Exam 12: Substance Use and Addictive Disorders

Aversion therapy has been mainly used in the treatment of _____ use disorder.

What is the most immediate danger of heroin use?

Clinton smokes some cannabis at noon. When should the effects wear off?

Chronic and excessive use of alcohol or benzodiazepines may lower the brain's production of:

According to the chart in your textbook, teenagers say that the drug easiest for them to obtain is:

The perceptual distortions some drugs produce are called:

Unlike the opioid drugs morphine and heroin, methadone is:

Which statement BEST describes the changes in the rate of opioid addiction in the United States over the past 30 to 40 years?

What is the most direct evidence for a genetic explanation for substance use disorders?

Alcoholism sometimes leads to a disease marked by confusion and extreme memory impairment. This disease is called _____.

Marijuana users in the 1960s were less likely to develop drug dependence than users starting around the year 2000. This trend MOST likely reflects that:

Research indicates that the MOST important neurotransmitter in the reward circuit of the brain is probably:

A substance that may change someone's perception of color or make someone see things that aren't really there is called a(n) _____.

Which of the following would NOT be considered a drug?

An individual who has recently taken a drug angrily grabs some car keys and attempts to drive home. The person appears anxious, keeps bragging that driving the car won't really be that difficult, and states that he can do anything. MOST likely, that person is experiencing:

Throughout much of the United States, it is illegal to use marijuana, even for medical reasons. Compared with other nations, this is:

The effect of taking two different drugs may be more than the sum of the two effects. This is called a(n) _____.

Scientists have conducted breeding experiments by mating across generations nonhumans that prefer alcohol. What have these researchers found?

DSM-5 has added an addictive disorder that doesn't involve use of a substance to the substance use disorder section. That disorder is _____.

In what ways have the use and misuse of alcohol become one of society's greatest problems? Discuss at least three affected domains: personal, social, occupational, and physical.