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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Flashbacks are the recurrence of certain aspects of the drug experience weeks or months after an individual has taken ___.






2. The symptoms for withdrawal from any _________________ is similar to symptoms for alcohol withdrawal.






3. Acne and baldness in men - decreased breast size and facial hair in women are some of the side effects associated with ________________ use.






4. ________ is a substance that is responsible for more adverse health consequences and death than any other.






5. Drug _____ is to use a drug in a situation - manner or amount that it causes social - psychological - physical or occupational problems.






6. There are more than one ________ products currently abused as inhalants.






7. Drug testing in sports began in the ____s.






8. In the late 1800s the typical ______ user was a middle aged white woman who functioned well and was adjusted to her life as a wife and mother.






9. _________ is often referred to as the brain's major excitatory neurotransmitter.






10. The primary purpose for the creation of the 1938 Federal Food - Drug - and Cosmetic Act was ___________.






11. Opiates are drugs that contain _____ or one of its derivatives.






12. Amphetamines can be taken orally - intravenously or by _______.






13. Cannabis (marijuana) - Anabolic Steroids - Inhalants/Organic Solvents and narcotics are also found to be among the most ________ abused drugs.






14. The first stage of drug addiction is ______.






15. The 'cold turkey' method - in which the addict suffers the symptoms of withdrawal until the cravings for the drug are no longer felt - is the most ______ method of heroin detoxification.






16. Inhalant abuse can cause _______ - a state of oxygen deficiency in the body.






17. In 1970 - the FDA limited the legal use of ____________ to three medical conditions: narcolepsy - ADHD - and short term weight reduction programs.






18. College _________ had the lowest rate of current use of illicit drugs.






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






20. Tremors and rigidity are two symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Similar damage to the dopamine neurons can occur as a side effect of some ______________ drugs.






21. ___ involves using electric shock to induce convulsions in mental patients.






22. The pharmacological term for alcohol is _______.






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






24. Small doses of ______________ help narcoleptics stay alert.






25. The amount of drug that must be given to obtain a particular response is called _______.






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






27. Nicotine is exceptionally _____ and has been used as an insecticide.






28. In the relief stage - a user experiences satisfaction by _________ from negative feelings such as boredom - anger - stress - fatigue and loneliness.






29. The most important drug-metabolizing enzymes found in the liver belong to a group known as the ______ family of enzymes.






30. Stimulants can maintain wakefulness - give a user a sense of increased energy - decrease ________ and temporarily elevate the mood.






31. The time course of a drug's action depends on many things - including how the drug is administered - how quickly it is ______ - and how it is eliminated from the body.






32. A typical progression of drug use starts with ___________ and alcohol - and then marijuana before moving on to the stronger drugs - which is why these drugs are often called 'gateway' drugs.






33. Because of cross tolerance - methadone is effective at reducing the severity and delaying symptoms associated with heroin withdrawal. Methadone is a __________ opioid.






34. Drugs used to relieve _______ are called anxiolytics.






35. The parasympathetic branch of the autonomic system stimulates digestion - slows the heart - and has other effects associated with a _______ physiological state.






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






37. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.






38. When cocaine use is suddenly stopped - a 'crash' follows almost instantaneously that is characterized by an intense ________ for more cocaine.






39. Cardiac arrhythmia is a condition that occurs during ________ ________ ________ syndrome (SSDS)






40. GABA is a very widespread inhibitory neurotransmitter and ________ tends to have widespread inhibitory effects on neurons in the brain.






41. Alcohol dependence as a disease is also known as disease model of alcohol dependence and this concept did not become really popular until ______________________ began to have a major influence in the 1940s and 1950s






42. Nitrous oxide is used by _________ for light anesthesia and can be found as a propellant in whipped cream dispensers.






43. The most widely used licit social drug is _______.






44. Its believed that antipsychotic drugs work by blocking D2 ________ receptors.






45. LSD - PCP and mescaline are _____________.






46. Pharmacodynamic tolerance occurs when the brain attempts to maintain _____________ by altering the nervous system's sensitivity.






47. In the US - _______ was first used in psychiatry and as a local anesthetic.






48. ________ is used primarily in conjunction with surgical anesthesia and is approximately a hundred times as potent as morphine.






49. Psilocybin is the active psychoactive ingredient in _______________.






50. Clonidine can be administered by a _____________ ______ - which gradually releases the drug over a seven day period.