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Question 1: The term "club drugs" refers to drugs being used by young adults at all-night dance parties such as "raves" or "trances," dance clubs, and bars.

(a) True
(b) False

Question 2: One of the growing concerns related to the use of "club drugs" is the impact such drugs have on neurotransmitters like serotonin. Serotonin is necessary for the regulation of:

(a) emotion and memory
(b) sleep
(c) pain
(d) higher order cognitive processes
(e) Serotonin helps regulate all of the above.

Question 3: MDMA is chemically similar to:

(a) stimulants
(b) hallucinogens
(c) disassociative anesthetics
(d) Both a and b are correct.
(e) Both a and c are correct.

Question 4: Many of the "club drugs" are neurotoxic. A chemical is considered to be neurotoxic if it is capable of inducing a consistent pattern of neural dysfunction or change in the chemistry or structure of the nervous system.

(a) True
(b) False

Question 5: Aside for its popularity for its ability to produce euphoric and hallucinatory states, GHB is a central nervous system depressant abused for its alleged ability to release a growth hormone and stimulate bone growth and density.

(a) True
(b) False

Question 6: Forget-me Pill is a slang or street name for the drug:

(a) Valium®
(b) Halcion®
(c) Rohypnol®
(d) Xanax®
(e) Versed®

Question 7: Though it has physiological effects similar to diazepam, flunitrazepam is approximately 100 times more potent.

(a) True
(b) False

Question 8: On the street, Rohypnol is touted as an effective "parachute" or remedy for the depression that follows a stimulant high.

(a) True
(b) False

Question 9: Methamphetamines can be used in all of the following ways except:

(a) smoked.
(b) snorted.
(c) injected.
(d) orally.
(e) Methamphetamines can be used in all of these ways.

Question 10: "Tweaking" is:

(a) a stage of methamphetamine use where the user alternates between meth and some type of depressant drug, allowing a longer period of drug use.
(b) a stage of methamphetamine use where the addict varies the dosage in order to make the supply of the drug go further.
(c) a stage of methamphetamine use where the abuser has not slept in three to fifteen days and is irritable and paranoid.

Question 11: "Window pane" LSD is:

(a) the pure LSD crystal that is crushed to a powder and mixed with binding agents to produce tablets.
(b) LSD placed in thin squares of gelatin.
(c) Dissolved and diluted LSD that is applied to tissue paper.

Question 12: Phencyclidine (PCP) is the most potent hallucinogen known to man.

(a) True
(b) False

Question 13: Hallucinogens like LSD create a phenomenon known as synesthesia. Synesthesia is:

(a) a slowing down or distortion of time.
(b) intense sensations of fear and panic.
(c) an overlap or blending of sensory perceptions.
(d) a repeated hallucinogenic experience many weeks or months after the initial trip.

Question 14: Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD) is the medical term for the phenomenon known as:

(a) visual distortions.
(b) auditory hallucinations.
(c) flashbacks.
(d) Tweaking.

Question 15: Phencyclidine, more commonly known as PCP, was originally brought on to the market as an anesthetic agent.

(a) True
(b) False

Question 16: Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic which was developed to replace which other pharmaceutical agent?

(a) Morphine
(b) PCP
(c) Novocain
(d) Miltown

Question 17: Dextromethorphan's action on receptor sites of the brain is that of an:

(a) agonist.
(b) antidipsotropic.
(c) beta-blocker.
(d) antagonist.

Question 18: Typically, the goals of pharmacotherapy include all of the following except:

(a) reduction in the use of illicit drugs or alcohol.
(b) reduction in criminal behavior.
(c) improvement of social behavior and psychological well being.
(d) using physical consequences to punish use-behavior.

Question 19: These drugs occupy the same receptor sites in the brain as specific drugs of abuse. However, they do not produce the same effects as the abused drugs, and they are non?addicting.

(a) Agonists
(b) Antagonists
(c) Antidipsotropics
(d) Psychotropic Medications

Question 20: These drugs create adverse physical reactions when the person consumes the substance of abuse. They are used to develop an aversion to the abused drug.

(a) Agonists
(b) Antagonists
(c) Antidipsotropics
(d) Psychotropic Medications

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