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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Introduced as a ____ law - the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) was not meant to be punitive and it made no reference to users of narcotics.
Tax
Alcohol
60
Opium
2. 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.
Neurotransmitters
Common
Instrumental
25
3. The most widely used __________ is alcohol.
Depressant
One hour
Pinpoint
Employee Assitance Programs
4. Most drugs are derived directly or indirectly from ______.
Antidepressant
Environment
Plants
Placenta
5. The Native American Church's use of ______ has been controversial throughout the twentieth century.
Haldol
Crystal meth
Less
Peyote
6. Withdrawal symptoms are more likely to develop with drugs that _____ the system quickly.
Leave
Crack
Mental
Unknown
7. A BAC of 0.05 results in lowered alertness and a BAC of ____ results in death (lethal dose).
Consequences
Black Tar
Neonatal abstinence
0.4
8. Drugs designed to treat _________ _________. are being used as effective mood stabilizers.
1960
Hemp rope
Relaxed
Epileptic seizures
9. 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.
Thousands
Tax
Absorbed
Hallucinogens
10. One of the most common opioid side effects is ____________.
Perceived risk
Instantly
Anxiety
Constipation
11. The substitution method of drug detoxification involves _________ the abused substance with a new - less-addicting drug.
Illicit
Relaxed
Replacing
Naltrexone
12. Two forms of cocaine which can be smoked are _____ and coca paste.
Hydrochloride
Taxes
Nail polish
Crack
13. The ratio of LD50 to ED50 is one indication of the relative safety of a drug for a particular use or effect and this is called the ___________ index.
Coca
Theraputic
Rate
Dietary supplements
14. Because drug use can be found in all parts of society regardless of income - education - occupation - social class - and age - it is called an ________ ________ affliction.
Equal opportunity
Kerosene
Substitution
Tobacco
15. Another way of saying placebo effect is ___________ effect.
Glutamate
Coca
Benzodiazepines
Nonspecific
16. taking prescribed or over the counter (OTC) drugs for illness
Available
Detoxification
Legal Instrumental Use
III
17. Examples of Schedule III substances include anabolic _________ and GHB.
Chewing
Narcan
Dose response
Steroids
18. A drug is categorized as Schedule _ if it has a low potential for abuse - a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States - and its abuse may lead to limited physical or psychological dependence.
V
Pinpoint
Loco weed
CYP450
19. The predominant style of tobacco use went from pipes to snuff to _______ to cigars to cigarettes.
Mesolimbic
Paradoxica
Chewing
Spinal cord
20. In the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use - only 1.6 percent of U.S. adults reported ever having used Heroin in their lifetimes - with 0.1 percent reporting use in the past ____.
Alcohol
Molecular
Year
Addiction
21. 18.2% of unemployed persons report ________ drug use compared to only 7.9% of those with full time jobs and 10.7% of part time employees.
Psychoactive
Illicit
Fermentation
10
22. CNS ___________ that cause drowsiness and promote sleep are called hypnotics.
Solvent
Eliminate
Potent
Depressants
23. The three types of names that are applied to drugs are the _______ name - the chemical name - and the brand name.
Psychoactive
Dentists
Detoxification
Generic
24. A substance that has less potential for abuse than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II - has a currently accepted medical use in the US - and whose abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence
Psychoactive
Codeine
III
Amino acids
25. Drugs which cause a loss of ______ are called Amnesiacs.
Memory
Tardive dyskinesia
Surroundings
Thousands
26. Smoking tends to inhibit hunger contractions up to ____ ____
10
Crack
13-14
One hour
27. In a recent study - 65.6% of full time employees reported _______ use within the past month.
Thousand
Alcohol
Natural
V
28. Stimulants can maintain wakefulness - give a user a sense of increased energy - decrease ________ and temporarily elevate the mood.
Appetite
Expectancy
Anorexiants
Psychological
29. According to a recent study - men and women from ______ backgrounds are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit the habit.
Depress
Poorer
Adolescents
Long
30. Most psychoactive drugs are taken by one of three basic routes: by mouth - _________ - or inhalation.
Prescription
Moderate
Injection
Blood pressure
31. Naltrexone is used to block opioid effects so that a user doesn't feel any of the reinforcing _____________ effects of using an opioid.
Is Not
Sleeping pills
Pleasurable
Muscle tone
32. The most important drug-metabolizing enzymes found in the liver belong to a group known as the ______ family of enzymes.
Day
Synesthesia
Caffeine
CYP450
33. High School ____ had the highest rate of current use of illicit drugs (9%).
Spirits
Dropouts
Analgesic
Environment
34. The dosage difference between an acceptable level of effectiveness and the lowest _____ dose is called the safety margin.
Cocaine
Toxic
Spinal cord
Weight control
35. Psychological dependence develops most rapidly when the drug hits the ______ quickly.
Psychoactive
Bupropion
Crack
Brain
36. Marijuana (Cannabis) and hashish are both __________ controlled substances.
Barbiturate
PCP
Schedule I
Solvent
37. Cardiac arrhythmia is a condition that occurs during ________ ________ ________ syndrome (SSDS)
Switching
Medicinal herbs
Phyiscal
Sudden sniffing death
38. ______ is an antipsychotic medication used for treating psychotic disorders including Tourette's syndrome.
Haldol
Craving
Brain tissue
Nonspecific
39. It is possible to estimate an individual's blood alcohol content (BAC) by knowing their ______ - gender - and amount of alcohol consumed.
Skin
Serotonin
Weight
Autonomic
40. Jimsonweed a potent hallucinogenic plant and is also known as ____ _____.
Loco weed
Detoxification
Positive
Muscle
41. Another word for _________ is painkiller.
Lungs
Paradoxica
Analgesic
Tranquilizers
42. Only lipid-soluble substances can pass the _____________ barrier.
Blood-brain
Amphetamines
Acetylcholine
Resin
43. Also known as synthetic drugs or synthetic ________ - these are designed to get around existing drug laws. Often they involve modifying the molecular structure of an existing drug. Ecstasy is an example of a designer drug (today it's illegal and is a
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Opioids
Raves
Pleasure
44. Gender affects BAC because the average female has a higher proportion of _________ and therefore - for a given weight has less volume in which to distribute the alcohol.
Day
Malnutrition
Body fat
Amino acids
45. Synthetic drugs which result from the altered chemical structures of illicit drugs are called __________________.
Structural analogs
Weight gain
Phenothiazines
Ethanol
46. 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.
Amino acids
Methamphetamine
Short term
Constant
47. Many ________ remedies have been used for anxiety disorder and depression. These include Kava Kava (also known as Kava Root) and St John's Wort.
Natural
Acetylcholine
Muscle spasms
Year
48. The antidepressant drug __________ was originally used to treat tuberculosis.
Mental
Iproniazid
Decrease
Licit
49. MDMA - popularly known as ecstasy - is a drug popular at clubs and '_____' since the 1980s.
Less
Antagonists
Raves
Tobacco
50. Drugs are more likely to produce psychological dependence if they have a _____ onset.
Fermentation
Less
Rapid
Synthetic