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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Methods of drug testing include urine - ____ - and saliva.






2. Smoking is involved in about ___ percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease.






3. The human body strives to maintain its internal environment within a certain range (temperature - blood pressure - etc); this ___________ is called homeostasis.






4. Originally marketed as a non-habit-forming substitute for codeine - ______ is derived from opium and is about three times as potent as morphine.






5. Many _________ drugs act by enhancing GABA inhibition.






6. ___ was originally used as a surgical anesthetic and has hallucinogenic effects different from LSD and mescaline (peyote cactus).






7. The three components of the nervous system are the central nervous system - the _______ system - and the autonomic system.






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






9. Not everyone praised the use of tobacco; many _______ it.






10. The preoccupation phase is characterized by _________ concern about the drug.






11. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.






12. MAO inhibitors - tricyclics and selective reuptake inhibitors are three types of ______________ drugs.






13. ____________ is the process by which sugar is converted into alcohol through the biochemical action of yeast.






14. Through fermentation - the alcohol concentration is limited to ___%.






15. Because _______ is lipid soluble - it is easily absorbed by the liver - heart - brain - lungs and reproductive organs.






16. Employee Assitance Programs or EAPs can also be known as _____ of Assistance programs.






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






18. Volatile substances will __________ at low temperatures.






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






20. The addiction rate for tobacco is 20 to 30% - for alcohol the rate is 15% - and for cocaine its __%.






21. Age ___ and older showed sharp drop in use.






22. Drugs designed to treat _________ _________. are being used as effective mood stabilizers.






23. Specialized nerve endings that recognize neurotransmitter molecules and cause a change in the electrical activity of the neuron when activated are called _________.






24. There are now more than 40 million former smokers in the United States - and about 90 percent of them report that they quit smoking _______ formal treatment programs.






25. Drugs with a high potential for abuse - no currently accepted medical use in the US - and declared unsafe are listed under Schedule _.






26. Naloxone or __________ is used to reverse the depressed respiration resulting from an opioid overdose.






27. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms are more severe and more likely to cause death than withdrawal from _______.






28. When alcohol is heated and the vapors are condensed into liquid form again - the process is called ____________.






29. American _______ / Alaska Natives are the racial ethnic group that report the highest illicit drug use for the past month.






30. GHB is a clear - colorless - odorless liquid associated with _____ ____.






31. Bupropion is an ________________ used to reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms.






32. ___________ is a precancerous lesion caused by chewing tobacco.






33. When nonsmokers inhale cigarette smoke from their ___________ it is called passive smoking.






34. The effective dose (ED50) for LSD is many __________ of times smaller than that of other psychoactive drugs.






35. During the 1800s - opium and morphine were the active ingredients found in many American ________ ________.






36. Although they were originally called _____________ - antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis without producing drowsiness.






37. With _______ parodoxical effects include bizarre uninhibited behavior - rage - hostility and paranoia.






38. The _____________ curve is a graph comparing the size of response to a drug to the amount of a drug taken.






39. ___________ is considered the fifth and final stage of drug addiction.






40. Also known as narcotics - _______ are a group of analgesic drugs that cause a dreamlike state; high doses can induce sleep.






41. LSD is one of the most potent ____________ drugs.






42. The first stage of drug addiction is ______.






43. CNS depressants that promote relaxation and relieve anxiety are called _________.






44. Small doses of ______________ help narcoleptics stay alert.






45. An interesting effect of LSD use is that of ___________ - a 'mixing of senses.'






46. Many drug users are 'controlled' users and their drug use is _______ to those around them.






47. ___ is normally ineffective when taken orally and is usually snorted - smoked - or taken by injection.






48. Family and friends of controlled users are often completely unaware of this person's drug use. Controlled users place ___________ constraints on their drug use - for example never on a workday - never around children - etc.






49. The combination of amphetamine or cocaine with an opioid narcotic--often heroin--is called a _________.






50. The category of volatile substances includes adhesives (glues) - aerosols (hair spray - spray paint) - fuels (gasoline - propane) - and office supplies (____ ____ markers).