NAADAC Module 1 – Pharmacology (2025/2026) – 300+ Expert-Verified Exam Questions & Answers on Addiction Counseling, Substance Use Disorders, Neurotransmitters, Drug Classifications, and Withdrawal Stages

NAADAC Module 1: Pharmacology
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Uppers - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CNS Stimulants: cocaine, amphetamines & meth,

caffeine, nicotine


Downers - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CNS Depressants: alcohol, benzos, barbituates,

opiates, sedative- hypnotics, muscle relaxants, antihistamines


All-Arounders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔psychedelics (LSD, mushrooms,

MDMA/Ecstacy, PCP, DXM) and Cannabis


Cross- Tolerance - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the ability of pharmacologically similar

substances to substiture for the other in relation to tolerance and to prevent

withdrawal


Abuse Liability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔risk potential associated with a substance

becoming repeatedly used and/or dependence inducing

,Half- Life - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The amount of time it takes to eliminate 1/2 of the

original dosage from the body


Central Nervous System (CNS) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Brain & spine


Limbic system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Within the CNS, Controls Emotions


Reticular Activating System - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Within the CNS, responsible for the

state of arousal


Basal Ganglia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Within the CNS: responsible for involuntary and

fine motor skills


Cerebral Cortex - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔within the CNS: part of the limbic system that

controls voluntary motor skills and sensory input


Sympathetic Nervous System - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔secondary within the ANS- when

activated increases breathing, heart rate, etc.


Parasymphathetic Nervous System - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Secondary within the ANS-

when activated decreases breathing, heart rate, etc.


Inhibitory Neurotransmitters - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dopamine, serotonin, GABA


Excitatory Neurotransmitters - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔glutamate, epinephrine

,Inhibitory and Excitatory Neurotransmitters - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Acetylcoline,

norepinephrine


Sterotypy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔common with stimulants: repeating the same behavior

over and over again


*How long does alcohol detox take?* - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Five days or less


Sedative-hypnotics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔substances used to alleviate anxiety and to

induce sleep


Potentiation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔substances taken together work synergistically to

produce an effect greater than expected due to the interaction

Examples of short-term CNS Depressant Physiological effects - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔slurred speech, drowsiness, dizziness, staggering gait, impaired coordination,

etc

Examples of short-term CNS Depressant Psychological effects - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔loss of memory, decreased fear, confusion, irritability, euphoria, inappropriate,

obnoxious behavior, sorrow, etc


Alcohol proof - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔twice the percentage of alcohol by concentration




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, Fermentation proof (concentration of ethyl alcohol) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔12% or 24

proof


Distillation proof - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔95% or 190 proof


Blood alcohol level/concentration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔amount of alcohol in the

blood


legal blood alcohol limit (BAC) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔.08


.10 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔level of BAC to drive in a few states


Examples of short-term physiological effects of Alcohol - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔slurred

speech, staggering, elevated heartbeat, etc

Examples of short-term psychological effect of Alcohol - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔delusions, loss of memory, loss of control, irritability, euphoria, paranoia,

decreased inhibition, etc


Early Stage Alcohol Dependence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔escaping from social situations

and sneaking, feelings of guilt, difficulty stopping once begun, and preoccupation

with drinking