1. According to Gabor Mat, addiction is:

a. Completely curable

b. A quest for pleasure

c. Unrelated to development in-utero

d. An attempt to escape distress

2. Mat is a controversial figure due to his beliefs surrounding:

a. Government funding to give addicts clean heroin for free

b. Harm reduction practices, including safe injection sites

c. Encouraging pregnant women to continue drug use during pregnancy

d. Releasing all individuals imprisoned due to drug-related charges

3. In one chapter of his text, Mat quotes an opiate user who compares heroin to:

a. Seeing God

b. Euphoria

c. A warm, soft hug

d. The end of all pain

4. Of the hallucinogens/designer drugs, which is also commonly used as an animal tranquilizer?

a. PCP

b. Molly

c. Meth

d. Ketamine

5. Of the various modes of drug administration into your body, which acts most quickly on your central nervous system?

a. Intravenous

b. Inhalation

c. Transdermal

d. Snorting

6. Why do some clinicians find the stages of change model to be so useful?

a. It can help to guide treatment interventions

b. It determines the likelihood of relapse

c. It assess the clients readiness for change

d. a & c

e. c only

7. This part of the brain is thought to play the most primary role in the brains reward system/function:

a. The mesolimbic dopamine pathway

b. The prefrontal cortex

c. The nucleus accumbens

d. The ventral tegmental area

8. 5-HT receptors are synonymous with this neurotransmitter:

a. Dopamine

b. Norepinephrine

c. Acetylcholine

d. Serotonin

9. In the Vargas memoir excerpt, she states that she could stop drinking for:

a. Her children

b. Her marriage

c. Her job

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

10. One disadvantage of group treatment is:

a. It is more cost effective for members

b. Increased awareness

c. Confidentiality is not guaranteed

d. Diverse perspectives abound in group therapy