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Drugs and Behavior Fall 2023, Examination #2 Potential short answer questions Compare and contrast the effects produced by methamphetamine and amphetamine (5 points). Please explain the process one must complete in order to convert powder cocaine into smokable cocaine (5 points). Please explain how one might draw an analogy between deaths that occurred between 1920 and 1933 and recent fatal drug overdoses (5 points). Describe at least two off-label uses of cocaine and amphetamine (5 points). Please described the circumstances surrounding the development of Coca Cola (5 points). Compare and contrast statistical significance and functional significance when seeking to determine cognitive impairments (5 points). Compare and contrast diphenhydramine and zolpidem (5 points).

Potential essay questions Please write an essay describing amphetamine-induced neurotoxicity, including the mechanism(s) by which it occurs. In your response, included dose information as well as information about how it might be lessened or even prevented (10 points). Please list the main three classes of antidepressants. In your response, include a medication from each class and describe their mechanism of action (10 points). Compare and contrast the pharmacological, neurobiological, and behavioral effects produced by cocaine and methamphetamine (10 points). Please explain how federal penalties for cocaine violations changed as a result of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 ? Also, assess how well the changes corresponded with the recommendations made by the U.S. Sentencing Commission in 1994 (10 points). Please discuss at least two pieces of evidence that call into question some of E.M. Jellinek’s assumptions about “alcoholics.” One claim he made was that any amount of alcohol in an alcoholic’s bloodstream triggers uncontrollable alcohol drinking. Thus, he posited that the only treatment is total abstinence (10 points). Please write an essay discussing at least three pieces of evidence that demonstrates that tobacco industry executives knowing misled the public about the potential harmful effects of cigarette smoking on the health of the smoker (10 points).

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