The effects of a single dose of MDMA are usually experienced within
a. 30-60 minutes.
b. 2 hours.
c. 90 minutes.
d. 3-4 minutes.
In research, volunteers who are not in pain but are given a therapeutic dose of narcotic
analgesics usually report feeling
a. dysphoria.
b. euphoria.
c. mania.
d. pain.
The sense of euphoria that many drinkers report is the result of
a. the release of opioid peptides in the peripheral regions of the body, which eventually
reach the brain’s pleasure center and accounts for alcohol’s slow onset of action.
b. alcohol’s ability to stimulate the release of alcohol dehydrogenase in the stomach.
c. alcohol’s ability to stimulate the brain’s reward system.
d. the release of glucose by the liver, directly causing the reward cascade in the brain.
What is a “chipper?”
a. An occasional heroin user
b. A methadone addict
c. A recovered heroin addict
d. Someone who crushes Oxycontin capsules to disengage their time-release effects
Pharmacological violence is
a. inhibited by the drugs of abuse.
b. initiated or exacerbated by the drug’s effects.
c. an example of how drugs are blamed for the individual’s behavior.
d. criminal activity committed to support the cost of one’s addiction.
There is _______standard definition of inpatient/residential substance abuse treatment.
a. an accepted
b. no
c. an internationally approved
d. a shared (in the U.S. and the United Kingdom only)
Following the start of prohibition, crime increased by
a. 200 percent.
b. 24 percent.
c. 5 percent.
d. 50 percent.
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was first identified as a disease
a. in the early 1980s.
b. in the mid-1990s.
c. in the 1920s.
d. none of these answers. AIDS is not a disease.
Which group is most likely to respond in a positive manner to alcohol and drug abuse
treatment?
a. Adults over the age of 25
b. Women under the age of 25
c. Adolescents of any age
d. Adolescents between the ages of 18 and 21
You are a substance abuse rehabilitation counselor working for a treatment center. You
are asked to coordinate an intervention project, which you agree to do. When the
individual agrees to enter rehabilitation, you inform him that a bed has been held for
him at the treatment center where you work. This is possibly
a. evidence of internal job security.
b. fraudulent activity.
c. an act that intrudes on the individual’s freedom of choice.
d. a conflict of interest.
Some persons with an AUD have been known to obtain up to ______of their daily
caloric requirement from their drinking.
a. 50 percent
b. 35 percent
c. 15 percent
d. 40 percent
The earliest written record of wine-making is found in and dates back to 3,000 B.C.E.
a. Sumeria
b. Rome
c. Egypt
d. Greece
Janis has been married to Paul, an alcoholic, for 34 years. Her role in her circle of
friends is to help other wives of alcoholics, giving them empathy and support, while
also telling regular stories of what Paul did that week due to his alcoholism and how
she dealt with it. Her friends frequently tell her what a good, devoted wife she is. Janis
is most likely utilizing which of the following coping styles described in your text?
a. Caretaker
b. Apathetic partner
c. Martyr
d. Approval seeker
What percent of substance abuse rehabilitation programs utilize some kind of 12step
group model similar to AA?
a. Around 95 percent
b. Less than 50 percent
c. About 10 percent
d. 33 percent
In spite of protests to the contrary, it has never been proven that growing up in a home
where there is parental alcoholism is sufficient to cause psychosocial problems for a
child.
a. True
b. False
The “drug courts” are most effective for
a. finally dealing with the worst offenders.
b. mid-level drug dealers.
c. firsttime, nonviolent offenders.
d. dealing with international drug trafficking cases.
The alcohol-disulfiram reaction
a. begins 3-5 hours after the alcohol was ingested.
b. can be fatal under certain conditions.
c. results in abnormally slow respiration.
d. can cause sensory disturbances such as hallucinations.
Clients’ attempts to “deceive” the urine toxicology test so that it does not identify actual
substance abuse
a. are very rare.
b. are common.
c. only involve certain compounds such as marijuana.
d. can easily be detected.
