Exam 1: Drugs and Behaviour Today

________ is the primary active ingredient in opium.

In comparison to rates of tobacco use in 1985, current usage rates in Canadian youth aged 15-19 are __________and usage rates in Canadians aged 20-24 are __________.

Psychoactive drugs do not modify brain functioning once drug-taking behaviour stops.

According to the Cross-Canada Report on Student Alcohol and Drug Use, lifetime use of alcohol in grade 12 students is __________.

Dextromethorphan (DXM) is a cough suppressant found in many over-the-counter cough-and-cold medications.

The senna plant has been successfully used for the treatment of constipation.

"What's new is sometimes really old." Discuss this statement in light of changing patterns of drug-taking behaviour over the last 50 years, using specific examples from the textbook.

Chlorpromazine is considered to be one of the original drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia.

Drinking alcohol in the past year has decreased in Canadians aged 15-24 (1 pt)

Instances of drug abuse involve __________.

Ketamine is not considered a "club drug."

The most recent attitude toward drug-taking behaviour considers __________.

Chlorpromazine was an early __________.

Which of the following is NOT a main area of focus in The Cross-Canada Report on Student Alcohol and Drug Use?

The name for a branch of science joining the efforts of biochemists, pharmacologists, psychologists, and psychiatrists, among others, in order to study brain functioning is __________.

Crack is defined as __________.

In 2011, 50% of high school seniors reported use of an illicit drug during the past year.

________ refer to substances often ingested at all-night dance parties.

Which category of drug has shown an increase in usage rates and has become a major social problem in Canada recently?

Ecstasy has been a licit drug since 2000.