BEHAVIORAL PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM 41
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026
More than half a trillion dollars annually - CORRECT ANSWER Approximately how
much does the lost productivity, health care expenses, and drug related crime cost
annually?
- Preventing drug use in our communities
- Seeking early intervention opportunities in health care
- Integrating treatment for substance use disorders into health care and
supporting recovery
- Breaking the cycle of drug use, crime, and incarceration
- Disrupting domestic drug trafficking and production
- Strengthening international partnerships
- Improving information systems to better address drug use and its consequences.
- CORRECT ANSWER Seven core areas of 2015 Drug Control Strategy
Sharpest increase occurred with fentanyl and fentanyl analogs (synthetic opioids) -
CORRECT ANSWER Trends associated with Overdose Deaths
Though opioids have the most striking effects, numbers of overdoses related to
stimulants were also rising as of 2016 in the U.S. - CORRECT ANSWER Stimulant
overdose death compared to opioids
Absolutely. In cases where there is a dual diagnosis of substance abuse disorder
and another kind of disorder, treatment of the psychological disorder may be of
,great assistance in treatment of substance use disorder as well. - CORRECT
ANSWER Is there a high comorbidity for substance use disorders and other
psychological disorders
The DSM 5 combined the criteria for the previously separated symptoms of
"dependence" and "abuse". This made it easier (gives them more flexibility) for
clinicians to identify a substance use problem as it is developing and allows them
to rate it along a continuum of severity.
"Substance Use Disorder is defined as mild, moderate, or severe depending on the
level of severity, which is determined by the number of diagnostic criteria met by
an individual. Whereas a diagnosis of substance abuse previously required only
one symptom, mild substance use disorder in the DSM-5 requires two to three
symptoms from a list of eleven, while four to five symptoms are required for the
diagnosis of moderate, and six to seven for the diagnosis of a severe SUD."
"Substance use disorders occur when the recurrent use of alcohol and/or drugs
causes clinically and functionally significant impairment, such as health problems,
disability, - CORRECT ANSWER Where did the single category of "substance abuse
disorder" come from? And what are the benefits?
1) NT molecules are synthesized by enzymes and metabolites/ precursors within
presynaptic neuron
2) stored in vesicles
3) Molecules that leak from vesicles are destroyed by enzymes
4) Action Potentials cause vesicles to fuse to pre-synaptic membrane and release
their NTs
5) NTs bind with auto receptors to inhibit subsequent release
, 6) NTs bind to postsynaptic receptors
7) reuptake or enzymatic degradation - CORRECT ANSWER Stages of
neurotransmission
a chemical that travels from one neuron to another
Major NT Families:
Amines (quaternary (Ache) and monoamines(catecholamines: NE, Peine, DA;
indoleamines; serotonin))
Opioid peptides
peptides
purines
lipids
gases - CORRECT ANSWER What is a neurotransmitter?
I - no current accepted medical use, high potential for abuse (heroin, LSD,
cannabis, bath salt, peyote, ecstasy)
II - current accepted medical use, high abuse-strong psychological and physical
dependence, no TO/refills (Opioids: methadone, oxycodone, fentanyl; stimulants:
Ritalin, amphetamine, methamphetamine)
III - current accepted medical use, moderate to low physical dependence, could
lead to high psychological dependence (suboxone, ketamine, not more than 90mg
codeine)
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026
More than half a trillion dollars annually - CORRECT ANSWER Approximately how
much does the lost productivity, health care expenses, and drug related crime cost
annually?
- Preventing drug use in our communities
- Seeking early intervention opportunities in health care
- Integrating treatment for substance use disorders into health care and
supporting recovery
- Breaking the cycle of drug use, crime, and incarceration
- Disrupting domestic drug trafficking and production
- Strengthening international partnerships
- Improving information systems to better address drug use and its consequences.
- CORRECT ANSWER Seven core areas of 2015 Drug Control Strategy
Sharpest increase occurred with fentanyl and fentanyl analogs (synthetic opioids) -
CORRECT ANSWER Trends associated with Overdose Deaths
Though opioids have the most striking effects, numbers of overdoses related to
stimulants were also rising as of 2016 in the U.S. - CORRECT ANSWER Stimulant
overdose death compared to opioids
Absolutely. In cases where there is a dual diagnosis of substance abuse disorder
and another kind of disorder, treatment of the psychological disorder may be of
,great assistance in treatment of substance use disorder as well. - CORRECT
ANSWER Is there a high comorbidity for substance use disorders and other
psychological disorders
The DSM 5 combined the criteria for the previously separated symptoms of
"dependence" and "abuse". This made it easier (gives them more flexibility) for
clinicians to identify a substance use problem as it is developing and allows them
to rate it along a continuum of severity.
"Substance Use Disorder is defined as mild, moderate, or severe depending on the
level of severity, which is determined by the number of diagnostic criteria met by
an individual. Whereas a diagnosis of substance abuse previously required only
one symptom, mild substance use disorder in the DSM-5 requires two to three
symptoms from a list of eleven, while four to five symptoms are required for the
diagnosis of moderate, and six to seven for the diagnosis of a severe SUD."
"Substance use disorders occur when the recurrent use of alcohol and/or drugs
causes clinically and functionally significant impairment, such as health problems,
disability, - CORRECT ANSWER Where did the single category of "substance abuse
disorder" come from? And what are the benefits?
1) NT molecules are synthesized by enzymes and metabolites/ precursors within
presynaptic neuron
2) stored in vesicles
3) Molecules that leak from vesicles are destroyed by enzymes
4) Action Potentials cause vesicles to fuse to pre-synaptic membrane and release
their NTs
5) NTs bind with auto receptors to inhibit subsequent release
, 6) NTs bind to postsynaptic receptors
7) reuptake or enzymatic degradation - CORRECT ANSWER Stages of
neurotransmission
a chemical that travels from one neuron to another
Major NT Families:
Amines (quaternary (Ache) and monoamines(catecholamines: NE, Peine, DA;
indoleamines; serotonin))
Opioid peptides
peptides
purines
lipids
gases - CORRECT ANSWER What is a neurotransmitter?
I - no current accepted medical use, high potential for abuse (heroin, LSD,
cannabis, bath salt, peyote, ecstasy)
II - current accepted medical use, high abuse-strong psychological and physical
dependence, no TO/refills (Opioids: methadone, oxycodone, fentanyl; stimulants:
Ritalin, amphetamine, methamphetamine)
III - current accepted medical use, moderate to low physical dependence, could
lead to high psychological dependence (suboxone, ketamine, not more than 90mg
codeine)