The majority of psychologists surveyed reported _____regarding the identification or
treatment of addictions.
a. no formal training
b. confidence
c. being comfortable
d. felt adequately prepared coming out of graduate school
It is thought that if a person fails to center his or her life around the sacred and be
guided by the sacred to become a more unified whole, then
a. alcohol and/or drugs come to fill the void.
b. the person will desire substancerelated existenceless (“mini deaths”).
c. the person will turn to others to fill that void.
d. the person will drift aimlessly, following anything that offers the illusion of purpose.
One of the indirect dangers from consuming energy drinks is that those who do are
____ more likely to plan to drive home after drinking.
a. 300 percent
b. 400 percent
c. 50 percent
d. 100 percent
Moderate drinkers are ____to have a prescription filled when compared to a nondrinker
being treated for the same condition.
a. less likely
b. about as likely
c. more likely
d. one-third as likely
The United States consumes about _______of the world’s illicit drugs.
a. 66 percent
b. 33 percent
c. 50 percent
d. 10 percent
One drawback of the AUDIT is that it
a. was normed on a representative sample of individuals only in the United States.
b. is relatively insensitive to active drinkers over the age of 65.
c. tends to have a high number of “false positive” cases in persons over the age of 65.
d. was designed mainly to be used to screen individuals over the age of 65.
There are an estimated _______members of the phenethylamine family of compounds.
a. 250
b. 400
c. 180
d. 610
The role a person’s substance use plays in his or her choice of marital partners is
a. exaggerated by most textbooks.
b. considerable.
c. counteracted by the influence of each spouse’s extended family.
d. normally not a factor in spouse selection.
According to your text, more than 50 percent of acetaminophen overdoses are
a. unintended.
b. attempts at suicide.
c. intentional.
d. made by males.
Although individual self-awareness offers the chance for self-determination, it also
brings
a. knowledge that life is only fulfilled by what we desire, and that pleasure is the
ultimate goal in life.
b. responsibility for choices that we make.
c. knowledge that life is an unending series of struggles that prepare us for the next
level as we climb the wheel of life.
d. knowledge that there are 10 levels of awareness as outlined in the Kaballah.
One core belief of Alcoholics Anonymous is that
a. the individual is hopelessly addicted to alcohol.
b. the person is powerless over alcohol.
c. their perception of their substance use is more accurate than others’.
d. members not make attending meetings an important goal in their first year of
recovery.
According to your text, phencyclidine tends to accumulate in
a. adipose tissues.
b. pancreatic tissues.
c. bone marrow.
d. blood vessel walls.
According to your text, flunitrazepam (Rohypnol ) is about
a. 10 times as potent as diazepam.
b. half as potent as diazepam unless mixed with alcohol.
c. three times as potent as diazepam.
d. 100 times as potent as diazepam.
Describe some of the shortcomings in the training of various healthcare workers
regarding the identification and treatment of substance abuse disorders (SUDs).
Answer:No answer provided.
Describe the pattern of abuse of “ice” in the United States.
Answer:No answer provided.
Discuss the idea of the “ghost in the machine” being the result of the development of
selfawareness within humans.
Answer:No answer provided.
List and describe the four patterns of inhalant abuse.
Answer:No answer provided.
List and describe the three phases of MDMA’s subjective effects.
Answer:No answer provided.
Describe the differences between college students and their noncollege bound peers.
Answer:No answer provided.
Discuss the factors that may surround the decision to seek treatment for a person with a
SUD.
Answer:No answer provided.
Discuss some of the ethical concerns that should be considered when contemplating an
intervention.
Answer:No answer provided.
Explain the idea behind aftercare programs and describe some of the variants.
Answer:No answer provided.
Discuss some of the various nicotine replacement systems used in treating tobacco use
disorders.
Answer:No answer provided.
Why is infectious disease such a common complication for people with a SUD?
Answer:No answer provided.
Discuss the consequences of mandatory sentencing laws.
Answer:No answer provided.
Describe the various methods of cocaine abuse.
Answer:No answer provided.
What are some of the special needs of adolescence in substance abuse rehabilitation
programs?
Answer:No answer provided.
Explain how users are still able to obtain steroids for illegal use even though they are
strictly controlled.
Answer:No answer provided.
Describe the cognitivebehavioral therapy approach to treating substance abuse.
Answer:No answer provided.
Describe the serotonin syndrome, one of the more serious adverse effects of buspirone.
Answer:No answer provided.