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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.
Decrease
Body
Hydrochloride
Congeners
2. Contextual factors refer to how physical ______________ affect drug use; i.e. being at home vs. being in a rock concert or in a dance club.
Coca
Surroundings
Phenothiazines
Caffenism
3. Cause of death with opioid overdose is usually suppressed __________.
Glucosamine
Designer
Alcoholics Anonymous
Breathing
4. ___ involves using electric shock to induce convulsions in mental patients.
San Salvador
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
Weight control
Football
5. A ________ book written in 2737 BC by Chinese emperor Shen Nung contains the earliest reference to Cannabis.
Perceived risk
One half
V
Pharmacy
6. GABA is a very widespread inhibitory neurotransmitter and ________ tends to have widespread inhibitory effects on neurons in the brain.
Amphetamines
Alcohol
Cocaine
Substitution
7. The three types of drug users include: experimenters - compulsive users and ________.
Sedatives
Floaters
Breathing
Large
8. Precursors are the raw materials from which _________________ are made and are found circulating in the blood supply and generally in the brain.
Heroin
Common
Surroundings
Neurotransmitters
9. Most psychoactive drugs can be categorized as stimulants - depressants - opioids - hallucinogens - or _________________ agents.
Lipid solubility
Psychotherapeutic
20
Patches
10. licit drug use - alcohol - tobacco - caffeine
Xanthines
Molecular
Legal Recreational Use
Detoxification
11. Adopted sons whose __________ fathers were alcohol dependent have a much greater than average chance of becoming alcohol dependent than adopted sons of non-alcoholic fathers.
Day
Biological
Medicine
Addictive
12. With _______ parodoxical effects include bizarre uninhibited behavior - rage - hostility and paranoia.
Al
48
Benzodiazepines
200
13. Inhalant abuse is usually a problem among children and ___________.
Naloxone
Medical
Cocaine
Adolescents
14. Although they were originally called _____________ - antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis without producing drowsiness.
95
Anxiety
Tranquilizers
Blood pressure
15. The introduction of antipsychotic drugs have caused a dramatic ________ in the population of mental hospitals.
Cocaine
10
One hour
Decrease
16. Amphetamine abusers often use ___________ - such as barbiturates to counteract the hyperactive feelings associated with high doses of amphetamines.
Neurotransmitters
Detoxification
Plants
Depressants
17. LSD is a synthetic substance and is the most ______ and notorious of the hallucinogens.
Employee Assitance Programs
Narcan
Potent
Spinal cord
18. 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.
Opioid
10
Medicinal herbs
Psychoactive
19. The most common antidepressants used today are ____s.
Interactions
Blood thinners
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Dopamine
20. Smoking is involved in about ___ percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease.
Phenothiazines
30
Tranquilizers
Withdrawal
21. The withdrawal symptoms for a ______ user whose drug usage has consisted of a low daily dose resemble a mild case of intestinal flu.
100
Heroin
V
Marijuana
22. Caffeine is the world's most popular drug and frequently used _________.
25
More
Antidepressant
Stimulant
23. Permanent brain damage - loss of muscle control - damage to the liver - heart - blood - and bone marrow are all possible consequences of _____ abuse.
Theobromine
Preoccupation
Methylphenidate
Inhalant
24. The three types are drug disposition tolerance - behavioral tolerance - and _________________ tolerance.
Watery
Pharmacodynamic
Federal
Stimulant
25. Inhalant abuse can cause _______ - a state of oxygen deficiency in the body.
Hypoxia
Tobacco
Felt tip
Inhalant
26. Examples of Schedule III substances include anabolic _________ and GHB.
Steroids
One half
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Nail polish
27. _________ is an effective antipsychotic drug with the unfortunate side effect of inhibiting white blood cell production.
Medical
Phenothiazines
Antidepressant
Clozapine
28. A common lung disease caused by smoking is _________.
Freebase
Cross tolerant
Medicine
Emphysema
29. Approximately __% of people who use marijuana become addicted to it.
10
Freebase
Marijuana
Opioids
30. The leading cause of death in the US is _____________.
Heart Disease
Somatic
Craving
Synthetic
31. Three derivatives of the cannabis plant are __________ - hashish - and ganja.
Sinsemilla
Mushrooms
Tranquilizers
Cannabinoids
32. Common opioids include morphine - codeine - _____ and methadone.
Heroin
Directions
Motor
0.4
33. Medical science has used opium as a pain reliever and also to treat _________ and dehydration caused by dysentery.
Diarrhea
Psychoactive
Available
Synthetic
34. Examples of Schedule I drugs include _______ - LSD - and marijuana.
Heroin
Tobacco
Rock
Pharmaceutical
35. Fast acting drugs are the most likely to produce _____________ dependence.
Mental retardation
4-6
Psychological
Inhalant
36. CYP450 enzymes ______ toxic chemicals once they are eaten.
Heroin
41
Eliminate
Dronabinol
37. The DEA is the primary _______ agency responsible for enforcing U.S. drug laws.
Fluoxetine
Employee Assitance Programs
Mushrooms
Federal
38. Social factors refer to things such as _____ - family background - subculture - etc. that can influence drug use. Cultural factors refer to broader customs and traditions within the society--i.e. in certain cultures - there may be a culture that enco
Safely
Peers
Analgesic
Fentanyl
39. Usually it takes approximately ___ years of heavy drinking of the equivalent of a pint or more of whiskey a day to develop cirrhosis of the liver.
Marinol
Hallucinogen
Al
10
40. The 66 unique chemicals found in cannabis are called ____________.
Cannabinoids
25
Patches
Stimulant
41. ____ - also known as Ecstasy - produces both stimulant and hallucinogenic effects.
MDMA
Potency
Depressants
Breaks down
42. A person who has narcolepsy falls ______ as often as 50 times a day.
Asleep
Half life
Hypnotics
Alcohol
43. 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
Nail polish
Strychnine
Alcoholics Anonymous
6 -000
44. Ice is also known as '______________'.
Caffenism
Diagnostic
Crystal meth
Year
45. The human body strives to maintain its internal environment within a certain range (temperature - blood pressure - etc); this ___________ is called homeostasis.
Equilibrium
Prozac
Thousands
Medicine
46. Since 1956 - the leaf tobacco content in cigarettes has been reduced by approximately __ percent.
10
100
Moderate
25
47. Only lipid-soluble substances can pass the _____________ barrier.
Physical
Blood-brain
Dose dependent
III
48. Drug _____ is to use a drug in a situation - manner or amount that it causes social - psychological - physical or occupational problems.
Physical
Crack
Abuse
Opposed
49. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.
Phenothiazines
Cancer
Memory
Phyiscal
50. Another word for ____________ is psychedelic.
Medical
Brain tissue
Placenta
Hallucinogen