TEST BANK Mary Olmstead Queen’s University
DRUGS, BEHAVIOUR, AND MODERN SOCIETY Second Canadian Edition Charles F. Levinthal Hofstra University Trevor J. Hamilton MacEwan University University of Alberta
Contents Chapter 1
Drugs and Behaviour Today
Chapter 2
Drug-Taking Behaviour: Personal and Social Issues
Chapter 3
How Drugs Work in the Body and on the Mind
Chapter 4
The Major Stimulants: Cocaine and Amphetamines
Chapter 5
Opioids: Opium, Heroin, and Opioid Pain Medications
Chapter 6
LSD and Other Hallucinogens
Chapter 7
Marijuana
Chapter 8
Alcohol
Chapter 9
Chronic Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Chapter 10
Nicotine and Tobacco Use
Chapter 11
Caffeine
Chapter 12
Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Drug Testing in Sports
Chapter 13
Depressants and Inhalants
Chapter 14
Prescription Drugs, Over-the-Counter Drugs, and Natural Health Products
Chapter 15
Drugs for Treating Schizophrenia, Mood, and Other Disorders
Chapter 16
Substance-Abuse Prevention
Chapter 17
Substance-Abuse Treatment: Strategies for Change
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Test Bank to accompany Levinthal/Hamilton, Drugs, Behaviour, and Modern Society, 2nd Canadian edition
CHAPTER 1 DRUGS AND BEHAVIOUR TODAY True or False Questions 1) Today, the Canadian government classifies marijuana as an illegal substance with no accepted medical use. a. True b. False Answer: b LO: 1.1 Analyze the contradiction in social messages regarding drug use 2) Antidrug campaigns in the media are created to discourage young people from becoming involved with drugs in general. a. True b. False Answer: a LO: 1.2 Examine the two basic ways of looking at drugs and behaviour 3) Drugs that are illegal are referred to as licit drugs. a. True b. False Answer: b LO: 1.2 Examine the two basic ways of looking at drugs and behaviour 4) Ecstasy has been a licit drug since 2000. a. True b. False Answer: b LO: 1.2 Examine the two basic ways of looking at drugs and behaviour 5) Alcohol has been an illicit drug since 1965. a. True b. False
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Test Bank to accompany Levinthal/Hamilton, Drugs, Behaviour, and Modern Society, 2nd Canadian edition
Answer: b LO: 1.2 Examine the two basic ways of looking at drugs and behaviour 6) Psychoactive drugs do not modify brain functioning once drug-taking behaviour stops. a. True b. False Answer: b LO: 1.2 Examine the two basic ways of looking at drugs and behaviour 7) The legality of psychoactive drugs may depend on cultural and historical circumstances. a. True b. False Answer: a LO: 1.2 Examine the two basic ways of looking at drugs and behaviour 8) Some substances that can be harmful to the user are legal. a. True b. False Answer: a LO: 1.2 Examine the two basic ways of looking at drugs and behaviour 9) Only legal drugs have instrumental uses. a. True b. False Answer: b LO: 1.2 Examine the two basic ways of looking at drugs and behaviour 10) A flavonoid called naringenin, found in grapefruit, has a specific inhibitory effect on the secretion of hepatitis C virus from infected liver cells. a. True b. False Answer: a
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Test Bank to accompany Levinthal/Hamilton, Drugs, Behaviour, and Modern Society, 2nd Canadian edition
LO: 1.2 Examine the two basic ways of looking at drugs and behaviour 11) The active ingredient in turmeric, called curcumin, has a specific inhibitory effect on the secretion of hepatitis C virus from infected liver cells. a. True b. False Answer: b LO: 1.2 Examine the two basic ways of looking at drugs and behaviour 12) For a drug to have a recreational use, the user must take the drug for the purposes of acquiring the effect of the drug itself. a. True b. False Answer: a LO: 1.2 Examine the two basic ways of looking at drugs and behaviour 13) Drug misuse typically applies to the inappropriate use of prescription or nonprescription drugs. a. True b. False Answer: a LO: 1.2 Examine the two basic ways of looking at drugs and behaviour 14) The elderly are highly vulnerable to drug misuse. a. True b. False Answer: a LO: 1.2 Examine the two basic ways of looking at drugs and behaviour 15) Drug abuse can involve either licit or illicit substances. a. True b. False Answer: a
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