Title: Drugs and Society Text: Ninth Edition, Glen R. Hanson, Peter J. Venturelli, Annette E. Fleckenstein
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1:  The decline of patent medicines began with passage of:
A: Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
B: Harrison Act of 1914
C: Narcotics Control Act of 1956
D: Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988

2:  Thalidomide:
A: was used as a sedative for pregnant women.
B: causes phocomelia in mothers that used the drug.
C: is a schedule I narcotic.
D: is available OTC to treat morning sickness.

3:  Phase I clinical trials:
A: involve thousands of health volunteers.
B: involve a few patients with a medical problem a drug is intended to treat, and is designed to determine the safety of a drug.
C: precede filing of an IND.
D: do not require FDA oversight.

4:  The orphan drug law:
A: provides financial assistance to children lacking one or both parents.
B: allows companies to receive tax advantages if they develop drugs that designed to treat rare diseases and hence are not very profitable.
C: permits rarely used drugs to be marketed by prescription.
D: permits rapid development of drugs for serious illnesses for which there is not cure.

5:  Drugs in which of the following schedules generally have the lowest abuse potential?
A: Schedule I
B: Schedule II
C: Schedule IV
D: Schedule V

6:  The most common example of this strategy is the use of the narcotic methadone to treat the heroin addict.
A: supply reduction
B: experimentation therapy
C: replacement therapy
D: none of the above

7:  Broadcast advertisements for prescription drugs must include the product's most important risk-related information.
A: True
B: False

8:  The Opium Poppy Control Act was the first legitimate effort by the government to regulate addicting substances.
A: True
B: False

9:  Interdiction is defined as increasing the supply of illegal drugs by imposing stiff penalties for trafficking.
A: True
B: False

10:  An over-the-counter drug not generally recognized as safe or effective for the claimed therapeutic indication is classified as:
A: Category I
B: Category II
C: Category III
D: Category IV

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