Substance Abuse: A History of the Opiods

Study Questions

Read each statement and choose the answer which best completes the statement.

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1. All members of the opiod group provide analgesia and depress:

A. vomiting
B. respiration
C. diarrhea
D. smooth muscle
E. nausea

2. __________ is one of the most addictive drugs on earth.

A. Demerol
B. Heroin
C. Dilaudid
D. Morphine
E. Marijuana

3. In the 1960's and 1970's, heroin use increased among:

A. Adults
B. teens
C. young adults
D. older adults
E. the elderly

4. Tolerance to the more potent opiods develops:

A. very slowly
B. slowly
C. rapidly
D. does not occur at all

5. Opiods _________ the placenta to affect the fetus.

A. never cross
B. sometimes cross
C. do cross
D. constrict

6. The severity of withdrawal from opiods depends upon many factors, including:

A. amount used
B. length of addiction
C. how abruptly withdrawn
D. a,b,& c

7. The medical abusers of prescription opiods are predominantly women, middle-class, the elderly, and:

A. young male
B. Black/Latino
C. teens
D. health-care professionals

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