Which law enforcement agency was responsible for the development of the original DRE program?
Los Angeles Police Department
There is probably less consistency in the signs and symptoms of _____ than there is with any other drug category.
Inhalants
Bradycardia means ________.
an unusually slow pulse rate
What is the chemical name for Heroin?
Diacetylmorphine
For the DXM user, the _____ is where the mind and body dissociate or an "out of body" experience occurs.
4th Plateau
What categories of drugs were included in the John Hopkins Evaluation?
CNS Depressants, CNS Stimulants, and Cannabis
Bruxism is usually associated with someone under the influence of what DRE drug category?
CNS Stimulants
What is the name of the pulse point located in the crease of the wrist?
Radial
Crack cocaine reaches the brain most quickly when it is ____?
smoked
______ is defined as an adjustment of the eyes for viewing at various distances, meaning the pupils will automatically constrict as objects move closer and dilate as objects mover farther away.
Accommodation Reflex
In the 1985 Los Angeles Field Study, slightly more than __________ percent of subjects evaluated were found to have more than one drug in them.
70%
Which of the following DRE drug categories is NOT likely to affect pupil size?
Dissociative Anesthetics
The Pulmonary Artery is unique because it is the only artery that ______.
carries blood depleted of oxygen
This drug is an analog of Phencyclidine.
Ketamine
A subject under the influence of an Inhalant whose blood pressure is lowered, but has an elevated pulse rate, is most likely to have used ___________.
an anesthetic gas
In the 1985 Los Angeles Field Study, the drug most often detected (excluding alcohol) was _________.
Which subcategory of Inhalants usually causes below average pulse rate?
No subcategory: all Inhalants elevate pulse rate
Sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves are the two nerve groups within which subsystem?
Autonomic nervous system
What is considered a medical application for Marinol?
Suppression of nausea
How does the drug Methaqualone affect the eyes in a way unlike most CNS Depressants?
It produces mydriasis
Which landmark expert testimony court decision requires the court to have a "gate-keeper" role and screen evidence?
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals
The drug Zolpidem is in what sub-category of CNS Depressants?
Sedative-Hypnotics
What are the sounds we hear when we take a blood pressure measurement?
Korotkoff sounds
Peyote, Psilocybin and Salvia Divinorum are examples of a __________ Hallucinogen.
Natural
When examining a drug-impaired subject who is tolerant to the effects of the specific drug, the DRE is most likely to observe ________.
Clinical signs of impairment