Question

1. One of the supply reduction strategies aimed at controlling the quantity of drugs that enter the United States is _____ ; intercepting the flow of drugs before they get into the country.

2. Which drug reduction strategy is rejected as an official policy by the U.S. government.

3. More than half the people in prison meet the DSM-V diagnostic criteria for _____.

4. When a medical drug is used for recreational purposes, or when a drug has no medical uses, it is referred to as a ____ __(potential) _____.

5. Name three central nervous system stimulants.

6.Which drugs have effects similar to the response evoked during the fight-or-flight reaction?

7.Which drug provides individuals with a heightened sense of empathy and closeness to those around them?

8. Name two common date rape drugs.

9. Which type of drug can be obtained from common household products and causes widespread and long-lasting brain damage in chronic users?

10. Which of the following drugs was used during the Civil War and became know as “the soldier’s disease”?

11. Which drug has a long history of medical use for the treatment of diarrhea and dehydration?

12. Phencyclidine, commonly know as PCP, is which type of drug?

13. A particularly interesting phenomenon that occurs with the use of LSD is that of _____, a “mixing of sense,” in which sounds may appear as visual image changes in rhythm to music.

14. Following continued use of _____, users’ attempts to stop may cause them to sleep for 24 hours, be depressed for days, and/or have thoughts of death .

15. Name two synthetic cannabinoids, which are more powerful than marijuana, and can have unpredictable effects.

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ANS. 3. More than half the people in prison meet the DSM-V diagnostic criteria for anti-social personality disorder.

ANS. 4. When a medical drug is used for recreational purposes, or when a drug has no medical uses, it is referred to as drug abuse (potential).

ANS. 5. Caffeine, dextroamphetamine, and dexmethylphenidate are three central nervous system stimulants.

ANS. 6. Stimulants have effects similar to the response evoked during the fight-or-flight reaction.

ANS. 7. MDMA (Ecstasy) provides individuals with a heightened sense of empathy and closeness to those around them.

ANS. 8. Marijuana and cocaine

ANS. 10. Opium was used during the Civil War and became known as “the soldier’s disease”.

ANS. 12. Phencyclidine, commonly known as PCP, is a hallucinogen.

ANS. 15. Phenylacetylindoles and Quinolinyl ester are the two synthetic cannabinoids, which are more powerful than marijuana.