Drug Use and Abuse: Exam #1 Quiz – Answer Key & Review Guide
(Chapters 1–5)
_____ are known to view their drug use as necessary in order to have fun, and they often use
drugs in order to escape, postpone personal problems, and relieve stress and anxieties. - correct
answer ✔✔Compulsive Users
THC is the primary psychoactive ingredient in: - correct answer ✔✔Marijuana
The idea that drug consumption is found across all incomes levels, social classes, races,
ethnicities, lifestyles, and age groups refers to drugs as: - correct answer ✔✔Equal Opportunity
Affliction
The phase that is synonymous with addiction, where more of the drug is sought despite the
presence of negative physical symptoms, is: - correct answer ✔✔Dependency
Substances that affect the central nervous system and alter consciousness and/or perception
are pharmacologically known as: - correct answer ✔✔Psychoactive Drugs
True or False? Different perspectives regarding drug use are confusing and hamper explanations
about drug use and abuse. - correct answer ✔✔False
True or False? Trend data show that between the year 2015 through 2018, yearly illicit drug use
has been steadily decreasing. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? Most youths cease their drug use when they begin working. - correct answer
✔✔False
, True or False? In 2018, approximately 37% of U.S. residents used marijuana sometime during
their lifetime. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? In 2014, almost half of the federal inmates were serving time for drug-related
offenses. - correct answer ✔✔True
All the major biological explanations related to drug abuse assume that these substances exert
their ______ effects by altering brain chemistry or neuronal activity. - correct answer
✔✔Psychoactive
________ status refers to the primary status position one has in the eyes of others. - correct
answer ✔✔Master
________ relationships are characterized as a group of individuals sharing a high amount of
intimacy and spontaneity and the members are emotionally bonded. - correct answer
✔✔Primary
The trait associated with turning one's feelings inward rather than directing emotions outward
is known as: - correct answer ✔✔Introversion
____________ theories tend to view the structural organization of a society, peer group, or
subculture as responsible for drug use. - correct answer ✔✔Structural Influence Theory
________ is a term referring to a diminishing effect such that more is required to obtain the
original effect. - correct answer ✔✔Tolerance
True or False? Drug testing is frequently mandatory for participants in sports at all levels. -
correct answer ✔✔True
(Chapters 1–5)
_____ are known to view their drug use as necessary in order to have fun, and they often use
drugs in order to escape, postpone personal problems, and relieve stress and anxieties. - correct
answer ✔✔Compulsive Users
THC is the primary psychoactive ingredient in: - correct answer ✔✔Marijuana
The idea that drug consumption is found across all incomes levels, social classes, races,
ethnicities, lifestyles, and age groups refers to drugs as: - correct answer ✔✔Equal Opportunity
Affliction
The phase that is synonymous with addiction, where more of the drug is sought despite the
presence of negative physical symptoms, is: - correct answer ✔✔Dependency
Substances that affect the central nervous system and alter consciousness and/or perception
are pharmacologically known as: - correct answer ✔✔Psychoactive Drugs
True or False? Different perspectives regarding drug use are confusing and hamper explanations
about drug use and abuse. - correct answer ✔✔False
True or False? Trend data show that between the year 2015 through 2018, yearly illicit drug use
has been steadily decreasing. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? Most youths cease their drug use when they begin working. - correct answer
✔✔False
, True or False? In 2018, approximately 37% of U.S. residents used marijuana sometime during
their lifetime. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? In 2014, almost half of the federal inmates were serving time for drug-related
offenses. - correct answer ✔✔True
All the major biological explanations related to drug abuse assume that these substances exert
their ______ effects by altering brain chemistry or neuronal activity. - correct answer
✔✔Psychoactive
________ status refers to the primary status position one has in the eyes of others. - correct
answer ✔✔Master
________ relationships are characterized as a group of individuals sharing a high amount of
intimacy and spontaneity and the members are emotionally bonded. - correct answer
✔✔Primary
The trait associated with turning one's feelings inward rather than directing emotions outward
is known as: - correct answer ✔✔Introversion
____________ theories tend to view the structural organization of a society, peer group, or
subculture as responsible for drug use. - correct answer ✔✔Structural Influence Theory
________ is a term referring to a diminishing effect such that more is required to obtain the
original effect. - correct answer ✔✔Tolerance
True or False? Drug testing is frequently mandatory for participants in sports at all levels. -
correct answer ✔✔True
