Deck 10: Marijuana, Lsd, and Club Drugs

Question 1

The most principal psychoactive chemical in marijuana is:

A) LSD
B) PCP
C) MDMA
D) THC
E) GHB

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The discussion in this chapter summarizing a study on the administration of marijuana to airline pilots,followed by submitting them to coordination tests 1,4,10,and 24 hours after the administration of marijuana found that the deteriorating effects of the drug completely disappeared after:

A) 1 hour
B) 4 hours
C) 10 hours
D) 24 hours
E) none of the above; the effects of the administration of the marijuana continued to deteriorate the pilots' coordination,even after 24 hours

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Psychopharmacologists classify Ecstasy (MDMA)in terms of its effects as a:

A) benzodiazepine-a sedative/hypnotic
B) narcotic
C) disassociative anesthetic
D) stimulant
E) none of the above

Answer 3

E

Question 4

After 2000,the rate of use of the club drugs:

A) increased
B) decreased
C) remained stable
D) fluctuated wildly and randomly from year to year
E) remains unknown

Question 5

No authors of texts on drug use have included marijuana in which of the following categories:

A) stimulant
B) narcotic
C) sedative
D) hallucinogen
E) Some writers have included marijuana as belonging in each of these categories

Question 6

The drugs and drug types that are discussed in this chapter are included together because:

A) they tend to be used recreationally by more-or-less middle class persons
B) they are chemically closely related
C) they are psychopharmacologically closely related-they have more or less the same effects
D) the penalties for their possession and sale are,of all illicit drugs,the most severe
E) they are likely to be legalized in the near future

Question 7

Which of the following is not considered one of the common effects of the hallucinogenic or psychedelic drugs?

A) eidetic imagery
B) synesthesia
C) the perception of a multilevel reality
D) psychotic episodes
E) seeing the world as more fluid than it is

Question 8

Which of the following drugs this text not include in the category of hallucinogenic/psychedelic drugs?

A) LSD
B) PCP
C) psilocybin
D) mescaline
E) DMT and DET

Question 9

The most efficient and effective route of administration of marijuana is:

A) injecting it in an oil-based infusion
B) smoking it
C) eating it in a brownie
D) drinking it brewed as a tea
E) ingesting it in pill form

Question 10

Which of the following explanations for the "progression" of users from the use of marijuana to the use of more dangerous drugs focuses on properties inherent within the drug that cause this phenomenon? The:

A) sociocultural school
B) predisposition school
C) selective interaction/socialization school
D) pharmacological school
E) none of the above

Question 11

The first LSD "trip" took place in:

A) prehistoric antiquity
B) ancient Greece
C) the 1800s
D) the 1940s
E) the 1960s

Question 12

The "era" during which marijuana's psychoactive effects were discovered and when it began to be used is:

A) the "natural" era
B) the "transformative" era
C) the "synthetic" era
D) unknown
E) none of the above

Question 13

The use of club drugs is:

A) more widespread and common than the use of marijuana
B) more widespread and common among persons over the age of 35 than among younger sectors of the population
C) increasing during the 2000s faster than for any other drug or drug type
D) a common precursor,gateway,or stepping-stone to the use of heroin
E) none of the above

Question 14

Research has demonstrated that the use of LSD commonly causes:

A) genetic damage
B) sensory overload
C) psychotic episodes
D) death by overdose
E) physical dependence

Question 15

Psychopharmacologists classify ketamine as a:

A) benzodiazepine-a sedative/hypnotic
B) narcotic
C) disassociative anesthetic
D) stimulant
E) none of the above

Question 16

The social characteristic that correlates most strongly with the use of marijuana is:

A) sex or gender
B) age
C) socioeconomic status (SES)
D) geographical residence
E) race

Question 17

The evidence indicating that the human use of MDMA (Ecstasy)damages:

A) the brain is conclusive.
B) the liver is conclusive.
C) the lung is conclusive.
D) blood vessel is conclusive.
E) any organ of the body is inconclusive.

Question 18

Between the 1990s and the year 2000,the use of the club drugs:

A) increased
B) decreased
C) remained stable
D) fluctuated wildly and randomly from year to year
E) remains unknown

Question 19

Which of the following explanations for the "progression" of users from the use of marijuana to the use of more dangerous drugs focuses on properties inherent within the drug that cause this phenomenon? The:

A) sociocultural school
B) predisposition school
C) selective interaction/socialization school
D) pharmacological school
E) none of the above

Question 20

Do you see a relationship between a drug's effects and its popularity-the number of people who use it as well as the frequency with which it is used? Or is a drug's popularity simply a matter of its history,supply,and other features incidental to its effects? Do you think that marijuana's effects,for example,influence how widely and frequently it is used,or are some other aspects of drug the causes of its popularity? What is it about the effects of marijuana that place it in a unique position among the available illicit substances?

Question 21

Enumerate some of the most characteristic indicators or measures of psychosocial unconventionality and discuss whether and how they correlate with recreational drug use,particular marijuana use.

Question 22

All drugs have an "up" and a "down" side-features about their effects that both attract and repel potential users and encourage those who have tried and used them to "stick with" or discontinue using them.What are some of these features with marijuana? LSD?

Question 23

Explain why LSD is rarely used on a frequent,compulsive basis.

Question 24

Do you think that the federal government and most of the states are justified in classifying most of the drugs that are discussed in this book (specifically marijuana,LSD,and Ecstasy)as Schedule I drugs? Justify your answer.

Question 25

A substantial number of authors of discussions of drug use regard PCP and MDMA (Ecstasy)as hallucinogens.Why? In contrast,the author of this chapter does not.Why not? Be specific and detailed.

Question 26

Render a sociological portrait of the typical,modal,or most characteristic user of marijuana.

Question 27

The media mention club drugs such as Ecstasy,GHB,Rohypnol,and ketamine as a common and alarming cause of medical harm and even death.What does a more careful examination of the facts reveal? Cite information that indicates that club drugs are not as dangerous as the media claim.

Question 28

Is marijuana a dangerous drug? Assess the evidence on both sides of the argument.

Question 29

Summarizing the "stepping stone" or "gateway" theory of drug use,especially the role marijuana plays in it,and summarize the three principal models or schools of thought that attempt to explain this drug progression.Which seems to you to be most empirically adequate?