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Study Guide Answers
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Why do some beginning users not realize that the drug that they're taking is, in fact, heroin?
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Heroin has many nicknames. |
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Heroin is derived from the ___________________ ____________________ .
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opium poppy |
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Opium and all drugs derived from opium are known as ______________________ .
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narcotics |
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4.
Name three legal narcotics.
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methadone, codeine, morphine |
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5.
When did heroin become illegal in the United States?
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1924 |
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6.
Is smoking heroin safer than injecting it?
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no |
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7.
Heroin has become a more affordable drug. True or false?
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true |
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Heroin is much more _________________than it was a decade or two ago.
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potent |
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9.
How can you determine the degree of purity of a dose of heroin?
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You can't. |
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10.
Heroin is often mixed with __________________ __________________ .
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other drugs |
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What are "bombitas"?
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heroin mixed with amphetamines |
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12.
What is an "atom bomb"?
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heroin mixed with marijuana |
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13.
List four nicknames for smokeable heroin.
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red rum, fire express, green honey, laundromat |
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14.
What is "chasing the dragon"?
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smoking heroin and crack cocaine together |
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Heroin is _____________________-acting. [fast/ slow]
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fast |
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In the brain, heroin attaches to ___________________ receptors.
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opiate |
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Heroin decreases the body's natural ____________________ pain killers.
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endorphin |
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Heroin depresses the ________________ _____________________ ______________________ .
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central nervous system |
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19.
Heroin is both ______________________ and psychologically addictive.
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physically |
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20.
What is "tolerance"?
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Increasingly higher doses must be taken with increasing frequency. |
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21.
Heroin use during pregnancy can result in ___________________ or ____________________.
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miscarriages, stillbirths |
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22.
Babies born to addicted mothers undergo _____________________ .
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withdrawal |
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23.
For how long do physical withdrawal symptoms last?
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seventy-two hours |
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24.
________________________ blocks the craving for heroin.
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Methadone |
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