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. According to the capture ratio, which of the following drugs has the lowest lifetime rates of addiction?

LSD correct incorrect

Alcohol correct incorrect

Inhalants correct incorrect

Marijuana correct incorrect

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. Which is true about the demographics of addiction?

American Indians/ Alaskan natives have the highest rates of drug addiction correct incorrect

Women have higher rates of drug addiction than men correct incorrect

The highest rates of substance dependence were found in those aged 18-25 correct incorrect

Blacks have higher rates of addiction than whites correct incorrect

A and C are correct correct incorrect

B and D are correct correct incorrect

All of the above are correct correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not one the DSM criteria for "impaired control"?

Unsuccessful efforts to stop or control use correct incorrect

A great deal of time is spent to obtain, use, or recover from substance use correct incorrect

Overwhelming desire for the substance correct incorrect

Continued use despite physical or psychological problems that are caused by substance use correct incorrect

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. Which of the following areas of the brain is especially involved in the process of addiction?

Ventral tegmental area correct incorrect

Cerebellum correct incorrect

Nigrostriatal pathway correct incorrect

Parietal lobe correct incorrect

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. Tolerance and withdrawal are signs of physical dependence

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Over 1 million people are addicted to LSD in the United States

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Rates of substance dependence among adolescent men and women are similar

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Excess levels of dopamine cause pleasure

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Those who begin drinking before age 15 are more than five times as likely to develop alcohol dependence compared to someone who began drinking at age 21

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. The "addiction gene" has been found on the short arm of chromosome 8

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Media exposure to AOD is linked to increased use

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. In one survey about attitudes about drug addiction, only 24% of respondents were unwilling to have a person with drug addiction marry into one's family

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Withdrawal from alcohol is more severe and life-threatening than withdrawal from heroin

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect