U3C5L2 Drugs Quiz

T or F: Drug use has many effects on the body. Habit-forming drugs usually affect the cerebral cortex, the thinking part of your brain.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Drugs that alter the physical senses, producing sounds, visions, and smells that are not real and that distort the concepts of time and space in a user's mind are called __________.

• stimulants

• depressants

• hallucinogens

• barbiturates

What is a barbiturate?

• A toxin that in its pure state is used as a pesticide

• A substance, also called depressant, which slows the activity of the mind or body

• A substance that causes an increase in the activity of the mind or body

• A substance that causes visual or auditory hallucinations or other physical distortions

__________ are drugs that act as depressants by lowering blood pressure and body temperature and by slowing heart and breathing rates.

• Barbiturates

• Stimulants

• Hallucinogens

• Narcotics

What kind of drug is cocaine?

• Legal

• A depressant

• A stimulant

• A hallucinogen

What kinds of drugs are heroin, codeine, and opium?

• Depressants

• Stimulants

• Illegal

• Narcotics

Police most commonly charge casual drug users for __________.

• selling drugs

• possessing drugs

• engaging in illegal behaviors such as intoxicated driving, disturbing the peace, or fighting

T or F: You can be arrested for illegal drugs only if a blood test shows you have taken the drug.

• TRUE

• FALSE

People who are tempted to use drugs to solve personal problems should seek help from __________.

• a pharmacist

• a trusted adult or help hotline

• schoolmates who are popular

• an internet chat room

Once you start using drugs, it is hard to quit - mainly because __________.

• taking drugs is part of your daily habit

• the drug changes your brain's reward center

• your heart can't beat right without them

• they destroy all of your willpower