Drugs, Society, & Behavior, 17e (Hart)

Chapter 1   Drug Use: An Overview

1) One of the general principles of psychoactive drugs is that every drug has ________.

1. A) effects on the heart
2. B) impurities
3. C) multiple effects
4. D) a key to some part of the mind

2) One of the general principles of psychoactive drug use is that the effect of any psychoactive drug depends on.

1. A) the individual’s history and expectations
2. B) its legal status
3. C) the user’s diet
4. D) the user’s unique brain chemistry

3) Methamphetamine, crack cocaine, ecstasy, and glue sniffing were given as examples of media reports on:

1. A) the “drug du jour.”
2. B) laissez-faire.
3. C) drugs that are always “bad drugs.”
4. D) drug use by celebrities.

4) One of the general principles of psychoactive drug use is that:

1. A) all psychoactive drugs should be banned.
2. B) most people are unable to control their own drug use.
3. C) every drug has an opposite drug that can counteract it.
4. D) drugs, per se, are not good or bad.

5) The use of a substance in a manner, amounts, or situations such that the drug causes problems or greatly increases the chances of problems occurring is:

1. A) addiction.
2. B) dependence.
3. C) abuse.
4. D) deviance.

6) Drug use that is not common within a social group and that is disapproved of by the majority, causing members of a group to take corrective action when it occurs is:

1. A) deviant drug use.
2. B) drug misuse.
3. C) drug abuse.
4. D) illicit drug abuse.