Question 1

Where does the Canadian supply of opium and heroin come from, and what trends were stated in the text?

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Canadian supply of opium and heroin come...

Question 2

Insite was an experiment in population health, as such what specifically was it granted and why?

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Exemption were made from drug ...

Question 3

What is an opioid antagonist, and what is its role?

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The discovery of opioid antagonists, whi...

Question 4

What do Glee actors Cory Monteith and Philip Seymour Hoffman have in common?

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They both died as a result of ...

Question 5

Harm reduction strategies include safe injection sites such as Insite.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What was one outcome of the Opium War of 1839-1842?

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A)   The Chinese being allowed to continue to ship opium to India.
B)   American ships being prevented from trading with China for many years.
C)   The destruction of all poppy fields in Turkey.
D)   The island of Hong Kong becoming a British possession.

Question 7

Heroin was originally marketed as a non-addictive cough suppressant that would replace morphine and codeine.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Scientific research that has shown prescription heroin is an effective treatment for patients suffering from severe addiction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What are Vicodin and OxyContin examples of?

Accepted Answer

A)   NSAIDs.
B)   Narcotic antagonists.
C)   Prescription opioids that are being misused and abused at increasing rates.
D)   Fake drugs sold over the Internet are actually placebo. C

Question 10

How many individual stalls are there at Insite?

Accepted Answer

A)   Six
B)   Twelve
C)   Twenty four
D)   Thirty six

Question 11

How does the textbook describe an opioid withdrawal?

Accepted Answer

A)   Similar to a bad case of intestinal flu.
B)   Similar to a panic attack.
C)   Similar to a hangover from alcohol.
D)   Similar to feeling associated with an untreated allergy.

Question 12

Which is the least potent member of the opiate family?

Accepted Answer

A)   Codeine
B)   Morphine
C)   Heroin
D)   Opium

Question 13

In 1898, Bayer laboratories marketed diacetylmorphine tablets under which brand name?

Accepted Answer

A)   Darvon
B)   Sublimaze
C)   Demerol
D)   Heroin

Question 14

Although pain relief is now the major medical use for opioids, they have been used to save many lives (especially in underdeveloped countries)  because of their ability to do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Decrease violent behaviour.
B)   Lower blood pressure.
C)   Counteract diarrhea.
D)   Decrease bleeding.

Question 15

What does the scientific name Papaver somniferum refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)   Methadone
B)   The willow tree
C)   The opium poppy
D)   A research group studying sleep disorders C

Question 16

What was it believed that Samuel Taylor Coleridge was experiencing when he wrote the beautiful and very well-known poem "Kubla Khan"?

Accepted Answer

A)   An acid trip
B)   A morphine stupor
C)   An opium high
D)   A cocaine high

Question 17

Which Canadian or Canadian institution is responsible for the statement "Allowing and/or encouraging people to inject heroin into their veins is not harm reduction, it is the opposite...."?

Accepted Answer

A)   Brain Mulroney
B)   Stephen Harper
C)   A Supreme Court of Canada judgement
D)   Tony Clement

Question 18

Which of the following is not medically available in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)   Codeine
B)   Morphine
C)   Heroin
D)   Oxycodone C

Question 19

Which statement describes the process of developing dependence on heroin?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is so rapid it can occur after just one intravenous injection.
B)   It seems to require three or more injections per day for several days.
C)   It takes at least a month of use at relatively high doses.
D)   It depends more on the dose than on how often the drug has been used.

Question 20

Apart from their potential for abuse, opioids do have the beneficial medical use of all of the following EXCEPT which one?

Accepted Answer

A)   Blood clotting
B)   Pain relief
C)   Easing of intestinal disorders
D)   Cough suppression

Exam 13: Opioids

Where does the Canadian supply of opium and heroin come from, and what trends were stated in the text?

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Insite was an experiment in population health, as such what specifically was it granted and why?

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What is an opioid antagonist, and what is its role?

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What do Glee actors Cory Monteith and Philip Seymour Hoffman have in common?

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Harm reduction strategies include safe injection sites such as Insite.

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What was one outcome of the Opium War of 1839-1842?

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Heroin was originally marketed as a non-addictive cough suppressant that would replace morphine and codeine.

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Scientific research that has shown prescription heroin is an effective treatment for patients suffering from severe addiction.

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What are Vicodin and OxyContin examples of?

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How many individual stalls are there at Insite?

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How does the textbook describe an opioid withdrawal?

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Which is the least potent member of the opiate family?

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In 1898, Bayer laboratories marketed diacetylmorphine tablets under which brand name?

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Although pain relief is now the major medical use for opioids, they have been used to save many lives (especially in underdeveloped countries) because of their ability to do which of the following?

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What does the scientific name Papaver somniferum refer to?

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What was it believed that Samuel Taylor Coleridge was experiencing when he wrote the beautiful and very well-known poem "Kubla Khan"?

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Which Canadian or Canadian institution is responsible for the statement "Allowing and/or encouraging people to inject heroin into their veins is not harm reduction, it is the opposite...."?

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Which of the following is not medically available in Canada?

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Apart from their potential for abuse, opioids do have the beneficial medical use of all of the following EXCEPT which one?

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