drug final quiz 7
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During and after WWII it was found that malnourished people could gain weight more rapidly...
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if they were treated with testosterone.
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a consistent congnitive effect of marijuana seen both in frequent users and in less experienced users is...
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slowing of cognitive processing
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the 1999 report from the Institute of Medicine suggested that marijuana cigarettes should be allowed for
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no more than 6 months for patients with intractable pain or vomiting
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studies show that marijuana increases which of the following?
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nonverbal social interactions
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the 70 chemicals that are known to be unique to the cannabis plant are called
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cannabinoids
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tolerance to the effects of smoked marijuana allows experience marijuana users to obtain
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eupohric effects with minimal cognitive impairment
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one major behavioral problem that is seen in acute marijuana intoxication is
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panic reactions
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college athletes who want to avoid failing a drug test have to be very careful because
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there are more than 3,000 products containing banned substances
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one ingredient in dietary supplements was banned by the FDA in 2004 after a Major League Baseball pitcher died form heat stroke after using it.
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the ingredient was ephedrine
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the marijuana Tax Act, the first fed law regulating cannabis
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was passed in 1937
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although testosterone and related anabolic steroids clearly increase muscle mass during puberty, it has been more difficult to determine scientifically whether adult men with normal testosterone can get much stronger from extra steroids, partly because
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it would be unethical to expose research participants to the high doses of mulitple steroids used by athletes
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extensive testing of the effects of amphetamines has consluded that they can
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improve performances by a few percentage points
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the current shift in the US public's attitude towards marijuana laws is probably related to which of the following
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A and C increasing evidence that marijuana is relatively innocuous and a desire to spend federal funds more wisely and gain tax revenue
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studies of the effects of marijuana on automobile driving show
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significant impairments when inexperienced users are studied in a lab experiment
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which of the following is NOT ture about the marijuana tax act of 1937
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it did not outlaw cannabis
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cannabis indica seems to have more psychoactive potency where as cannibis sativa is more associated with
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hemp
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on side effect of the tougher 2006 drug testing policies in major league bball is that
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as many as 1/4 of the players on some teams have been permantently banned from the league
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a great # of studies have consistently reported that smoked marijuana and oral THC both
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produce increased total daily food intake
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the abuse potential of THC is
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very high regardless of how it is consumed
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in a sutdy of heart rate changes following smoked marijuana with 4% THC or 20 mg oral THC
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the peak effects were similar, but smoking produced effects much sooner
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hashish refers to p
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pure cannibis resin
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which of these was NOT mentioned as one of the psychological side effects of high dose steroids
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memory loss
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so called "pituitary giants" often die at an early age because their internal organs continue to grow due to
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excessive production of human growth hormone
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after the national football league banned the distribution of amphetamines in 1971
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individual plaers could stiss get a prescription and use amphetamines if they wanted
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the primary active ingredient in marijuana is
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delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinal THC
