm
