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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The most common antidepressants used today are ____s.






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






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






4. A single shot of heroin lasts ___ hours.






5. Alcohol withdrawal seizures may occur 6 to __ hours after the last drink.






6. ______________ are significantly better than placebo treatments in reducing psychotic behaviors.






7. Historically - as _______ use declined - amphetamine use increased.






8. Alcohol ______ - is the tendency for someone under the influence of alcohol to focus on the here and now and to pay less attention to long term consequences.






9. Volatile substances will __________ at low temperatures.






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






11. MDMA - popularly known as ecstasy - is a drug popular at clubs and '_____' since the 1980s.






12. 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.






13. Opioids such as morphine and _______ are the drugs most often used for acute pain - such as short-term pain after surgery.






14. _________ ________ occurs after using a nasal spray regularly for longer than the recommended period.






15. According to a recent study - men and women from ______ backgrounds are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit the habit.






16. CNS ___________ - including barbiturates - inhalants and benzodiazepines all have effects similar to alcohol.






17. King ______ of England wrote a antitobacco pamphlet and he taxed tobacco to attempt to limit its use.






18. The active ingredients for half of the prescriptions filled consist of only ____ drugs.






19. The process where the body rids itself of drugs and alcohol is called ______________.






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






21. The fourth stage of drug addiction is __________.






22. 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.






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






24. Originally - the __________ movement supported the drinking of beer and wine but was strongly opposed to distilled spirits.






25. 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.






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






27. Inhalant abuse can begin as early as __________.






28. 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.






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






30. The idea that alcohol dependence is a _______ goes back at least to the 1700s.






31. Withdrawal symptoms may begin within hours or days after the smoker quits and may continue for several _______.






32. Introduced as a ____ law - the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) was not meant to be punitive and it made no reference to users of narcotics.






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






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






35. LSD and other hallucinogens typically do not produce physical __________.






36. _______ is drinkable - is the psychoactive ingredient in alcoholic beverages - and is also known as grain alcohol.






37. The predominant style of tobacco use went from pipes to snuff to _______ to cigars to cigarettes.






38. Marijuana (Cannabis) and hashish are both __________ controlled substances.






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






40. Methyl alcohol is added to grain alcohol for industrial use to prevent _________.






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






42. Methyl alcohol is made from ____.






43. Cocaine is a ___________ controlled substance.






44. Poisonous alcohols include methyl - ethylene glycol and _________.






45. The psychoactive ingredient found in the _____________ is mescaline.






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






47. The shorter the drug half life - the more __________ it is.






48. To remove the caffeine - unroasted coffee beans are soaked in an organic ________.






49. 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.






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