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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and hashish is ___.






2. Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse - no current ________ use in the US and have been declared unsafe.






3. High School ____ had the highest rate of current use of illicit drugs (9%).






4. Oral ingestion can be compared to intranasal administration (snorting) in that it is absorbed much more _______ than smoking or IV injection.






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






6. Most illicit _______________ consumed in the United States is produced in small laboratories which might exist for only a few days in a remote area before moving on.






7. Cocaine is used for _________ ___________ and vasoconstriction for surgery of the mouth - nose - and throat.






8. 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.






9. Jimsonweed a potent hallucinogenic plant and is also known as ____ _____.






10. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse - the typical narcotic habit costs $100 per ___.






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






12. Common opioids include morphine - codeine - _____ and methadone.






13. The ______ ______ ______ company was responsible for the smuggling of opium into China during the 1800s.






14. Cannabis was declared illegal in the US in the year ____.






15. Marinol is a ____________ controlled substance.






16. Clonidine is an opioide agonist drug (similar to methadone) used in heroin ______________.






17. Three stimulants used by athletes in the early 1800s and 1900s were __________ - cocaine - and caffeine.






18. The four ways to administer heroin are sniffing - _______ injection (intramuscular) - smoking - and intravenous injection (mainlining).






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






20. The opioid antagonist __________ selectively blocks opioid effects - preventing the user from experiencing the reinforcing effects of the abused drug (for example - heroin).






21. Nicotine is often thought of as being a mild _________ - but it also seems to have some of the relaxant properties of a low dose of a depressant.






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






23. The Soviets were the first to use ________ to build up their athletes.






24. Excessive use of either cocaine or amphetamine can result in paranoid psychosis in which the individual loses touch with reality and experiences auditory ______________.






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






26. The FDA restricted amphetamine use to _____ ______ weight reduction programs in 1970.






27. Since 1956 - the leaf tobacco content in cigarettes has been reduced by approximately __ percent.






28. drug detoxification often relies upon ___________






29. National Prohibition of alcohol was successful in _________ alcohol consumption and alcoholrelated problems - but also led to a loss of alcohol taxes and increased law breaking.






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






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






32. Most illicit drugs cause an addiction in both the mother and the infant because drugs (cocaine - barbiturates - heroin - etc) pass through the _________ and reach the baby.






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






34. The DEA is the primary _______ agency responsible for enforcing U.S. drug laws.






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






36. The concentration of _______ found in the blood is called the BAC.






37. Marijuana is known to lower intraocular (within the eye) pressure associated with ________.






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






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






40. Beer is created by adding ______ malt to cereal grains.






41. Federal laws which prohibited the sale of alcohol from 1920 to ____ are called prohibition.






42. The unemployed are _____ likely to use illicit drugs than those who are employed.






43. LSD - PCP and mescaline are _____________.






44. There are several FDA approved prescription drugs used to treat ________ - but only Lunesta has been approved for long term use.






45. A _______ drug is capable of passing the blood-brain barrier and influencing the brain's activity.






46. Drugs include any substances which can impair a person's ability to _______ function in society.






47. Benzodiazepines are classified by their ________ of action.






48. When using snuff or chewing tobacco - nicotine is absorbed through the ______ lining of the mouth.






49. Psychological dependence develops most rapidly when the drug hits the ______ quickly.






50. Drug assistance programs for drug-dependent employees are called _________.