Drug Addiction

Front 1

Often drug development is carried out by pharmaceutical companies, whose main interest is to make a huge profit. Who is responsible for making sure these drugs are safe before they are put on the market?

Back 1

Food and Drug Administration

Front 2

______ is the key player in the reward system of the brain.

Back 2

Dopamine

Front 3

Several factors influence how drug users experience the drug effects. However, the 4 more important factors are:

Back 3

Pharmacological, cultural, social, and contextual

Front 4

While the different classes of drugs have different targets in the brain, all classes of drugs will

Back 4

increase dopamine release

Front 5

The main neurotransmitter in the reward system of the brain is

Back 5

Dopamine

Front 6

Why is intravenous injection of drugs the fastest way to overdose?

Back 6

Because the concentration of the drug builds up so quickly

Front 7

A period of medical treatment, usually including a 9-12 step program, during which a person is helped to overcome physical and psychological dependence on alcohol or drugs is known as part of the __________ process.

Back 7

Detoxification

Front 8

Drug abuse can have some drastic consequences that can lead to death. What are other consequences of drug abuse?

Back 8

poverty
stress
HIV
domestic violence

Front 9

T/F Drug use during pregnancy not only leads to detrimental effects to the baby, but withdrawal symptoms as well.

Back 9

True

Front 10

Dopamine neurons are activated in order to activate the reward pathway. Examples are eating something yummy such as cake and cookies. What explains this situation?

Back 10

Reward system is used to promote the learning of adaptive behavior that enables survival

Front 11

The rate at which a drug is distributed in the body depends on:

Back 11

its tendency to attach to proteins in tissues

its solubility properties

its molecular size

its ability to pass across membranes

Front 12

Lil C had a wild night out. He felt like he was going a million miles an hour and had a euphoric feeling all night. Lil C mostly likely took what type of drug?

Back 12

Stimulants

Front 13

Hallucinogens are well known for their ability to alter reality, but they also share similarities with stimulants. How are they similar?

Back 13

Speed up the CNS

Front 14

Drug abuse usually follows 4 steps of drug use. This is known as the spectrum of psychoactive drugs. What 4 steps are part of this spectrum?

Back 14

Beneficial, casual, problematic, chronic dependence

Front 15

Cocaine leads to positive reinforcement to the reward system in the brain because it:

Back 15

Blocks dopamine reuptake

Front 16

What syndrome is characterized by signs and symptoms that appear when a drug addict suddenly discontinues or decreases the drug dose?

Back 16

Withdrawal