ALC Psychopharm Exam Bank Solution Manual Already Passed
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ALC Psychopharm Exam Bank Solution Manual Already Passed
Alcohol has a long history of use - Answers • Alcohol use dates back to ancient Egypt and
Babylonia (8000BCE)
• The American temperance movement began in the
1830s
• Prohibition (18th Amendment) took effect in 1920
▪ Illegal pr...
ALC Psychopharm Exam Bank Solution Manual Already Passed
Alcohol has a long history of use - Answers • Alcohol use dates back to ancient Egypt and
Babylonia (8000BCE)
• The American temperance movement began in the
1830s
• Prohibition (18th Amendment) took effect in 1920
▪ Illegal production often produced toxic forms;
spawned organized crime mobs; repealed in 1933 (methanol)
Alcohol and ethanol - Answers ▪ Second most-commonly used psychoactive drug
in modern society
Ethanol:
produced by
fermentation of
sugars by
yeasts;
produces
alcohol and
CO2
-most misued
Psychopharmacology of Alcohol - Answers The pharmacokinetics of alcohol determines its
bioavailability
• Ethanol is a small molecule that can't be ionized;
mixes readily with water; not very lipid soluble
• Easily absorbed from the GI tract; distributed
throughout the body, entering most tissues,
, including the brain (small intensitine, placental and blood brain barrier cross)
• Behavioral effects are described according to blood
alcohol concentration (BAC) rather than amount
ingested-how much is bioavaliable
• In general take a BAC of - Answers 0.02% (20mg EtOH/100ml
blood) to produce behavioral effects
Alcohol Dosage - Answers "dose" in beverages typically given in proof, which is
double the actual volumetric percentage in beverage
College Students Pour a 'Nice' (i.e., Large) Drink! - Answers give people different volume of cups, 6 10 12
oz ask them to pour a shot students pour more on average as size of cup increases
-size of cup increases amount poured in cup increases (framing effect)
Legal limits for driving - Answers • large range across nations
▪ 0.0% − 0.08%
• United States:
▪ October 2000: legislation stating all states must
pass 0.08% legal limit or face loss of federal
highway funds
▪ all 50 states compliant by 2003
❑ Michigan "sunset clause": 0.10% in
2013/2018/2021...???
▪ all also have zero tolerance laws for drivers under
age of 21
❑ actual limit range 0.0 − 0.02%
▪ enhanced penalty laws in 42ish states
❑ levels ranging > 0.15 − 0.2%
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