Deck 11: Opiates

Question 1

Which drug was named after the God of Dreams?

A)doda
B)heroin
C)fentanyl
D)morphine

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What was the "soldier's disease" in the United States?

A)a sexually transmitted disease
B)opiate dependence among Civil War veterans
C)symptoms associated with opium withdrawal
D)a term used to describe a soldier's battle injuries which required opium treatment

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which plant does opium come from?

A)magic mushroom
B)mescal bean
C)poppy
D)morning glory

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Against which country did Great Britain fight in the 19ᵗʰ century "Opium Wars"?

A)Russia
B)Afghanistan
C)Colombia
D)China

Question 5

What was the name of the first major legislation controlling opiate drugs in Canada?

A)Harrison Narcotics Act
B)Opium Act
C)Opium and Narcotics Act
D)Heinrich Dreser Act

Question 6

Contrary to Dorothy's gleeful expression running through the poppy fields,to extract the opium,what would have to be done to cause a "sleepy or euphoric" feeling?

A)boiling the poppy leaves
B)collecting the pollen from the flowers
C)cutting the seed pods
D)pounding the roots

Question 7

In what place would you have been living to brag that you were part of a civilization that cultivated opium 6000 years ago?

A)Egypt
B)Greece
C)Roma
D)Sumer

Question 8

How is opium harvested?

A)incising the seed capsule of the poppy,allowing a white juice to ooze out
B)grinding up large poppy leaves into a powder
C)boiling then pressing opium poppy petals into a thick paste
D)tapping into the trunk of the opium poppy tree during the springtime

Question 9

What is the active chemical in opium?

A)morphine
B)heroin
C)laudanum
D)Doda

Question 10

Who first used opium?

A)the Inca people of South America
B)the Sumerians and Assyrians
C)the Chinese
D)New Guinea Papuans

Question 11

Which country supplies the greatest amount of illegal heroin today to Canada and the United States?

A)Afghanistan
B)India
C)United States
D)Vietnam

Question 12

At a local coffee shop,you overheard customers describing their friend as "chasing the dragon." What does this refer to?

A)smoking heroin
B)injecting heroin
C)snorting heroin
D)eating heroin

Question 13

In its earliest use,what ailment was heroin a treatment for?

A)cancer
B)addiction to marijuana
C)coughs
D)dengue fever

Question 14

What is the early Greek physician Claudius Galen known for doing?

A)being an outspoken opponent of opium abuse
B)being strangely uninformed with respect to the medical benefits of opium
C)having prescribed opium for practically everything
D)having given only limited approval of opium's benefits

Question 15

What substance did Thomas Sydenham,and then the writer Thomas DeQuincey,promote?

A)papaver somniferum
B)cannabis sativa
C)heroin
D)psilocybin mushrooms

Question 16

What is the term for pain relief produced without a loss of consciousness?

A)analgesia
B)akinesia
C)anorexia
D)akinesia

Question 17

Heinrich Dreser is credited for discovering heroin and which other drug?

A)aspirin
B)doda
C)morphine
D)MPPP

Question 18

From the late 1600s to around 1880,what was the acceptable form of taking opium among Europeans and Americans?

A)eating it
B)drinking it
C)snorting it
D)smoking it

Question 19

What was the first major legislation controlling opiate drugs in the United States?

A)Harrison Narcotics Act
B)Opium Act
C)Opium and Narcotics Act
D)Heinrich Dreser Act

Question 20

Who wrote The Confessions of an English Opium Eater?

A)William Langton
B)Jerry Garcia
C)Alder Wright
D)Thomas De Quincey

Question 21

What type of drug is fentanyl?

A)one that masks the symptoms of heroin abuse
B)a form of Mexican heroin
C)an opiate antagonist used in heroin abuse treatment
D)one that is 50 times more potent than heroin

Question 22

What was originally thought regarding oxycodone (brand name: OxyContin)?

