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DSST Substance Abuse

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1. In a recent study - 65.6% of full time employees reported _______ use within the past month.






2. ________ can be found in many over-the-counter drugs.






3. Synthetic drugs which result from the altered chemical structures of illicit drugs are called __________________.






4. Alcohol - cigarettes - and _________ are called gateway drugs because their use is often believed to lead to the use of other stronger drugs.






5. Short acting drugs are used as __________ to treat insomnia and long acting drugs are used as sedatives to give prolonged relief from anxiety.






6. Cross tolerance exists between LSD - mescaline and __________.






7. Injecting an illegal drug intravenously is called __________.






8. ___________________ syndrome (NAS) is a group of problems that occur in a newborn who was exposed to addictive - illegal or prescription drugs while in the mother's womb.






9. Cocaine is derived from the ____ plant.






10. An irregular _____ _____ is called arrhythmia.






11. The legal opioid methadone - is used to treat heroin dependence by reducing severity of __________ symptoms.






12. Even the newest ______________ drugs are only a little better than placebo.






13. Methylphenidate and Ritalin are both ______________.






14. Approximately __% of people who use marijuana become addicted to it.






15. ______________ are unhealthy because they interfere with REM sleep.






16. Withdrawal symptoms may begin within hours or days after the smoker quits and may continue for several _______.






17. The remaining two principal factors affecting drug use are ______ and cultural.






18. The two main side effects of therapeutic doses of amphetamines are drug abuse and damage to the ______________ system.






19. Natives of the ______ mountains in Bolivia and Peru today still use coca as their ancestors did thousands of years ago.






20. Schedule IV drugs have a slightly higher chance of abuse than the Schedule V drugs. What most specifically distinguishes Schedule V drugs from the other schedules is that the drugs are regulated but don't require a ______________.






21. The part of the brain which controls ___________ is called basal ganglia.






22. Because heroin is more _______ ________ - it is more potent and faster acting than morphine even though the effects of the two substances are identical.






23. The exact mechanism by which alcohol exerts its effects in the ______ _______ _______ is unknown - but it is believed that its interactions with the GABA receptor are important.






24. There are currently no FDA approved OTC drugs for ______________.






25. A drug is FDA approved for OTC (Over the Counter) sales only after an advisory panel agrees it can be used safely when following the __________ on the label.






26. ______ causing chemicals contained in tobacco are called nitrosamines.






27. higher tolerance to heroin also results in higher tolerance to morphine and ________.






28. Cocaine ___ (Hydrochloride) is water soluble and can easily be injected intravenously.






29. The three types of drug users include: experimenters - compulsive users and ________.






30. ______________ and antipsychotics are two groups of drugs used to treat the symptoms associated with psychosis.






31. Experimenters primarily restrict drug usage to ______________ settings and are motivated by peer pressure and curiosity.






32. The use of alcohol is statistically associated with homicide - assault - _______ violence and suicide






33. The important Xanthine varieties are caffeine - theophylline - and _____________.






34. Transdermal literally means 'through the _____'.






35. The most common active ingredients contained in OTC sleep aids are ______________.






36. drug detoxification often relies upon ___________






37. Metabolites refer to the substances that are produced or left over when the body metabolizes (_______ ______) the drugs that have been consumed.






38. Kava Kava and St John's Wort are both _______ _______ - often used to treat mild depression.






39. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.






40. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.






41. Ecstasy falls under the category of synthetic or _________ drugs.






42. Medical science has used opium as a pain reliever and also to treat _________ and dehydration caused by dysentery.






43. The __________ of alcohol by the liver occurs at a constant rate that is not much influenced by body size.






44. Examples of damage to the cardiovascular system caused by medical doses of amphetamines include increased heart rate - raised _______ _________ - and damage to veins and arteries.






45. MDMA - popularly known as ecstasy - is a drug popular at clubs and '_____' since the 1980s.






46. A situation where repeated administration of the same dose of a drug results in gradually ___________ effects is called tolerance.






47. Glaucoma is a leading cause of ______ and its treatment is one of the possible medical uses of marijuana.






48. The second stage of drug addiction is increased use - in which the user starts to take increased amounts of the drug. This is followed by _____________ - the third stage of drug addiction.






49. Nitrites are sometimes called '________' and come in small vials or tubes.






50. Legal _______ drugs - ranked by amount of money spent each year: Alcohol ($104 billion) Tobacco ($51.9 billion) Coffee - Tea and Cocoa ($5.7 billion)