Test yourself by doing the following exercise on opioids:
1. In terms of their psychoactive properties, narcotics historically included the following drug(s):
morphine
cocaine
opiates in general
both morphine and opiates in general
2. Natural components of opium are usually categorized as:
synthetic opiates
opiates
thebaine derivatives
variations of heroin
3. Morphine is approximately 10 times stronger than raw opium.
True
False
4. Opiate drugs act in the brain by mimicking endorphins, natural neurotransmitters that are involved in the
regulation of:
pain
pleasure
both pain and pleasure
none of the above
5. Opiates depress respiration, lower body temperature, and cause pupillary constriction.
True
False
6. The expression "cold turkey" comes from the goosebumps seen in addicts withdrawing from heroin.
True
False
7. The effects of opiates can be potentiated by alcohol.
True
False
8. Veterans of the Vietnam War had a high rate of heroin addiction and were unable to kick the habit when
they returned to the Unites States.
True
False
9. Opiate drugs show cross-dependence with alcohol.
True
False
10. Opium comes from a plant called "Cannabis sativa".
True
False
11. Opiates were first severely restricted by the:
1965 Drug Abuse Control Amendments
1914 Harrison Act
1920 Heroin Abuse Act
none of the above
12. Most designer heroin compounds are much less potent than pure heroin.
True
False
13. Opiates are administered with three therapeutic goals in mind:
to increase sex drive, to alleviate depression, to treat acute constipation
to alleviate depression, to treat acute constipation, to cure cancer
to relieve pain, to treat acute diarrhea, to suppress coughing
to increase sex drive, to enhance tolerance, to cure cancer
14. Heroin enhances sexual desire and activity.
True
False
15. Addicts are at great risk for disease and death from AIDS, hepatitis, and other needle-borne diseases from
sharing needles.
True
False
16. Regular use of opiates results in tolerance. .
True
False
17. Regular use of opiates results in an abstinence (withdrawal) syndrome characterized by flu-like symptoms
and intense drug craving.
True
False
18. Heroin withdrawal is much like alcohol withdrawal.
True
False
19. Opium is harvested by:
tapping into the trunk of the opium poppy tree during the springtime
incising the seed capsule of the poppy, allowing a white juice to ooze out
grinding up large poppy leaves into a powder
pressing opium poppy petals into a thick paste
20. In the 1500s, a medicinal drink was introduced, containing opium, wine, and an assortment of spices. This
drink became known as:
heroin
paracelsus
morphade
laudanum