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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Millions of marijuana users never go beyond the _______ drugs.
Months
Peers
Gateway
Lungs
2. All reinforcing drugs (drugs that reinforce their use) stimulate dopamine neurons in the __________ system.
Cocaine
DMT
Mesolimbic
Prescription
3. Crack is obtained by mixing cocaine with simple _________ chemicals - including baking soda and water - and then drying it--resulting in a lump of smokable cocaine.
Directions
Household
Heart Disease
Alcohol
4. Almost all alcoholics suffering from withdrawal symptoms (about __%) can be treated in outpatient programs.
10
95
Alcoholics Anonymous
Ethanol
5. Historically - as _______ use declined - amphetamine use increased.
Antipsychotics
Cocaine
Clozapine
Potent
6. The two ways psychoactive drugs achieve their effect is either by altering availability of the ___________ or by acting directly on the receptor.
Poorer
Potent
Transdermal patch
Transmitter
7. CNS depressants include: alcohol - ______________ - opioids - benzodiazepines and barbiturates.
Methylphenidate
Months
Sedative hypnotic
Antihistamines
8. There are several FDA approved prescription drugs used to treat ________ - but only Lunesta has been approved for long term use.
Norepinephrine
Laughing gas
Mucous membranes
Insomnia
9. The amount of drug that must be given to obtain a particular response is called _______.
Crystal meth
Amino acids
Constant
Potency
10. The most commonly abused types of drugs include _______ - tobacco - stimulants - hallucinogens and depressants.
Heroin
Nutrients
Barbiturate
Alcohol
11. This type of alcohol can be added to gasoline to reduce pollution - used in cleaners and _________ - as well as in medical research.
Benzodiazepines
Illicit
Solvents
Involuntary
12. Methods of drug testing include urine - ____ - and saliva.
Spirits
Hair
Ethanol
Amphetamines
13. Since 1956 - the leaf tobacco content in cigarettes has been reduced by approximately __ percent.
25
Psychological
Legal Recreational Use
Blood pressure
14. Drugs designed to treat _________ _________. are being used as effective mood stabilizers.
Epileptic seizures
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
James
Alcohol
15. _________ are the oldest stimulants known. They are found in tea - coffee - soft drinks and chocolate.
Felt tip
Xanthines
Norepinephrine
Blood pressure
16. Nicotine withdrawal symptoms include craving for tobacco - ____________ - restlessness - and anxiety.
Peyote cactus
Low
Irritability
Magic mushrooms
17. Dopamine - acetylcholine - norepinephrine - serotonin - GABA - glutamate - and endorphins are all _________________ associated with the actions of the psychoactive drugs.
Amphetamines
Neurotransmitters
Neonatal abstinence
GABA
18. 'Opioid' is another word for '_____'.
Opiate
Illicit
Surroundings
Depressants
19. One of the most important factors which determine the potency of CNS drugs is the ________________ of the molecules.
Dopamine
Barbiturate
Lungs
Lipid solubility
20. _________ is often referred to as the brain's major excitatory neurotransmitter.
Dopamine
Glutamate
Cocaine
Alcohol
21. The FDA restricted amphetamine use to _____ ______ weight reduction programs in 1970.
Designer
Epileptic seizures
Short term
Neurotransmitters
22. Floaters (chippers) usually don't maintain their own supply of drugs but prefer to use...
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23. Because _______ is lipid soluble - it is easily absorbed by the liver - heart - brain - lungs and reproductive organs.
Breathing
Biological
Toluene
Peers
24. Cocaine is derived from the ____ plant.
Glaucoma
Coca
Eliminate
Insomnia
25. Legal _______ drugs - ranked by amount of money spent each year: Alcohol ($104 billion) Tobacco ($51.9 billion) Coffee - Tea and Cocoa ($5.7 billion)
Potency
Substitution
Brain
Social
26. Benzodiazepines are classified by their ________ of action.
Dependency
Duration
Transmitter
Watery
27. Herbs and _________ were used by early Greeks in Olympic games to enhance their performance.
Toluene
Hepatitis
Mushrooms
Atypical
28. The effective dose (ED50) for LSD is many __________ of times smaller than that of other psychoactive drugs.
Distillation
British East India
Thousands
Months
29. Anabolic steroids build muscle mass by stimulating the conversion of _________ into tissue.
Nutrients
Physical
High
Steroids
30. licit drug use - alcohol - tobacco - caffeine
Mucous
Marijuana
Legal Recreational Use
Psychedelics
31. Although they were originally called _____________ - antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis without producing drowsiness.
Instrumental
Tranquilizers
Duration
Amphetamines
32. ________ antipsychotics are effective at reducing both the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
Opioids
Atypical
Steroids
Cross tolerant
33. For some drugs - the dependence is mostly _______________ - whereas for others - a user may develop a heavy physical dependence on the drug with just a few uses.
Sleeping pills
Football
Potent
Psychological
34. ______ causing chemicals contained in tobacco are called nitrosamines.
Cancer
Potent
Tremors
Heroin
35. The parasympathetic branch of the autonomic system stimulates digestion - slows the heart - and has other effects associated with a _______ physiological state.
Caffeine
Prescription
Antihistamines
Relaxed
36. Some examples of stimulants include cocaine - ______________ - and caffeine.
One hour
Long
Amphetamines
Less
37. To make coca paste - coca leaves are mixed with _________ or gasoline and then filtered to form the paste.
Mainlining
Kerosene
Thousands
Blood thinners
38. Prozac is the brand name for the antidepressant drug __________. It inhibits the reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin.
Illegal Instrumental Use
LSD
Fluoxetine
Ethanol
39. Chemicals in the brain that produce effects similar to morphine and other opium derived drugs are called __________.
Sleeping pills
Endorphines
Eliminate
Nicotine
40. A person under the influence of CNS depressants will appear drunk. Intoxicating effects include drowsiness - slurred speech - and ___________.
Crystal meth
Preoccupation
THC
Staggering
41. The opioid antagonist __________ selectively blocks opioid effects - preventing the user from experiencing the reinforcing effects of the abused drug (for example - heroin).
Naltrexone
Taxes
Al
Cannabis sativa
42. The three types of names that are applied to drugs are the _______ name - the chemical name - and the brand name.
Cocaine
Detoxification
Generic
Barley
43. Tobacco is responsible for ___ thousand US deaths each year.
20
Obesity
Schedule I
440
44. At first - tobacco was almost universally accepted as a ________.
Year
Medicine
34
Diminishing
45. _______ withdrawal often lacks the severe physical symptoms that occur with heroin or alcohol withdrawal.
Lipid solubility
Sleeping pills
Cocaine
Spinal cord
46. Nicotine affects the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the reward/________ pathways of the brain.
Pleasure
90
Analgesic
Endorphines
47. Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse - no current ________ use in the US and have been declared unsafe.
Glucosamine
Lungs
Medical
Poorer
48. Drug induced respiratory depression is also called _______________ and is a common type of drug overdose death.
Hypoventilation
10
Licit
Involuntary
49. A person suffering from ________________ will exhibit symptoms of both depression and mania.
Naloxone
Methamphetamine
Leukoplakia
Bipolar disorder
50. Physiological effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) include ________ in body temperature - heart rate and blood pressure - sweating and dilation of eye pupils.
Autonomic
Patent medicines
Increase
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