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Which of the following classic hallucinogens is one of the most potent mood and perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs?
LSD
How did the opioid epidemic begin?
Physicians began to increase prescriptions in a sincere attempt to treat patient pain.
In normal, ____________circumstances, the reward circuit responds to healthy, pleasurable activities by releasing the neurotransmitter ___________which teaches other parts of the brain to repeat those activities
non-drug, dopamine
 Which neurotransmitter does heroin affect in the brain?
All of the answers are correct.
_______ are a class of drugs that cause hallucination profound distortion in a person's perceptions of reality
Hallucinogens
________causes a spill of dopamine and norepinephrine
wherever it's available to be released.
Methamphetamine
Which type of drug is considered the most efficacious form of pain relief available to medicine and is available in many forms for use from inpatient surgery to outpatient: pain relief?
Opioids
Which dissociative drug was originally developed in the 1950s as a general anesthetic: for surgery and today it is illegal and is snorted, smoked, injected, or swallowed?
PCP (Phencyclidine)
 The dangers of taking pills that are not prescribed for you specifically and/or are from non-prescription sources include:
All of the answers are correct.
Science is showing that high levels of marijuana use in early adolescence may be associated with which of the following effects later in life?
An increased likelihood of developing psychological disorders later in life.
What synthetic opioid is 50x stronger than heroin and 100x stronger than morphine?
fentanyl
_________is a pattern of frequently repeated dosing (of a
stimulant) that may last for up to 3 sleepless days.
Bingeing
___________is its class of drugs called cannabinoids.
Marijuana
__________ prevents the reuptake of dopamine serotonin and norepinephrine where it is being released (blocking the reuptake receptor)
Cocaine
Which of the following opioids has no valid medical use?
Heroin
How are hallucinogen drugs used?
 All of the answers are correct.
Which of the following effects may marijuana have if used by a person?
Hallucinogen and depressant
Select the drugs that block pain messages sent from the body to the e
why they are prescribed for serious injuries or illnesses.
Opioids
Which of the following drugs are classified as stimulants?
cocaine and caffeine
Which of the following influences the intensity of the psychological effects of stimulants on the brain?
all of the answers are correct
Which of the following can activate receptors in the brain because their chemical structure mimics the natural neurotransmitters allowing them to lock in and activate the nerve cells?
 All of the answers are correct.
Dopamine reinforces the desire to use drugs
t
When a person uses marijuana the body quickly (about 2 hours) eliminates the THC
f
There are FDA-approved drugs to treat opioid addiction
t
Naloxone nasal spray is an effective treatment used to avoid opioid overdoes and death
t
DMT (Dimethyltryptamine) is the main psychoactive chemical in marijuana.
f
Marijuana mimics the effect of endogenous cannabinoids in the human brain.
t
Endogenous opioids like endorphins and enkephalins are created naturally in the body.
t
 Tetrahydrocannabinol - THC levels have remained the same for 50 years.
f
All hallucinogens are alike and produce the same effect in each person.
f
. There is no accepted medical use for hallucinogen drugs; nobody is permitted to possess or use them; they are all illegal.
t
The THC content of vaping fluid is highly regulated.
f
A drug in the form of a pill means it is automatically safe.
f
Due to the versatility of serotonin and several receptors (14), serotonin-targeted drugs treat many important disorders such as anxiety and depression.
t
Stimulants activate the release of noradrenaline/norepinephrine, the neurotransmitter responsible for triggering the fight or flight response.
t
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