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True-False questions



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Question 1.
If there is no objective component that qualifies for declaring a drug as illicit, the substance must be classified as licit, or legally obtainable.


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Question 2.
Ten percent of those who drink in the United States account for half the total alcohol consumption.


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Question 3.
Alcohol is most accurately classified as a stimulant because it increases social interaction.


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Question 4.
Men are more likely than women to be labeled problem drinkers or alcoholics and experience negative social and personal consequences from drinking.


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Question 5.
Absenteeism, tardiness, workplace accidents, lost productivity, and time spent in rehabilitation programs by employees because of alcohol-related problems cost American industry about $100 billion annually.


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Question 6.
The nicotine in tobacco is more addictive than heroin.


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Question 7.
Environmental tobacco smoke, although an inconvenience for a nonsmoker, poses little actual harm to the nonsmoker.


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Question 8.
Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are often prescribed Prozac to reduce their level of anxiety.


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Question 9.
Marijuana is most appropriately classified as being a hallucinogen.


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Question 10.
Most studies conclude the average heroin user is a middle-aged, upper class executive who can afford the drug and has the means to conceal its use.


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