Chapter 7 and 8 Drug and Tox Test Review

1. What is a stimulant? Give some examples.

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2. What is a hallucinogen? Give some examples.

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3. What is a narcotic? Give some examples. ___________________________________________________

4. Name an illustrated dictionary of medicines and drugs available at all drug stores. __________________________________________

5. What substances can be toxic (depending on the dosage)? ____________________________________________________

6. What is a spot test? ____________________________________

7. What type of test is a spot test? ___________________________

8. What drugs can be screened by a spot test? (on Ch 7 notes ppt.) ____________________________________________________

9. What types of chromatography are there? ____________________________________________________

10. What are analgesics? Give some common examples. ____________________________________________________

11. By what confirmation test can mixtures be analyzed? ____________________________________________________

12. By what method are mixtures separated? _____________________

13. Know the definition for all schedule levels in the Controlled Substance Act.

14. Who was the father of toxicity? ___________________________

15. How is toxicity determined? _______________________________

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16. What factors affect blood alcohol content? ____________________________________________________

17. What is Blood Alcohol Content? ____________________________

18. What is the current legal limit? ____________________________

19. What organ in the body metabolizes most of the alcohol consumed? ____________________________________________________

20. Is the concentration of alcohol in the breath proportional to the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream? _______________________

21. At what rate is alcohol removed from the body per hour? _________

22. Define the following terms:

Toxicity:_____________________________________________

Drug:________________________________________________

Retention Factor: ______________________________________

Chronic: _____________________________________________

Acute: ______________________________________________

Synergism:____________________________________________

LD50: ________________________________________________

Mees: _______________________________________________

23. What was Georgi Markov assassinated with? ______________

24. What percentage of traffic deaths are alcohol related? ______

25. What toxin leaves bright red lividity? __________________

26. What toxin leaves a burnt almond odor? __________________

27. What is the difference between a presumptive and a confirmatory test? Give examples of each.

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28. How can the spots on a chromatograph be compared to those of others?

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