Drugs & Poisons

Question:

A police officer performs a field test on a white powder, obtaining a purple color. The most likely drug present is:

Answer:

Heroin

Question:

The reagent used for the field test of heroin is:

Answer:

Marquis

Question

Identify marijuana’s classification

Answer

Hallucinogen

Question

The most common diluent of heroin is:

Answer:

Quinine

Question:

Drugs deemed to have the highest potential for abuse and have a current medical use are listed in which schedule of the Controlled Substances Act?

Answer:

Schedule II

Question

Drugs deemed to have the highest potential for abuse and have NO medical use are listed in which schedule of the Controlled Substances Act?

Answer:

Schedule I

Question:

There is a significant likelihood that continued use of this drug will result in a low degree of psychological dependence.

Answer:

Marijuana

Question:

Regular use of the following drug may lead to physical dependency

Answer:

Ethyl Alcohol

Question:

The most satisfying way of simultaneously separating and tentatively identifying drugs is by:

Answer

Chromatography

Question

Heroin is a chemical derivative of:

Answer:

Morphine

Question:

Name a drug that is produced and does not occur naturally

Answer:

Amphetamine

Question:

Name an analytical technique that is considered to be a specific test in a drug identification scheme

Answer:

Infrared spectrophotometry

Question:

Fill in the blank: Hashish is a

concentrated preparation of _________.

Answer:

Marijuana

Question:

Fill in the blank:The active ingredient of marijuana is _________.

Answer:

tetrahydrocannabinol

Question:

Prior to ______ marijuana was classified as a narcotic drug.

Answer:

1970

Question:

Marijuana is synthesized from the what type of plant?

Answer:

Cannabis sativa L

Question:

The source of most analgesic narcotics is

Answer:

Opium

Question:

Opium is a milky gummy juice from

the pod of this plant:

Answer:

Papaver somniferium

Question

Name three popular “club drugs”

Answer:

MDMARohypnolGHBKetamine

Question:

Caffeine, Amphetamines and Cocaine are all examples of _____________.

Answer

Stimulants

Question:

Alcohol is eliminated from the body chemically unchanged in:

Answer

UrineBreathPerspiration

Question:

Alcohol is oxidized in the body, primarily in

Answer

The liver

Question:

A breath test may be used to analyze

Answer

Alcohol

Question

Blood samples must be kept refrigerated so that the alcohol concentration does not _________ with time.

Answer:

Decrease

Question:

With a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 percent, what are the chances of being in an automobile accident (if you are the driver)?

Answer:

25 times higher than normal

What percentage of alcohol is absorbed through the stomach walls into the portal vein of the blood system?

Answer:

20%

Question:

The blood alcohol concentration level for being presumed to be legally “under the influence” in most states is:

Answer

0.08%

Question:

The elimination of “burn off” rate of alcohol average _____% w/v per hour.

Answer

0.015

Question:

The ratio of alcohol in the blood to alcohol in alveoli air is approximately:

Answer:

2100 to one

Question:

Alcohol is broken down in the liver by ______.

Answer

oxidation

Question

What is alcohol’s classification?

Answer

depressant

Question

Is Alcohol distributed nearly evenly throughout water portions of the body by the blood?

Answer:

Yes

Question:

The Breathalyzer measures the absorption of light by __________.

Answer

Potassium dichromate

Question:

The analytical technique widely used for directly measuring the amount of alcohol present in the blood is

Answer:

Gas Chromatography

Question

Name a drug that is not found in blood or urine.

Answer:

Heroin

Question:

Name at least one out of three psychophysical test which a police officer may give to an individual suspected of being under the influence of alcohol?

Answer:

Walk and Turn Stand on one leg horizontal gaze

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