NAADAC CORE MAIN EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Early Stage Alcohol Dependence - ✔✔escaping from social situations and sneaking,
feelings of guilt, difficulty stopping once begun, and preoccupation with drinking
✔✔Middle Stage Alcohol Dependence - ✔✔loss of control over drinking behavior,
impaired social relationships, changes in drinking patterns, temporary sobriety, morning
drinking, and neglect of needs
✔✔Late Stage Alcohol Dependence - ✔✔Drink to function.
✔✔Pharmacotherapy - ✔✔Medication used to treat psychoactive substance use
disorders
✔✔disulfiram, acamprosate, and naltrexone - ✔✔three FDA approved pharmacotherapy
to treat alcohol dependence
✔✔Antabuse - ✔✔Disulfiram's marketed name
✔✔Naltrexone - ✔✔works by occupying opioid receptors and preventing the
pleasurable effects usually produced by alcohol
✔✔Disulfiram works by - ✔✔preventing acetaldehyde from being metabolized and
making the client physically ill if they consume alcohol
✔✔Acamprosate works by - ✔✔restoring the balance between excitatory and inhibitory
activity that is altered by chronic alcohol use and alleviate post-acute withdrawal
symptoms
✔✔Campral - ✔✔Acamprosate's marketed name
✔✔analgesic - ✔✔substance that relieves pain
✔✔Barbiturates Short-Term Psychological Effects - ✔✔reduction of tension and anxiety,
euphoria (if taking higher than recommended dosage during the daytime, and impaired
judgement
✔✔Barbiturates Short-Term Physiological effects - ✔✔muscles relax, drowsiness,
slowing of breathing and heart rate, slurred speech, etc
✔✔Barbiturates Long-Term Psychological effects - ✔✔mood swings, irritability,
confusion, anxiety, nightmares, hallucinations, etc
,✔✔Barbiturates Withdrawal - ✔✔six to eight hours from last dose clients should expect
to experience: nausea, vomiting, increased heart rate, cramps, tremors, anxiety,
agitation, etc
✔✔Later stage of barbiturates withdrawal - ✔✔Seven to ten days transitions into more
serious withdrawal: seizures, delirium, difficulty breathing, loss of consciousness, etc
✔✔Mono amino oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) - ✔✔A group of medications used to treat
mental depression
✔✔amphetamines prescription names (some) - ✔✔Adderall and dexdrine
✔✔Methylphenidate prescription names (some) - ✔✔Concerta and Ritalin
✔✔Diet Aids prescription names (some) - ✔✔Didrex, Bontril, preludin, fastin, Adipex,
ionomin, and Meridia
✔✔Common street names for Oxycodone - ✔✔Bennies, Black Beauties, Cat, Coke,
Crank, Crystal, Flake, ice, Pellets, R-Ball, Skippy, Snow, Speed, Uppers, and Vitamin R
✔✔Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine - ✔✔Stimulant chemicals found in allergy and cold
medicines
✔✔The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 - ✔✔Sellers of medicine with
Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine must keep them out of reach and keep a logbook.
✔✔Amphetamine street names - ✔✔Bennies, Black Beauties, Crank, Ice, Speed, and
Uppers
✔✔Amphetamines and Meth onset is X and duration is X than cocaine - ✔✔slower and
longer
✔✔Cocaine is a schedule - ✔✔II drug
✔✔Khat is a - ✔✔flowering evergreen shrub
✔✔Khat's two active ingredients - ✔✔Cathine and Cathinone
✔✔Khat is native to - ✔✔East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
✔✔Khat's common street names - ✔✔Abyssinian Tea, African Salad, Catha, Chat, Kat,
and Oat
, ✔✔Dried Khat leaves can be made - ✔✔into tea or a chewable paste, smoked, or
sprinkled on food.
