Advanced Alcohol and Drug
Counselor (AADC) Exam Questions
With 100% Verified Answers
National Prohibition in the US was the law during what period? -
correct answer ✅1919-1933
Volstead Act -
correct answer ✅Bill passed by Congress to enforce the language
of the 18th Amendment. This bill made the manufacture and
distribution of alcohol illegal within the borders of the United
States.
Name the law that required any opiates and/or cocaine to be
dispensed only by a physician -
correct answer ✅The Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act of 1914
During the presidency of Richard Nixon (1969-1974), national drug
policy became: -
correct answer ✅Prevention/treatment oriented
The Narcotic Addicts Rehabilitation Act (NARA) -
correct answer ✅Allowed treatment as an alternative to
incarceration
,Advanced Alcohol and Drug
Counselor (AADC) Exam Questions
With 100% Verified Answers
The racial group currently most likely to be prosecuted for drug
possession/use: -
correct answer ✅African Americans
The highest rate of current illicit drug use was among... -
correct answer ✅American Indian/Alaska Natives
Who developed the Five Kinetic Ideas that formed the core of the
modern alcoholism treatment movement? -
correct answer ✅Dwight Anderson and Marty Mann
The Five Kinetic Ideas -
correct answer ✅Alcoholism is a disease; The alcoholic is therefore
a sick person; The alcoholic can be helped; The alcoholic is worth
helping; Alcoholism is our #4 public health problem, and our public
responsibility
When did the National Council on Alcoholism first develop
diagnostic criteria? -
correct answer ✅1972
, Advanced Alcohol and Drug
Counselor (AADC) Exam Questions
With 100% Verified Answers
Ways heroin is commonly abused -
correct answer ✅Sniffing/Snorting, Smoking, Injection
Common health conditions associated with heroin abuse -
correct answer ✅Vascular collapse, abscesses, respiratory and
cardiac depression, HIV infection, heart infections, and liver disease
CNS Depressants -
correct answer ✅Alcohol, barbiturates, anti-anxiety tranquilizers
(Valium, Librium, Xanax, Prozac, and Thorazine), GHB, Rohypnol,
and other anti-depressants (ex. Zoloft, Paxil)
CNS Stimulants -
correct answer ✅Cocaine, crack, amphetamines, and
methamphetamines
Hallucinogens -
correct answer ✅LSD, peyote, psilocybin, MDMA (ecstasy)
Dissociative Anesthetics -
correct answer ✅PCP and dextromethoraphan
Counselor (AADC) Exam Questions
With 100% Verified Answers
National Prohibition in the US was the law during what period? -
correct answer ✅1919-1933
Volstead Act -
correct answer ✅Bill passed by Congress to enforce the language
of the 18th Amendment. This bill made the manufacture and
distribution of alcohol illegal within the borders of the United
States.
Name the law that required any opiates and/or cocaine to be
dispensed only by a physician -
correct answer ✅The Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act of 1914
During the presidency of Richard Nixon (1969-1974), national drug
policy became: -
correct answer ✅Prevention/treatment oriented
The Narcotic Addicts Rehabilitation Act (NARA) -
correct answer ✅Allowed treatment as an alternative to
incarceration
,Advanced Alcohol and Drug
Counselor (AADC) Exam Questions
With 100% Verified Answers
The racial group currently most likely to be prosecuted for drug
possession/use: -
correct answer ✅African Americans
The highest rate of current illicit drug use was among... -
correct answer ✅American Indian/Alaska Natives
Who developed the Five Kinetic Ideas that formed the core of the
modern alcoholism treatment movement? -
correct answer ✅Dwight Anderson and Marty Mann
The Five Kinetic Ideas -
correct answer ✅Alcoholism is a disease; The alcoholic is therefore
a sick person; The alcoholic can be helped; The alcoholic is worth
helping; Alcoholism is our #4 public health problem, and our public
responsibility
When did the National Council on Alcoholism first develop
diagnostic criteria? -
correct answer ✅1972
, Advanced Alcohol and Drug
Counselor (AADC) Exam Questions
With 100% Verified Answers
Ways heroin is commonly abused -
correct answer ✅Sniffing/Snorting, Smoking, Injection
Common health conditions associated with heroin abuse -
correct answer ✅Vascular collapse, abscesses, respiratory and
cardiac depression, HIV infection, heart infections, and liver disease
CNS Depressants -
correct answer ✅Alcohol, barbiturates, anti-anxiety tranquilizers
(Valium, Librium, Xanax, Prozac, and Thorazine), GHB, Rohypnol,
and other anti-depressants (ex. Zoloft, Paxil)
CNS Stimulants -
correct answer ✅Cocaine, crack, amphetamines, and
methamphetamines
Hallucinogens -
correct answer ✅LSD, peyote, psilocybin, MDMA (ecstasy)
Dissociative Anesthetics -
correct answer ✅PCP and dextromethoraphan
