Zoe Is a Psychologist Who Studies Addiction

question 44

Multiple Choice

Zoe is a psychologist who studies addiction. Zoe is asked to create a presentation for high school and university students that will inform them about the dangers of using drugs and hopefully deter them from doing so. Zoe places particular emphasis on opioids, due to the current opioid epidemic. However, she will also make sure that she covers marijuana and alcohol in sufficient detail.
-Zoe provides an in-depth explanation about how drugs of abuse affect the brain.She explains that cocaine increases the levels of dopamine in the brain by _____________________.

• A) stimulating the release of more dopamine in the synapse
• B) increasing the production of dopamine
• C) blocking the reuptake of dopamine
• D) inhibiting enzymes that would normally destroy dopamine

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