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1

Which of the following is an example of behavioral toxicity?
A)respiration stops as a result of alcohol consumption
B)brain damage from inhalant use
C)driving inattentively after smoking marijuana
D)amphetamines causing high blood pressure
E)anabolic steroids causing acne
2

The acronym DAWN refers to:
A)drug administration warning news
B)drugs and alcohol watch network
C)drugs action within neurons
D)drug abuse warning network
E)drunk Americans warning network
3

The purpose of DAWN is to:
A)establish drug education curricula throughout the US
B)monitor which drugs are being imported into the US
C)examine the quality of street-level drugs
D)establish drug treatment centers in the US
E)collect data on drug-related crises
4

An experiment in which rats were allowed to self-inject drugs showed that the rats:
A)refused to inject the drug
B)knew when to stop injecting themselves
C)would have no permanent side effects from cocaine use
D)were more likely to die from cocaine than heroin
E)were unaffected by the drugs
5

Which of the following drugs is most clearly linked to violent crime?
A)heroin
B)cocaine
C)amphetamines
D)alcohol
E)LSD
6

Alcohol use is associated with:
A)three-fifths of all murders
B)40% of all assaults
C)one-third of forcible rape and child molestation
D)50% committing violent crime when under the influence of alcohol or alcohol and other drugs
E)all of the above
7

The majority of narcotic addicts:
A)begin criminal activity after becoming addicted
B)begin criminal activity around the time they become addicted
C)begin criminal activity before becoming addicted
D)are involved in very little criminal activity
E)engage in victimless crimes
8

The number of people in the US arrested for drug-law violations each year is:
A)750,000
B)500,000
C)250,000
D)1,000,000
E)2,000,000
9

Most legislation regarding drugs is passed in Congress based on:
A)scientific facts
B)rational arguments
C)public health needs
D)emotionality
E)protecting the elderly as well as children
10

About half of the emergency room episodes and three-fourths of the drug-related deaths are associated with:
A)alcohol-in-combination
B)cocaine
C)multiple-drug episodes
D)marijuana
E)crack







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