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DSST Substance Abuse
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1. 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 ____.
Congeners
Rate
Year
Speed
2. Studies have shown that it typically takes at least 2 or 3 ______ for a heroin user to become addicted.
Months
Day
Obesity
Anesthetics
3. Three stimulants used by athletes in the early 1800s and 1900s were __________ - cocaine - and caffeine.
Strychnine
Psychoactive
Appetite
Asleep
4. ___________ disease is a degenerative neurological disease involving damage to dopamine neurons.
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5. The Native American Church's use of ______ has been controversial throughout the twentieth century.
Peyote
Rapid
Perceived risk
James
6. The somatic system carries sensory information into the CNS and carries ______ (movement) information back out.
Alcohol
Motor
Blood-brain
26
7. The ______ ______ ______ company was responsible for the smuggling of opium into China during the 1800s.
Months
British East India
Myopia
Biological
8. ____________ drugs are drug compounds (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter consciousness and/or perceptions.
Psychoactive
Year
Rate
Crystal meth
9. Fast acting drugs are the most likely to produce _____________ dependence.
Without
CYP450
6 -000
Psychological
10. taking prescribed or over the counter (OTC) drugs for illness
Legal Instrumental Use
Tranquilizers
Heart beat
PCP
11. Floaters (chippers) usually don't maintain their own supply of drugs but prefer to use...
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12. Most psychoactive drugs can be categorized as stimulants - depressants - opioids - hallucinogens - or _________________ agents.
More
Psychotherapeutic
Breathing
Insomnia
13. Historically - as _______ use declined - amphetamine use increased.
Neurotransmitters
Weight gain
Caffeine
Cocaine
14. The three types are drug disposition tolerance - behavioral tolerance - and _________________ tolerance.
Illegal Recreational Use
Pharmacodynamic
Hypoventilation
Alcohol
15. The withdrawal symptoms for a ______ user whose drug usage has consisted of a low daily dose resemble a mild case of intestinal flu.
Enzymes
Codeine
Heroin
Caffeine
16. The FDA restricted amphetamine use to _____ ______ weight reduction programs in 1970.
Potency
Replacing
Large
Short term
17. Most of the integration of information - learning and ______ occur in the central nervous system.
Detoxification
Schedule II
Date rape
Memory
18. The timing of the onset - duration - and termination of a drug's effect is called the ___________.
Time course
Dose dependent
Prostitutes
Phenothiazines
19. Although they were originally called _____________ - antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis without producing drowsiness.
Inhalant
Tranquilizers
Blood thinners
Employee Assitance Programs
20. The basic __________ skeleton of an illicit drug is modified to form a new compound. PCP and Ecstasy are probably the most well known examples of synthetic drugs.
Molecular
Pharmacological
Cessation
Amphetamines
21. The fourth stage of drug addiction is __________.
Dependency
Mental retardation
Expectancy
Patent medicines
22. Even the newest ______________ drugs are only a little better than placebo.
Licit
Antidepressant
30
Family
23. There are approximately __ analogs of PCP.
30
Graduates
Phenothiazines
Memory
24. ___ is sometimes known as angel dust.
PCP
Dreams
Mucous membranes
Weight gain
25. __________ is the generic name for THC in capsule form and is approved by the FDA for stimulating appetite in AIDS patients.
Dronabinol
Codeine
Preschool
Isopropyl
26. Anabolic steroids are _________ drugs designed to build muscle mass while minimizing masculinizing effects attributed to testosterone.
Prozac
Decrease
Synthetic
Felt tip
27. Women are more likely to have problems with ______________ medicines.
Barley
Chewing
Prescription
Delirium tremens
28. _________ ________ occurs after using a nasal spray regularly for longer than the recommended period.
200
Congestion rebound
Cardiovascular
Nicotine
29. Drugs prescribed to control symptoms associated with ______ problems are called psychotherapeutics.
Mental
Cancer
Placenta
Antidepressant
30. GHB is a clear - colorless - odorless liquid associated with _____ ____.
Eyes
Peyote cactus
Date rape
Cancer
31. Perceived risk refers to the perceived ______________ of using the drug.
Smoked
Dangerous
Consequences
Adolescents
32. GHB is most well-known for its use in substances that disable users and make them vulnerable to sexual assault. _________ is another drug of this type.
Rohypnol
Norepinephrine
Liver
Neurotransmitters
33. Many drug users are 'controlled' users and their drug use is _______ to those around them.
Unknown
Memory
PET
Weight gain
34. Clove cigarettes contain ___% more tobacco as well as more tar and nicotine than regular cigarettes.
60
Irritability
Asleep
Depress
35. LSD is one of the most potent ____________ drugs.
1937
Psychoactive
Slowly
Speedball
36. The concentration of _______ found in the blood is called the BAC.
Alcohol
Transmitter
Chantix
Perceived risk
37. A person under the influence of CNS depressants will appear drunk. Intoxicating effects include drowsiness - slurred speech - and ___________.
Naltrexone
Designer
Staggering
Without
38. Medical uses of _______________ include muscle relaxants - sleeping pills - treatment for convulsive disorders (epilepsy) - alcohol detoxification - and preoperative anesthesia (amnesiac).
Benzodiazepines
Caffeine
Taxes
Date rape
39. Cannabis sativa originated in Asia but now grows worldwide. _____ ____ is made from the fibers of this plant.
6 -000
Prescription
Hemp rope
Cigarettes
40. ____________ is the process by which sugar is converted into alcohol through the biochemical action of yeast.
DMT
Fermentation
Nicotine
Cigarettes
41. Many _________ drugs act by enhancing GABA inhibition.
Resin
Sedative
Directions
Intoxicating
42. To make coca paste - coca leaves are mixed with _________ or gasoline and then filtered to form the paste.
Weight control
Dependency
Erich Goode
Kerosene
43. Headaches - nosebleeds - nausea - drunken appearance and ______ eyes are all signs of inhalant abuse.
Watery
Switching
Receptors
Eyes
44. ___________ is a precancerous lesion caused by chewing tobacco.
Long
Pharmacodynamic
Leukoplakia
Toxic
45. Drug testing in sports began in the ____s.
Resin
1960
Women
Surroundings
46. Another word for _________ is painkiller.
Preschool
Less
Analgesic
Peers
47. In the late 1800s the typical ______ user was a middle aged white woman who functioned well and was adjusted to her life as a wife and mother.
Patches
Moderate
Opioid
Tremors
48. Crack is also known as '_____'.
Kerosene
Cannabis sativa
Disease
Rock
49. ________ is used primarily in conjunction with surgical anesthesia and is approximately a hundred times as potent as morphine.
Rock
Fentanyl
Depressant
Soft drinks
50. ________ can be found in many over-the-counter drugs.
Benzodiazepines
Bupropion
Epileptic seizures
Caffeine