A)it was minimally effective at treating chronic pain
B)it was more addictive than Vicodin
C)it was safe from potential abuse
D)it was a useful treatment for skin itching,a symptom of heroin withdrawal

Question 23

You have a terrible cold.What would your physician prescribe to help suppress your cough?

A)dextromethorphan
B)fentanyl
C)androstenedione
D)naloxone

Question 24

Your professor has just finished a lecture on the development of China white.Which substance was being discussed?

A)crude opium
B)heroin
C)fentanyl
D)Doda

Question 25

A patient was administered L-dopa in an attempt to reduce the symptoms after taking a particular drug.What symptom was targeted?

A)spastic movements
B)paralysis
C)piloerection
D)respiratory depression

Question 26

What consequences may a person with a true heroin addiction face?

A)heroin addicts generally have normal life spans
B)heroin addicts are generally uninterested in sex
C)heroin addicts have enlarged hearts
D)heroin addicts generally have fixated,dilated pupils

Question 27

Why do heroin addicts become involved in criminal activity?

A)to support their drug habit
B)to provide an easier and more lucrative source of income
C)to "fit in" to their new social network
D)the lifestyle allows for more freedom to be high

Question 28

What does MPTP toxicity destroy?

A)medulla
B)L-dopa region
C)limbic systems
D)substantia nigra

Question 29

What was indicated by research which studied American soldiers who used heroin on a regular basis in Vietnam?

A)about 50 percent continued using after returning home
B)about 50 percent ended up as drug-abuse counsellors
C)less than 15 percent of soldiers relapse after the initial detoxification was provided
D)heroin use increased after returning home

Question 30

Which of the following has been caused by impurities in some forms of synthetic heroin?

A)Alzheimer's disease
B)Hodgkin's disease
C)Lou Gehrig's disease
D)Parkinson's disease

Question 31

Which drug produces analgesia?

A)morphine
B)cocaine
C)alcohol
D)barbiturates

Question 32

Jack desires the most potent opium high possible.What should he choose?

A)crude opium
B)heroin
C)fentanyl
D)morphine

Question 33

Which of the following is an opiate "designer drug" that has been shown to produce Parkinson's disease in users?

A)MPTP
B)ecstasy
C)ice
D)crank

Question 34

What do opiate antagonists such as naltrexone do?

A)block the effects of opiates
B)produce an intense high or "rush"
C)are used in the treatment of depression
D)alter serotonergic neurotransmission

Question 35

It was discovered in the late 1980s that a mistake was made while producing an already illegal drug,causing paralysis to those who took the drug.What was the name of the drug that was mistakenly produced?

A)doda
B)MPTP
C)MPPP
D)meperidine

Question 36

Frank is a regular opiate user.How long will it be before his withdrawal symptoms begin?

A)approximately 1 hour following a previous dose
B)about 8 to 12 hours following a previous dose
C)about 4 to 6 hours following a previous dose
D)approximately 24 hours following a previous dose

Question 37

What percentage of AIDS cases are represented by intravenous drug users?

A)less than 1 percent
B)about 5 percent
C)over 25 percent
D)about 75 percent

Question 38

Which of the following is a synthetic opioid that is 100 times more potent than morphine?

A)heroin
B)methadone
C)codeine
D)fentanyl

Question 39

Which drug is largely related to the rise in illegal use of prescription opiates in the first few years of this century?

A)OxyContin
B)naloxone
C)heroin
D)Prozac

Question 40

Wayne is an admitted alcoholic,but now friends just checked in him to the hospital emergency room because his substance abuse problem now includes opiates.Unlike alcohol,when will his withdrawal symptoms become the most severe?

A)12 to 24 hours
B)48 to 72 hours
C)24 to 48 hours
D)5 to 10 days

Question 41

"Fefe" is a highly potent opioid created by mixing heroin and methadone.

Question 42

If a patient in drug withdrawal shows flu-like symptoms,what is he or she probably withdrawing from?

