HLTH 353 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
equal opportunity affliction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅no one is immune to drug use
4 factors that affect why we use drugs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅*pharmacological*: how it affects our
body
*cultural*: customs & traditions
*social*: what are the specific reasons (peer-pressure, drug-abusing subcultures, etc.)?
*contextual*: how do physical surroundings (concerts, clubs, frats, etc.) affect use?
what is a drug? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅any substance that modifies mind and/or body functioning
(homeostasis)
what is a psychoactive drug? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅drug compounds (substances) that affect the CNS
and/or alter consciousness and/or perceptions
what is a designer drug? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅altered form of a drug that is not technically illegal
because the chemical makeup is different from the original drug
what is a structural analog? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅drugs that result from altered chemical structures
of current illicit drugs
what are the most common gateway drugs? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅alcohol, tobacco, marijuana (?)
what is drug misuse? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅unintentional or inappropriate use of prescribed or OTC
types of drugs
examples of drug misuse - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅taking more than is prescribed
mixing drugs with alcohol or other drugs
using old medicines to treat new symptoms
discontinuing prescribed drugs when you aren't supposed to
, giving prescribed drugs to someone without medical consultation/supervision
what is drug abuse? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the willful misuse of either licit or illicit drugs for the
purpose of recreation
Erich Goode's 4 Types of Drug Use - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅*legal instrumental*: taking prescribed or
OTC drugs to relieve/treat
*legal recreational*: using licit drugs (tobacco, alcohol, coffee) to achieve a certain mental state
*illegal instrumental*: taking non-prescribed drugs to achieve a goal or task
*illegal recreational*: taking illicit drugs for fun/pleasure
illicit drugs users are more likely to be.... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅18-20, two or more races, male, not
pregnant, less educated, unemployed, and live in the cities
3 types of drug users - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅*experimenters*: start using drugs bc of peer pressure &
curiosity; confine use to recreational settings
*compulsive users*: devote considerable time & energy into getting high, always talk about drugs,
become connoisseurs of street drugs
*floaters or "chippers"*: focus more on using other people's drugs w/o maintaining much of a personal
supply
do youth stop drug use when they begin working? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅typically no
10 reasons why drug use is a more serious problem than in the past - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-
widespread phenomenon
- more potent
- remains extremely popular
- licit & illicit drugs are introduce at an increasingly younger age
- media more directly exposes people to advertisement of drugs
- greater avaliability
- lower costs of drugs
equal opportunity affliction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅no one is immune to drug use
4 factors that affect why we use drugs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅*pharmacological*: how it affects our
body
*cultural*: customs & traditions
*social*: what are the specific reasons (peer-pressure, drug-abusing subcultures, etc.)?
*contextual*: how do physical surroundings (concerts, clubs, frats, etc.) affect use?
what is a drug? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅any substance that modifies mind and/or body functioning
(homeostasis)
what is a psychoactive drug? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅drug compounds (substances) that affect the CNS
and/or alter consciousness and/or perceptions
what is a designer drug? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅altered form of a drug that is not technically illegal
because the chemical makeup is different from the original drug
what is a structural analog? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅drugs that result from altered chemical structures
of current illicit drugs
what are the most common gateway drugs? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅alcohol, tobacco, marijuana (?)
what is drug misuse? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅unintentional or inappropriate use of prescribed or OTC
types of drugs
examples of drug misuse - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅taking more than is prescribed
mixing drugs with alcohol or other drugs
using old medicines to treat new symptoms
discontinuing prescribed drugs when you aren't supposed to
, giving prescribed drugs to someone without medical consultation/supervision
what is drug abuse? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the willful misuse of either licit or illicit drugs for the
purpose of recreation
Erich Goode's 4 Types of Drug Use - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅*legal instrumental*: taking prescribed or
OTC drugs to relieve/treat
*legal recreational*: using licit drugs (tobacco, alcohol, coffee) to achieve a certain mental state
*illegal instrumental*: taking non-prescribed drugs to achieve a goal or task
*illegal recreational*: taking illicit drugs for fun/pleasure
illicit drugs users are more likely to be.... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅18-20, two or more races, male, not
pregnant, less educated, unemployed, and live in the cities
3 types of drug users - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅*experimenters*: start using drugs bc of peer pressure &
curiosity; confine use to recreational settings
*compulsive users*: devote considerable time & energy into getting high, always talk about drugs,
become connoisseurs of street drugs
*floaters or "chippers"*: focus more on using other people's drugs w/o maintaining much of a personal
supply
do youth stop drug use when they begin working? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅typically no
10 reasons why drug use is a more serious problem than in the past - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-
widespread phenomenon
- more potent
- remains extremely popular
- licit & illicit drugs are introduce at an increasingly younger age
- media more directly exposes people to advertisement of drugs
- greater avaliability
- lower costs of drugs
