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Best description of a drug. - Correct answer ✔A substance taken for a desired effect (other than
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food, water, or air). |||||| |||||| ||||||




Psychoactive drugs are drugs that - Correct answer ✔Alter behavior or mood. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Psychoactive drug - Correct answer ✔Opium |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




The magnitude of a drug's effect is - Correct answer ✔How intensely the user feels the drugs effect.
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A common side effect of sniffing/snorting a drug - Correct answer ✔Damage to the nasal
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membrane lining. ||||||




What does metabolism do - Correct answer ✔Alters the composition of the drug.
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How are drugs MOST often removed from the body - Correct answer ✔Through the user's urine
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When a drug is ingested orally, which of the following BEST describes how the drug enters the
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bloodstream - Correct answer ✔Through the stomach or small intestines. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




What is route of administration - Correct answer ✔The manner in which a drug enters the user's
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body.



Which of the following routes of administration achieves the longest-lasting results for the user? -
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Correct answer ✔Oral |||||| ||||||

, How does a drug enter the user's bloodstream when snorted or sniffed - Correct answer ✔Through
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the membrane lining of the nasal passages.
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Why do some users prefer the route of injection for drug administration - Correct answer ✔It
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provides a fast and high peak effect. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




How does the route of inhalation pass the drug into the user's bloodstream - Correct answer
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✔Through the lungs. |||||| ||||||




A user's expectation of how a drug will make the user feel - Correct answer ✔Has a significant
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effect upon the user's experience of the drug. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




What do short-term effects of drug use refer to - Correct answer ✔Effects while the drug is still in
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the users body. |||||| ||||||




A commonly seen physical effect of drug use is changes in - Correct answer ✔Pupil size.
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What response to a drug has developed when increasing dosages of the drug are required over
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time to achieve the same effect as the original dosage? - Correct answer ✔Tolerance
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The reliability of a drug refers to - Correct answer ✔The drug being what the user intended to
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purchase.



Can drug use affect pregnant mothers - Correct answer ✔Yes, because the mother's blood circulates
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to the unborn baby.
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Mental and growth retardation and physical deformities are common symptoms of - Correct answer
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✔Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
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Which of the following is the MOST commonly used sedative-hypnotic drug - Correct answer
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✔Barbiturates

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