CHAPTER 4 Substance Abuse^79
care professionals know how to self medicate. Furthermore, revealing your own
abuse of drugs places the healthcare provider’s license and livelihood in jeopardy.
There are tests available to determine if a person has taken drugs, however
those tests are not foolproof. There is a chance that the results will be a false pos-
itive or false negative.
Commonly abused drugs fall into one of five groups. These are heroin, cocaine,
cannabis, hallucinogens, and inhalants. Although many of the drugs that are in
these groups are illegal in the United States, some of them are legal in other
countries.
Quiz
- Tolerance to a drug occurs when
(a) a drug is no longer effective.
(b) a person becomes addicted to a drug.
(c) a higher dose is required to achieve the same therapeutic effect.
(d) None of the above. - A patient undergoing withdrawal from hashish is treated by
(a) administering a lower dose of hashish.
(b) administering a sedative.
(c) doing nothing.
(d) prescribing exercise. - When a patient is withdrawing from LSD,
(a) provide massive doses of tranquilizers.
(b) restrain the patient.
(c) talk down the patient.
(d) isolate the patient. - A patient who only takes prescription drugs cannot become dependent on
the drug.
(a) True
(b) False - Some drugs increase a person’s performance.
(a) True
(b) False