Exam 8: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

Gambling is less popular than it has been in previous generations and rates for compulsive gambling have been decreasing slightly.

To Alcoholics Anonymous, alcoholics who have quit drinking are always seen as ______.

About ______ percent of Americans smoke today.

______ have shown some promise in stemming some abusers' cravings for cocaine.

Alcohol is implicated in about one in ______ deaths due to unintentional injury, such as motor vehicle accidents.

Cocaine interferes with the process of reuptake by which excess molecules of dopamine are reabsorbed by the transmitting neuron.

In the 19th century, physiological dependence on ______ became known as "soldier's disease."

The major psychoactive ingredient in marijuana is ______.

______ was introduced in the United States around the time of the Civil War and was used to deaden pain from wounds.