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DSST Substance Abuse
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1. _______ is absorbed most quickly through smoking and intravenous injection.
Cocaine
Crack
Federal
Gateway
2. ______ is the brand name for naloxone.
Narcan
Coca
Tremors
Diagnostic
3. Cannabis withdrawal syndrome (is or is not) listed in the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).
Toxic
Is Not
Anorexiants
Hallucinogens
4. The human body strives to maintain its internal environment within a certain range (temperature - blood pressure - etc); this ___________ is called homeostasis.
Poorer
Legal Recreational Use
Equilibrium
Caffeine
5. REM sleep is the sleep phase associated with _______.
Dreams
Cocaine
Chlorpromazine
Physical
6. Many plant-produced chemicals have effects on the intestines or muscles; others alter ______ biochemistry.
Hallucinogens
Brain
Breathing
Antitussives
7. Drugs used to relieve _______ are called anxiolytics.
95
Violent
Atypical
Anxiety
8. Respiratory depression is the most common type of drug _________ death--people simply stop breathing.
Dopamine
Overdose
Amphetamines
Codeine
9. Many drug users are 'controlled' users and their drug use is _______ to those around them.
Patent medicines
Unknown
Parkinson's
Methamphetamine
10. King ______ of England wrote a antitobacco pamphlet and he taxed tobacco to attempt to limit its use.
Hallucinogens
James
Somatic
Dose response
11. The most _________ form of alcohol withdrawal is called delirium tremens and occurs in about 5 percent of people who have withdrawal symptoms.
Dangerous
Parkinson's
Psychological
Fermentation
12. Drugs designed to treat _________ _________. are being used as effective mood stabilizers.
Pleasure
Epileptic seizures
Atypical
Malnutrition
13. The _____ ____ of heroin is 15-30 minutes.
Half life
Involuntary
Coca
Decreased
14. Drug ____________ occur when a drug enhances or inhibits the effect of another drug.
Solvents
Preoccupation
Interactions
Neurotransmitters
15. Heart rate and blood pressure are two of the many functions regulated by the _________ nervous system.
Stimulant
One half
Autonomic
Atypical
16. Examples of damage to the cardiovascular system caused by medical doses of amphetamines include increased heart rate - raised _______ _________ - and damage to veins and arteries.
Glutamate
Blood pressure
Barley
Detoxification
17. __________ is the generic name for THC in capsule form and is approved by the FDA for stimulating appetite in AIDS patients.
Hepatitis
Dronabinol
Methamphetamine
30
18. Ice is a form of methamphetamine that can be ______.
Smoked
Psychedelics
Relief
Equal opportunity
19. Opioids ________ the central nervous system (CNS).
Day
Instrumental
Depress
Abuse
20. LSD - PCP and mescaline are _____________.
Available
Hallucinogens
Psychoactive
Cocaine
21. Approximately 20 years ago - heroin was replaced by _______ as the most abused illicit drug in the US (other than marijuana).
Iproniazid
Cocaine
Muscle
Phenothiazines
22. Through fermentation - the alcohol concentration is limited to ___%.
Receptors
High
15
HCL
23. taking prescribed or over the counter (OTC) drugs for illness
Depress
Norepinephrine
Antidepressant
Legal Instrumental Use
24. Kava Kava and St John's Wort are both _______ _______ - often used to treat mild depression.
Medicinal herbs
Autonomic
One hour
Phenothiazines
25. 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.
10
Rohypnol
Weight gain
Congeners
26. Cross tolerance exists between LSD - mescaline and __________.
Psilocybin
THC
Caffenism
Dentists
27. The use of alcohol is statistically associated with homicide - assault - _______ violence and suicide
Potency
Family
Methamphetamine
Antidepressant
28. Women are more likely to have problems with ______________ medicines.
Recreational
Isopropyl
Naltrexone
Prescription
29. The dried crushed leaves - flowers - stems and seeds of the cannabis sativa plant is called _______.
Psychological
Marijuana
Diarrhea
Cross tolerant
30. After a patient receives their first dose of lithium it takes at least __ days to see results.
Patches
Acetylcholine
10
Memory
31. Drug induced respiratory depression is also called _______________ and is a common type of drug overdose death.
Muscle spasms
Leukoplakia
Medicine
Hypoventilation
32. The _________ policy of the FDA concerns taking some prescription medications and removing the prescription requirement and making the drug available via OTC.
Amino acids
Naloxone
Cocaine
Switching
33. 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.
Stimulant
Homeostasis
Hydrochloride
Detoxification
34. ___________ disease is a degenerative neurological disease involving damage to dopamine neurons.
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35. The introduction of antipsychotic drugs have caused a dramatic ________ in the population of mental hospitals.
Smaller
Decrease
Cocaine
Sinsemilla
36. Three derivatives of the cannabis plant are __________ - hashish - and ganja.
Consequences
Sinsemilla
Amino acids
Narcotics
37. Short acting drugs are used as __________ to treat insomnia and long acting drugs are used as sedatives to give prolonged relief from anxiety.
Hypnotics
4-6
Glucosamine
Epileptic seizures
38. Almost all alcoholics suffering from withdrawal symptoms (about __%) can be treated in outpatient programs.
Caffeine
10
95
Prozac
39. ______________ are significantly better than placebo treatments in reducing psychotic behaviors.
Phenothiazines
Barbiturate
Loco weed
Violent
40. Excessive use of caffeine is called _________.
Cigarettes
Temperance
Caffenism
Depression
41. CYP450 enzymes ______ toxic chemicals once they are eaten.
Weight control
Eliminate
Stimulant
Cigarettes
42. The use of alcohol has decreased since ____ and its consumption varies greatly in different regions of the US and among different cultural groups.
1980
Bupropion
Low
Erich Goode
43. The legal opioid methadone - is used to treat heroin dependence by reducing severity of __________ symptoms.
Amphetamines
Withdrawal
Lungs
More
44. Acne and baldness in men - decreased breast size and facial hair in women are some of the side effects associated with ________________ use.
Dropouts
Anabolic steroid
Heroin
Benzodiazepines
45. Varenicline (_______) is a prescription drug used for smoking cessation.
Chantix
Xanthines
Erich Goode
Grain neutral
46. _______________ are the most widely prescribed types Sedative-Hypnotics.
Blood-brain
Depressant
Medical
Benzodiazepines
47. Because their effect varies depending on the dose - CNS depressants are said to be _____ ________.
Psychological
Stimulant
Dose dependent
Fentanyl
48. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.
Body
Depressants
Narcan
Dose response
49. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.
Benzodiazepines
Autonomic
Day
Resin
50. The psychological effects of LSD - mescaline - and psilocybin can be blocked with ________.
Codeine
Naloxone
Chlorpromazine
Ethanol
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