The Opiate Drugs, Codeine, Morphine, and Heroin, Are Highly Effective

question 9

Multiple Choice

The opiate drugs, codeine, morphine, and heroin, are highly effective painkillers, but they are dangerous. Why?

• A) While the manufacture of the drugs themselves is legal, the original source of them, opium, is not, so they support crime networks.
• B) They are also stimulants and can raise your heart rate and blood pressure to the point where you're at high risk of a stroke.
• C) They interact dangerously with commonly used drugs like nicotine.
• D) They are highly addictive and so once started, it's difficult to stop using them
• E) The manufacture of these drugs tends to be "underground," so there is a high risk of contamination.

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Definitions:

Previous Conditioning

The influence of past conditioning experiences on current behavior and learning.

Unconditioned Response

A natural, automatic reaction to a stimulus that occurs without prior learning or conditioning.

Salivation Elicited

The reflexive process of producing saliva in the mouth, often triggered by the anticipation of food, through both psychological and physiological responses.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally triggers a response without prior learning or conditioning.