✔✔Khat's effect on the mind - ✔✔Manic behavior, grandiose delusions, paranoia,
nightmares, hallucinations, and hyperactivity
✔✔Chronic Khat abuse can result in - ✔✔violence and suicidal depression
✔✔Khat's effect on the body - ✔✔immediate increase in blood pressure and heart rate,
can cause brown staining on the teeth, insomnia, and gastric disorders, plus physical
exhaustion
✔✔Cathine is a schedule - ✔✔IV stimulant
✔✔Cathinone is a Schedule - ✔✔I stimulant
✔✔Khat overdose - ✔✔Delusions, loss of appetite, difficulty with breathing, and
increases in both blood pressure and heart rate plus liver damage and cardiac
complications
✔✔Methamphetamine's brand-name medication - ✔✔Desoxyn
✔✔Meth's common street names - ✔✔Batu, Bikers Coffee, Black Beautifes, Chalk,
Chicken, Feed, Crank, Crystal, Glass, Go-Fast, Hiropon, Ice, Meth, Methlies Quick,
Poor Man's Cocaine, Shabu, Shards, Speed, Stove Top, Tina, Trash, Tweak, Uppers,
Ventana, Vidrio, Yaba, and Yellow Bam
✔✔Meth is a schedule - ✔✔II stimulant
✔✔Solvents - ✔✔Usually a liquid that is used to dissolve another substance
✔✔nitrous oxide trade name - ✔✔whippets/laughing gas
✔✔volatile solvents short-term physiological effects - ✔✔light-headedness, nausea,
coughing, mild stimulation, loss of coordination, disorientation, dizziness, drowsiness,
nose bleeds, loss of appetite, and slurred speech
✔✔volatile nitrites short-term physiological effects - ✔✔increased sexual pleasure and
endurance, throbbing sensation, flushing, fainting sensation, severe headache, chills,
ringing in the ears, dizziness, abdominal cramps and diarrhea
✔✔solvents short-term psychological effects - ✔✔euphoria, relaxation, impulsiveness,
excitement, loss of control, hallucinations, delusions, depression, loss of inhibition,
confusion, agitation, lethargy and impaired thinking
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Early Stage Alcohol Dependence - ✔✔escaping from social situations and sneaking,
feelings of guilt, difficulty stopping once begun, and preoccupation with drinking
✔✔Middle Stage Alcohol Dependence - ✔✔loss of control over drinking behavior,
impaired social relationships, changes in drinking patterns, temporary sobriety, morning
drinking, and neglect of needs
✔✔Late Stage Alcohol Dependence - ✔✔Drink to function.
✔✔Pharmacotherapy - ✔✔Medication used to treat psychoactive substance use
disorders
✔✔disulfiram, acamprosate, and naltrexone - ✔✔three FDA approved pharmacotherapy
to treat alcohol dependence
✔✔Antabuse - ✔✔Disulfiram's marketed name
✔✔Naltrexone - ✔✔works by occupying opioid receptors and preventing the
pleasurable effects usually produced by alcohol
✔✔Disulfiram works by - ✔✔preventing acetaldehyde from being metabolized and
making the client physically ill if they consume alcohol
✔✔Acamprosate works by - ✔✔restoring the balance between excitatory and inhibitory
activity that is altered by chronic alcohol use and alleviate post-acute withdrawal
symptoms
✔✔Campral - ✔✔Acamprosate's marketed name
✔✔analgesic - ✔✔substance that relieves pain
✔✔Barbiturates Short-Term Psychological Effects - ✔✔reduction of tension and anxiety,
euphoria (if taking higher than recommended dosage during the daytime, and impaired
judgement
✔✔Barbiturates Short-Term Physiological effects - ✔✔muscles relax, drowsiness,
slowing of breathing and heart rate, slurred speech, etc
✔✔Barbiturates Long-Term Psychological effects - ✔✔mood swings, irritability,
confusion, anxiety, nightmares, hallucinations, etc
,✔✔Barbiturates Withdrawal - ✔✔six to eight hours from last dose clients should expect
to experience: nausea, vomiting, increased heart rate, cramps, tremors, anxiety,
agitation, etc
✔✔Later stage of barbiturates withdrawal - ✔✔Seven to ten days transitions into more
serious withdrawal: seizures, delirium, difficulty breathing, loss of consciousness, etc
✔✔Mono amino oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) - ✔✔A group of medications used to treat
mental depression
✔✔amphetamines prescription names (some) - ✔✔Adderall and dexdrine
✔✔Methylphenidate prescription names (some) - ✔✔Concerta and Ritalin
✔✔Diet Aids prescription names (some) - ✔✔Didrex, Bontril, preludin, fastin, Adipex,
ionomin, and Meridia
✔✔Common street names for Oxycodone - ✔✔Bennies, Black Beauties, Cat, Coke,
Crank, Crystal, Flake, ice, Pellets, R-Ball, Skippy, Snow, Speed, Uppers, and Vitamin R
✔✔Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine - ✔✔Stimulant chemicals found in allergy and cold
medicines
✔✔The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 - ✔✔Sellers of medicine with
Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine must keep them out of reach and keep a logbook.
