HLTH 501 exam Questions and
Answers 2025 latest update
What are chippers? - answer controlled users
Opiates are what type of drug? - answer narcotics; natural or
synthetic
The effects of morphine are about how many times more potent
than the effects of opium? - answer 10 times
Heroin was synthesized from which drug? - answer morphine in
1874
What is China White? - answer a synthetic analgesic drug derived
from fentanyl that mimics heroin but it considerably more potent
Which pain killer is referred to as "hillbilly heroin"? - answer
OxyCotin
Infants born to women who took narcotics during pregnancy
experience what symptoms? - answer winthdrawl symptoms
What does NEP stand for? - answer Needle Exchange Program
People who die quickly from an overdose of heroin are likely to die
from what condition? - answer anaphylactic shock: a condition
caused by an allergic reaction to contaminants such as quinine,
which are used to cut or dilute heroin
Detoxification typically takes how many days? - answer 10-14
, What is freebase? - answer a variation of cocaine in which cocaine is
separated from its hydrochloride salt by heating, using a volatile
chemical such as ether
The peak phase of a cocaine high happens how many minutes after
snorting it? - answer 10-20
What is speedball? - answer an injectable combination of heroin and
cocaine
When amphetamines were first developed, they were primarily used
to treat what condition? - answer asthma
What is speed? - answer stimulant drug; another name for
methamphetamine
What is the most prescribed drug for AD/HD? - answer Ritalin &
Adderall
Per capita, Ritalin use in France and Italy is what fraction of the use
in the United States? - answer 1/20
What is the world's most frequently consumed stimulant? - answer
caffeine
Caffeinism is marked by what symptoms? - answer irritability,
depression, and insomnia
What percent of coffee users experience withdrawal symptoms
when they discontinue use? - answer 1/4, 25%
Answers 2025 latest update
What are chippers? - answer controlled users
Opiates are what type of drug? - answer narcotics; natural or
synthetic
The effects of morphine are about how many times more potent
than the effects of opium? - answer 10 times
Heroin was synthesized from which drug? - answer morphine in
1874
What is China White? - answer a synthetic analgesic drug derived
from fentanyl that mimics heroin but it considerably more potent
Which pain killer is referred to as "hillbilly heroin"? - answer
OxyCotin
Infants born to women who took narcotics during pregnancy
experience what symptoms? - answer winthdrawl symptoms
What does NEP stand for? - answer Needle Exchange Program
People who die quickly from an overdose of heroin are likely to die
from what condition? - answer anaphylactic shock: a condition
caused by an allergic reaction to contaminants such as quinine,
which are used to cut or dilute heroin
Detoxification typically takes how many days? - answer 10-14
, What is freebase? - answer a variation of cocaine in which cocaine is
separated from its hydrochloride salt by heating, using a volatile
chemical such as ether
The peak phase of a cocaine high happens how many minutes after
snorting it? - answer 10-20
What is speedball? - answer an injectable combination of heroin and
cocaine
When amphetamines were first developed, they were primarily used
to treat what condition? - answer asthma
What is speed? - answer stimulant drug; another name for
methamphetamine
What is the most prescribed drug for AD/HD? - answer Ritalin &
Adderall
Per capita, Ritalin use in France and Italy is what fraction of the use
in the United States? - answer 1/20
What is the world's most frequently consumed stimulant? - answer
caffeine
Caffeinism is marked by what symptoms? - answer irritability,
depression, and insomnia
What percent of coffee users experience withdrawal symptoms
when they discontinue use? - answer 1/4, 25%
