Chapter 13 According Your Text Inhalant Abuse Used For

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1. Accordingtoyourtext,inhalantabuseisusedforwhatpurposeinmanypoor,“thirdworld”countries?
a. To help children stay awake so they can work longer hours
b. To help dull the awareness of hunger
c. For recreation
d. To decrease illness
2. Inhalant abuse, especially volatile solvent abuse, is difficult to control mostly because
a. the users are young.
b. the laws that outlaw inhalant abuse are not strong enough.
c. there are very few symptoms of the abuse.
d. the substances are nearly everywhere.
3. What is one of the main advantages of the simple, carbon-based inhalants most commonly used?
a. They do not produce any side effects for the user.
b. They are legal.
c. They are able to cross the blood-brain-barrier extremely rapidly.
d. All of these answers are true.
4. The effects of inhalant abuse are compared in your text to what drug category?
a. Stimulants
b. CNS depressants
c. Hallucinogens
d. Marijuana
5. The majority of inhalant abusers will go on to develop other drug problems.
a. True
b. False
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6. Rafael has poured lighter fluid onto a cloth and places the cloth over his mouth and nose. What type of inhalant
abuse is he engaging in?
a. Bagging
b. Sniffing
c. Ragging
d. Huffing
7. According to your text, the ratio of male-to-female inhalant abusers is
a. 10 boys for every 1 girl.
b. 1 boy for every 3 girls.
c. 15 boys for every 4 girls.
d. unclear, as there is mixed evidence reported.
8. Which of the following is a potential health consequence of inhalant abuse?
a. Brain damage
b. Kidney damage
c. Bone marrow damage
d. All of these answers
9. The risk for suicide increases with the increase of inhalant abuse.
a. True
b. False
10. In many areas, how is butyl nitrite sold?
a. In felt-tipped pens
b. Asa“roomdeodorizer”
c. In whipped cream cans
d. In model airplane glue
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11. According to your text, although there were isolated episodes of inhalant abuse prior to the turn of the last century, it
a. gradually evolved into a phenomenon that involved inhaling the fumes of toluene exclusively.
b. became more popular in the 1920s when industrial solvents became available for abuse.
c. tended to be ignored by the mainstream media until the late 1990s.
d. has not continued to be a social problem since other drugs are available to people who would have formerly
abused solvents alone.
12. Inhalants
a. areaclassofnontraditionalcompoundsofabusethat,whenabused,mightaltertheindividual’ssenseof
reality.
b. tend to involve only agents found in the typical home.
c. tend to involve only agents found in industrial solvents.
d. hold little potential for physical harm since they are eliminated from the body so rapidly.
13. Which of the following categories of compounds is NOT classified as an inhalant?
a. Cocaine
b. Fuel fumes
c. Spray can propellants
d. Solvents
14. Inhalant abusers
a. generally keep to the level of exposure limits suggested by the Occupational Health and Safety regulations
proposed by the government.
b. tend to inhale their compounds of choice at levels far above those seen when the compound is used as
directed.
c. expose themselves to potentially lethal levels of radioactive compounds, which is the main reason inhalant
abusers die.
d. are not very adept at finding new substances to abuse as inhalants.
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15. Inhalant abusers
a. as a group tend to abuse even flammable agents that might be inhaled.
b. do not try to heat any compound to cause it to release any fumes that can be abused through inhalation.
c. are also exclusively intravenous drug abusers.
d. face no risk of death from their abuse of these compounds, since they are so commonly found around the
house.
16. Inhalant-related death
a. usually involves persons who chronically abuse inhalants.
b. can occur even with the first episode of inhalant abuse.
c. rarely involves cardiac arrhythmias.
d. is the result of kidney failure caused by the effects of inhaled compounds.
17. According to your text, inhalant-related seizures are
a. a sign of impending inhalant-related death.
b. usually time-limited and of no significant consequence.
c. a very real possibility for the abuser.
d. only found in those who suffer cardiac arrhythmias.
18. Aspiration of material vomited is
a. only seen in those who abuse alcohol and an inhalant simultaneously.
b. only seen in those who suffer inhalant-related stomach damage.
c. a potential side effect of inhalant abuse.
d. an impossibility since the inhalants do not influence the gastrointestinal system.
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19. For male inhalant abusers __________ is a common side effect of their abuse of this class of compounds.
a. hair loss
b. organic brain damage
c. euphoria
d. reduction in blood cholesterol levels
20. Which of the following is true for most inhalant abusers according to your text?
a. The abuse of these compounds locks them into a cycle of abuse and abstinence that will last for years.
b. The adverse consequences of inhalant abuse are such that most abusers just quit to avoid the risks associated
with the abuse of these compounds.
c. Theabuserwillmovefromcompoundsthatinducealessintense“high”tothosethatinducemoreintense
feelings of euphoria over time.
d. The abuse of these compounds is a phase that lasts only 1-2 years and is then discontinued.
21. Listanddescribethefourpatternsofinhalantabuse.​
22. An interesting example of inhalant use from history is
a. ​theOracleatDelphi.
b. Songs of Solomon.
c. ​theinspirationfortheauthorofFrankenstein.
d. Homer's description of inhalant use in the Iliad.
23. Describethevariousmethodsusedinabusinginhalants.​
24. Discusssomeofthecomplicationsinducedbyinhalantabuse(frombothacuteandchronicuse).​
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25. Describethenatureofinhalantsandwhytheyhavenotbeencategoricallymadeillegalbythegovernment.​
26. Describehowcommonitemsareusedintheabuseofnitrites.​
27. ​WhichofthefollowingisNOToneofthesubformsofinhalantrelateddisorderslistedintheDSM5?
a. ​Inhalantusedisorder
b. ​Inhalantuseataxia
c. ​Inhalantintoxication
d. ​Unspecifiedinhalantrelateddisorder
28. ​Nitrousoxideabusersruntheriskofdeaththrough
a. ​heartattack.
b. ​heatexhaustion.
c. ​hypoxia.
d. ​stroke.
29. ​Somenitratecompoundsareusedmedicinallytotreat
a. ​asthma.
b. ​kidneyrelateddisorders.
c. ​skinrashes.
d. ​heartconditions.
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30. The debate concerning whether inhalant abuse may serve as a "gateway" drug is
a. ​stillongoing.
b. ​largelydismissed,thesameasisthecasewithmarijuana.
c. ​muchbettersupportedintheresearchthantheideaofmarijuanaasa"gateway"drug.
d. ​dependentonwhethertheabusealsosmokestobacco.

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