✔✔Amphetamine street names - ✔✔Bennies, Black Beauties, Crank, Ice, Speed, and
Uppers
✔✔Amphetamines and Meth onset is X and duration is X than cocaine - ✔✔slower and
longer
✔✔Cocaine is a schedule - ✔✔II drug
✔✔Khat is a - ✔✔flowering evergreen shrub
✔✔Khat's two active ingredients - ✔✔Cathine and Cathinone
✔✔Khat is native to - ✔✔East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
✔✔Khat's common street names - ✔✔Abyssinian Tea, African Salad, Catha, Chat, Kat,
and Oat
, ✔✔Dried Khat leaves can be made - ✔✔into tea or a chewable paste, smoked, or
sprinkled on food.
✔✔Khat's effect on the mind - ✔✔Manic behavior, grandiose delusions, paranoia,
nightmares, hallucinations, and hyperactivity
✔✔Chronic Khat abuse can result in - ✔✔violence and suicidal depression
✔✔Khat's effect on the body - ✔✔immediate increase in blood pressure and heart rate,
can cause brown staining on the teeth, insomnia, and gastric disorders, plus physical
exhaustion
✔✔Cathine is a schedule - ✔✔IV stimulant
✔✔Cathinone is a Schedule - ✔✔I stimulant
✔✔Khat overdose - ✔✔Delusions, loss of appetite, difficulty with breathing, and
increases in both blood pressure and heart rate plus liver damage and cardiac
complications
✔✔Methamphetamine's brand-name medication - ✔✔Desoxyn
✔✔Meth's common street names - ✔✔Batu, Bikers Coffee, Black Beautifes, Chalk,
Chicken, Feed, Crank, Crystal, Glass, Go-Fast, Hiropon, Ice, Meth, Methlies Quick,
Poor Man's Cocaine, Shabu, Shards, Speed, Stove Top, Tina, Trash, Tweak, Uppers,
Ventana, Vidrio, Yaba, and Yellow Bam
✔✔Meth is a schedule - ✔✔II stimulant
✔✔Solvents - ✔✔Usually a liquid that is used to dissolve another substance
✔✔nitrous oxide trade name - ✔✔whippets/laughing gas
✔✔volatile solvents short-term physiological effects - ✔✔light-headedness, nausea,
coughing, mild stimulation, loss of coordination, disorientation, dizziness, drowsiness,
nose bleeds, loss of appetite, and slurred speech
✔✔volatile nitrites short-term physiological effects - ✔✔increased sexual pleasure and
endurance, throbbing sensation, flushing, fainting sensation, severe headache, chills,
ringing in the ears, dizziness, abdominal cramps and diarrhea
✔✔solvents short-term psychological effects - ✔✔euphoria, relaxation, impulsiveness,
excitement, loss of control, hallucinations, delusions, depression, loss of inhibition,
confusion, agitation, lethargy and impaired thinking