A)heroin
B)alcohol
C)cocaine
D)LSD

Question 43

Which of the following is a side effect of opiate drug use?

A)kidney damage
B)liver damage
C)stroke
D)constipation

Question 44

What is NOT a symptom of opiate drug administration?

A)increased body temperature
B)decreased body temperature
C)constipation
D)respiratory depression

Question 45

Which drug is associated with "pinpoint" pupils?

A)LSD
B)mescaline
C)marijuana
D)heroin

Question 46

Most opium today is grown in Peru and other Central American countries.

Question 47

Methadone is an opiate drug.

Question 48

Robert has enrolled in a community methadone clinic in order to control his opiate withdrawal symptoms.What type of time commitment will be required?

A)attending three times a day
B)attending once daily
C)attending once weekly
D)attending once monthly

Question 49

Smoking heroin causes AIDS.

Question 50

Marvin has just experimented with opiates.What can he expect from his withdrawal experience?

A)His symptoms will peak in about 72 hours.
B)His symptoms can be treated with alcohol.
C)Tremors are common.
D)His pupils will become dilated.

Question 51

"Double doctor" describes seeking a prescription for an opioid pain medication from more than one doctor per day.

Question 52

Recent research suggests that combining a prescription opiate painkiller with an ultra-low dose of an opiate antagonist can enhance pain relief while blocking the rewarding effects of the opiate.Which opiate antagonist is the research based on?

A)fentanyl
B)hydrocodone
C)naltrexone
D)methadone

Question 53

"Money's tight",Frank said to his friends,so he has shifted his drug preference to "poor man's heroin".What drug he referring to?

A)pentazocine
B)naltrexone
C)doda
D)propoxyphene

Question 54

Naloxone blocks the effects of heroin and other opiates.

Question 55

The effects of opiate drugs are produced by mimicking endorphins.

Question 56

Traces of heroin remain in urine for more than a month after a single injection.

Question 57

How are opiate withdrawal symptoms best characterized?

A)flu-like in nature
B)nearly always fatal
C)convulsions and seizures
D)mild and unimportant

Question 58

Chronic,experienced addicts like to create synergy.How would this be achieved?

A)mixing alcohol and heroin
B)injecting heroin "in groups" simultaneously
C)injecting and snorting heroin within a ten minute period
D)injecting heroin every hour throughout a 6 hour time span.

Question 59

Over-the-counter medications of the nineteenth century frequently contained opiates such as heroin.

Question 60

Opium comes from the coca leaf.

Question 61

Heroin addicts suffering from withdrawal symptoms sometimes report having orgasms.

Question 62

People who smoke opium used metal canisters,which formed the basis for the expression "pipe dreams."

Question 63

Discuss the history of opiate drug use from its introduction to Western society up until the passage of the American Harrison Narcotic Act and the Canadian Opium Act in 1908 and Opium and Narcotic Drug Act (1929).

Question 64

Discuss the recent epidemic in prescription opiate abuse.What are the reasons for this increase? What steps can be taken to address this problem?

Question 65

What are the major physiological and psychological effects of opiate drugs,and what are the major opiate withdrawal symptoms?

Question 66

Doda is an opium-derived drug which is known as poor-man's heroin.

Question 67

Tolerance does NOT develop to opiate drugs.

Question 68

The deaths of Janis Joplin and Heath Ledger illustrate synergy,the possible lethal outcome when opiates and depressants are mixed together.

Question 69

Opiate drugs cause constipation.

Question 70

For Vietnam vets,returning to the lifestyle and social environment in the United States helped ease the pressures that led to their initial heroin dependence.

Question 71

Depressants and opiates potentiate one another.

Question 72

Doda has not yet been classified as an illegal drug in Canada.

Question 73

"Kicking the habit" is thought to be the basis for the expression of kicking a drug addict out of home,forcing them into treatment.

Question 74

What are endorphins? Discuss their functions and relationships to opiate drugs.

Question 75

What does the use of heroin by Vietnam veterans teach us about addiction?