Drugs, Society and Human Behavior – Chapters 1–4 Study Guide, Review Notes
& Practice Questions
Club Drugs - correct answer ✔✔Drugs associated with use at all-night dance parties, known as
"raves," held in dance clubs, abandoned warehouses and increasingly in more nightclubs. Drugs:
MDMA (ecstasy) GHB, Rohypnol
Psychoactive - correct answer ✔✔having effects on thoughts, emotions or behavior.
Marijuana - correct answer ✔✔Dried buds of the cannabis plant. Is most commonly used illicit
drug according to surveys.
psychopharmacology - correct answer ✔✔the study of behavioral effects of drugs
gateway - correct answer ✔✔one of the first drugs (alcohol or tobacco) used by a typical drug
user. Then moves onto marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine, heroin.
1980 1990 - correct answer ✔✔Drugs peaked around ____ and decreased in ____
laissez-faire - correct answer ✔✔a hands off approach to government. In the 1800s, the
government took this approach to drugs.
behavioral toxicity - correct answer ✔✔toxicity resulting from behavioral effects of a drug
acute - correct answer ✔✔referring to a drug, the short-term effects of a single dose
chronic - correct answer ✔✔referring to drugs, the long-term effects from repeated use.
, DAWN - correct answer ✔✔Drug abuse warning network. System for collecting data on drug-
related deaths or emergency room visits.
In 2011
-Alcohol-in-combination
-Cocaine
-Rx Opioids
-Marijuana
-Benzodiazepines
HIV - correct answer ✔✔human immunodeficiency virus
Can be shared through infected needles.
AIDs - correct answer ✔✔Acquired immunodeficiency virus
Can be shared through infected needles.
tolerance - correct answer ✔✔reduced effect of a drug after repeated use
withdrawal syndrome - correct answer ✔✔a consistent set of symptoms that appears after
discontinuing use of a drug
physical dependence - correct answer ✔✔drug dependence defined by the presence of a
withdrawal syndrome, implying that the body has become adapted to the drug's presence
psychological dependence - correct answer ✔✔behavioral dependence indicated by high rate of
drug use, craving for the drug, and a tendency to relapse after stopping use
catheters - correct answer ✔✔plastic or other tubing implanted in the body
& Practice Questions
Club Drugs - correct answer ✔✔Drugs associated with use at all-night dance parties, known as
"raves," held in dance clubs, abandoned warehouses and increasingly in more nightclubs. Drugs:
MDMA (ecstasy) GHB, Rohypnol
Psychoactive - correct answer ✔✔having effects on thoughts, emotions or behavior.
Marijuana - correct answer ✔✔Dried buds of the cannabis plant. Is most commonly used illicit
drug according to surveys.
psychopharmacology - correct answer ✔✔the study of behavioral effects of drugs
gateway - correct answer ✔✔one of the first drugs (alcohol or tobacco) used by a typical drug
user. Then moves onto marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine, heroin.
1980 1990 - correct answer ✔✔Drugs peaked around ____ and decreased in ____
laissez-faire - correct answer ✔✔a hands off approach to government. In the 1800s, the
government took this approach to drugs.
behavioral toxicity - correct answer ✔✔toxicity resulting from behavioral effects of a drug
acute - correct answer ✔✔referring to a drug, the short-term effects of a single dose
chronic - correct answer ✔✔referring to drugs, the long-term effects from repeated use.
, DAWN - correct answer ✔✔Drug abuse warning network. System for collecting data on drug-
related deaths or emergency room visits.
In 2011
-Alcohol-in-combination
-Cocaine
-Rx Opioids
-Marijuana
-Benzodiazepines
HIV - correct answer ✔✔human immunodeficiency virus
Can be shared through infected needles.
AIDs - correct answer ✔✔Acquired immunodeficiency virus
Can be shared through infected needles.
tolerance - correct answer ✔✔reduced effect of a drug after repeated use
withdrawal syndrome - correct answer ✔✔a consistent set of symptoms that appears after
discontinuing use of a drug
physical dependence - correct answer ✔✔drug dependence defined by the presence of a
withdrawal syndrome, implying that the body has become adapted to the drug's presence
psychological dependence - correct answer ✔✔behavioral dependence indicated by high rate of
drug use, craving for the drug, and a tendency to relapse after stopping use
catheters - correct answer ✔✔plastic or other tubing implanted in the body
