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DSST Substance Abuse

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1. Three derivatives of the cannabis plant are __________ - hashish - and ganja.






2. Hashish is the most ______ cannabis preparation - it's THC level can be as high as 28%.






3. A person suffering from ________________ will exhibit symptoms of both depression and mania.






4. Severe alcoholism often results in ____________ as a result of decreased caloric intake by alcoholics.






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






6. Physical dependence is related to _______________ tolerance.






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






8. Cause of death with opioid overdose is usually suppressed __________.






9. _____ _______ studied cocaine for its potential as a treatment for a variety of ailments including depression and morphine dependence.






10. The antidepressant drug __________ was originally used to treat tuberculosis.






11. Drugs with a long half life stay in the body for a very long time without significantly diminishing in strength - for example - ________ ________.






12. Its believed that antipsychotic drugs work by blocking D2 ________ receptors.






13. Its believed that both cocaine and amphetamines interact with a number of _________________ - including dopamine - norepinephrine and serotonin.






14. Two major illicit stimulants are _______ and amphetamines.






15. Two brain imaging techniques are ___ and MRI.






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






17. REM sleep is the sleep phase associated with _______.






18. Some examples of stimulants include cocaine - ______________ - and caffeine.






19. Synthetic drugs which result from the altered chemical structures of illicit drugs are called __________________.






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






21. Heart rate and blood pressure are two of the many functions regulated by the _________ nervous system.






22. The BBB is very tight and excludes the brain uptake of all ______ molecule drugs and greater than 98% of small molecule drugs.






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






24. The SSRI Fluoxetine is the most widely prescribed ______________ drug.






25. Through fermentation - the alcohol concentration is limited to ___%.






26. Some studies have reported both behavioral improvement and noticeable regrowth of _____ ______ in long term alcoholics after several months of abstinence.






27. There are approximately __ analogs of PCP.






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






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






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






31. The forming of a neurotransmitter by the action of _______ on precursors is called synthesis.






32. Fast acting drugs are the most likely to produce _____________ dependence.






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






34. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.






35. Prior to the 1980s - ________ was a popular way to smoke cocaine. It involved extracting cocaine into a volatile organic solvent - such as ether.






36. Nicotine affects the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the reward/________ pathways of the brain.






37. An increase in the heart rate and reddening of the ____ are the two most consistent physiological effects of smoking marijuana.






38. At first - tobacco was almost universally accepted as a ________.






39. For many years - ___________ sleeping pills were the drug of choice for people wishing to commit suicide.






40. Over the counter drugs are often simply referred to as ____ drugs.






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






42. In high doses or if combined with alcohol - barbiturates can stop a person's __________.






43. The use of alcohol has decreased since ____ and its consumption varies greatly in different regions of the US and among different cultural groups.






44. Experimenters primarily restrict drug usage to ______________ settings and are motivated by peer pressure and curiosity.






45. Naloxone or __________ is used to reverse the depressed respiration resulting from an opioid overdose.






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






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






48. Originally it was believed that the occurrences of paranoid psychosis in cocaine and amphetamine users was caused by a pre-existing _______ condition or due to sleep deprivation.






49. Urine drug tests are relatively ___________ screening tests that detect a variety of abused substances or their metabolites in urine.






50. Most drugs are derived directly or indirectly from ______.