instructions:
This is an open book, non-proctored, and non-timed examination. Material covered in this examination comes from your reading assignments for the last four weeks of this class. You must make connections to and properly cite the reading materials in each of your answers.
The exam is due by 11:55pm Sunday at the end of its assigned week. All APUS assignments are due per Eastern Time. Exam deadlines cannot be customized for different time zones. Students in another time zone will need to submit earlier to avoid being locked out.
Answer each question thoroughly and clearly, and ground it in course reading material. Essay answers must be more than 3 or 4 brief sentences, but kept within the bounds of an essay exam (2 - 6 paragraphs). All your writing must be in your own words. Paraphrase (restate what you read) rather than copying material from course readings or the Internet. No copying is permitted in this course and doing so will result in zero points on the exam. Answers must be written in narrative, paragraph form. Lists and/or sentence fragments also will not receive points.
Each Final Exam question will be evaluated using a grading rubric. Please see the link to the MS Word document containing the grading rubric (below).
Question 1 (10 points)
What are some of the principles of effective treatment for substance abuse and dependence.
Question 2 (10 points)
Could the public associate a valuable medicinal agent (i.e., a medicine) with the dark world of doping and performance-enhancing drugs? Even worse, could some people accuse these companies of developing drugs that could be misused by athletes as a way of enhancing sales? Discuss the implications.
Question 3 (10 points)
What are the behavioral symptoms of marijuana use?
Question 4 (10 points)
Discuss sleep aids and cough-and-cold remedies as some of the other classes of over-the-counter drugs.