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DSST Substance Abuse

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1. Smoking during pregnancy is associated with miscarriage - reduced birth weight - differences in body size and negative effects on physical / ______ development of the child.






2. Drug dependence is made up of both ________ and psychological factors.






3. Cannabis sativa originated in Asia but now grows worldwide. _____ ____ is made from the fibers of this plant.






4. Inhalant abuse can cause _______ - a state of oxygen deficiency in the body.






5. ________ symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations - delusions - disorganized speech and behavior.






6. 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.






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






8. Considerable evidence supports the idea that some degree of vulnerability to alcohol dependence might be _________.






9. Perceived risk refers to the perceived ______________ of using the drug.






10. ________ - tobacco and marijuana are commonly called gateway drugs.






11. This type of alcohol can be added to gasoline to reduce pollution - used in cleaners and _________ - as well as in medical research.






12. _______ withdrawal often lacks the severe physical symptoms that occur with heroin or alcohol withdrawal.






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






14. Examples of damage to the cardiovascular system caused by medical doses of amphetamines include increased heart rate - raised _______ _________ - and damage to veins and arteries.






15. The part of the brain which controls ___________ is called basal ganglia.






16. The half life of _______ is 60 to 90 minutes.






17. 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






18. The most common antidepressants used today are ____s.






19. Alcohol is the second leading substance abuse related cause of premature death among Americans (________ is first).






20. Legal _______ drugs - ranked by amount of money spent each year: Alcohol ($104 billion) Tobacco ($51.9 billion) Coffee - Tea and Cocoa ($5.7 billion)






21. Opiates are drugs that contain _____ or one of its derivatives.






22. The psychological effects of LSD - mescaline - and psilocybin can be blocked with ________.






23. Stimulants can maintain wakefulness - give a user a sense of increased energy - decrease ________ and temporarily elevate the mood.






24. ________ _______ is another term for alcohol withdrawal symptoms - especially fever - trembling and hallucinations.






25. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.






26. Methods of drug testing include urine - ____ - and saliva.






27. GABA is a very widespread inhibitory neurotransmitter and ________ tends to have widespread inhibitory effects on neurons in the brain.






28. 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.






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






30. Another word for ____________ is euphorigenic.






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






32. Molecules that assist in either the metabolism (breaking down) or synthesis (creation) of another molecule are called _______.






33. Drugs which cause a loss of ______ are called Amnesiacs.






34. In addition to vitamins and minerals - the FDA defines dietary supplements as substances such as herbs - extracts of herbs - ___________ and concentrates.






35. Drug use can be detected in urine for up to 5 days - in saliva for up to 1 day and in hair samples for up to ___ days.






36. _______ drugs are illegal to own or use. Some examples are cocaine - LSD and marijuana.






37. The most widely used licit social drug is _______.






38. Kava Kava and St John's Wort are both medicinal herbs - often used to treat mild






39. CNS ___________ that cause drowsiness and promote sleep are called hypnotics.






40. 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.






41. The __________ of alcohol by the liver occurs at a constant rate that is not much influenced by body size.






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






43. 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.






44. Occasionally drugs can have ___________ effects--an opposite effect to what is normally expected.






45. Tranquilizers - sedatives - pain medicines - and amphetamines are abused most often by _____.






46. The primary psychoactive ingredient in tobacco is ________.






47. 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.






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






49. Clonidine can be administered by a _____________ ______ - which gradually releases the drug over a seven day period.






50. _________ are the oldest stimulants known. They are found in tea - coffee - soft drinks and chocolate.







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