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1
The active psychoactive chemical in the coca plant is:
A)Cocoa
B)Crack
C)Cocaine
D)None of the above.
2
A valid medicinal use for cocaine is:
A)Local anesthesia.
B)Psychiatric uses.
C)Anti-Depressant.
D)None of the above.
3
The 1914 Harrison Act attempted to control cocaine by:
A)Making possession illegal.
B)Providing mandatory sentencing for selling cocaine.
C)Taxing the importation and sale of cocaine and opium.
D)Providing a fixed price to change the market demand.
4
Forms of cocaine include:
A)Coca paste
B)Cocaine hydrochloride
C)Freebase
D)All of the above.
5
Crack Cocaine changed the public perception of the drug in the late eighties because:
A)Media attention focused on "Crack Culture".
B)The low price of the drug took cocaine out of the hands of the wealthy and made it readily available on the streets.
C)Different sentencing guidelines made crack easier to sell.
D)Its portrayal in movies brought more attention to the drug.
6
Cocaine's mechanism of action works by:
A)blocking oxygen uptake in the brain
B)Breaking down the blood-brain barrier.
C)Blocking reuptake of dopamine and other neurotransmitters.
D)None of the above.
7
Since 1985 cocaine use has ___________ in the general population.
A)Increased.
B)Decreased
C)Remained steady.
D)Been compared to heroin use
8
Illicit amphetamine use has ____________ in the general population in the last several years.
A)Increased.
B)Decreased
C)Remained steady
D)Not been studied
9
Illicit amphetamines are mostly the product of:
A)Stolen pharmaceutical supplies
B)Abuse of prescription drugs.
C)Small laboratories.
D)None of the above.
10
Indicative behaviors of an amphetamine user include:
A)compulsive and repetitive actions.
B)paranoia
C)Both A & B
D)None of the above.





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