Exam 1: An Introduction to Drug Use and Abuse

Monitoring the Future (MTF) collects data from __________________.

The Monitoring the Future collects data about drug use from ___________________.

Two programs that were used to estimate drug use have been recently discontinued, Drug Abuse Warning Network and ____________________________ .

Goldstein developed a ______________ model for considering the relationship between drugs and crime.

Crime driven by a need to buy drugs are referred to as __________________ offenses.

According to scientific and pharmacological data used to classify dangerous substances for the protection of society, __________ should be a Schedule II narcotic.

Substances that alter perceptual functions are known as __________.

Cannabis exhibits some of the characteristics of ____________.

The use of psychoactive chemicals, licit or illicit, can objectively be labeled drug _________ only when the user becomes dysfunctional as a consequence.

The cost of alcohol abuse is __________ the social cost of all illegal drugs.

_____________  distinguish between lawful drugs and illegal drugs.

Offenses that are psychopharmacology induced, that is, the result of a response to the intoxicating effects of a drug are referred to as ______________ offenses.

Preoccupation is a characteristic of addiction whereby the addict assigns a high priority to acquiring drugs.

The most frequently used hallucinogen is ecstasy.

Substances that can reduce pain are known as _____.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, drug addiction is:

Drug abuse may be defined from a number of perspectives: "The ________ definition equates drug use with the mere act of using a proscribed drug or using a drug under proscribed conditions.

The three categories of drugs are depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens.

__________ and nicotine are also seen as gateway drugs.

What is the most frequently used legal drug in the stimulants category?