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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ice is also known as '______________'.
Fluoxetine
Hallucinogen
Homeostasis
Crystal meth
2. Generally _________ refers to the psychological attachment to a drug.
Addiction
Designer
Diarrhea
Tranquilizers
3. Hashish is the most ______ cannabis preparation - it's THC level can be as high as 28%.
Potent
Blindness
Prozac
Memory
4. Ecstasy falls under the category of synthetic or _________ drugs.
Prescription
Interactions
Eliminate
Designer
5. Diphenhydramine - hydroxyzine and promethazine are examples of OTC and prescription ______________ used as CNS depressants.
PCP
100
Methamphetamine
Antihistamines
6. ________ drugs are developed to eliminate the illegality of a drug by modifying a drug into a new compound.
Opioid
Anxiety
Designer
Nicotine
7. Both barbiturates and _______________ affect the neurotransmitter GABA.
Transdermal patch
Andes
Benzodiazepines
Cost
8. Some smokers believe that _____ cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes.
Clove
Escaping
Myopia
One hour
9. Cocaine ___ (Hydrochloride) is water soluble and can easily be injected intravenously.
HCL
Caffenism
Cocaine
Drug
10. The shorter the drug half life - the more __________ it is.
Irritability
Haldol
Addictive
25
11. The BBB is very tight and excludes the brain uptake of all ______ molecule drugs and greater than 98% of small molecule drugs.
Autonomic
Large
Atypical
Phenothiazines
12. Cannabis (marijuana) - Anabolic Steroids - Inhalants/Organic Solvents and narcotics are also found to be among the most ________ abused drugs.
Strychnine
Lungs
Commonly
Hair
13. ______________ do not cure mental illnesses but they do control the symptoms sufficiently to permit patients to live and work in society.
Inhalant
Toxic
Antipsychotics
Commonly
14. For some drugs - the dependence is mostly _______________ - whereas for others - a user may develop a heavy physical dependence on the drug with just a few uses.
Glutamate
Synthetic
Psychological
Replacing
15. Marinol is a ____________ controlled substance.
Schedule III
Iproniazid
Mesolimbic
Medicinal herbs
16. Cannabis sativa originated in Asia but now grows worldwide. _____ ____ is made from the fibers of this plant.
One half
THC
Hemp rope
Cocaine
17. For a drug to be ____________ - its molecules must be capable of passing through the blood-brain barrier.
Opioid
Substitution
Psychoactive
Body fat
18. Several studies have found a lower incidence of _____________ in moderate drinkers than in abstainers
Mescaline
Heart attacks
Temperance
Methamphetamine
19. using drugs to achieve some goal other than the prescribed use - for example taking pills to stay awake and drive all night.
Illegal Instrumental Use
Decrease
Pharmacodynamic
Cocaine
20. When nonsmokers inhale cigarette smoke from their ___________ it is called passive smoking.
Dose dependent
Lipid solubility
Environment
High
21. Two major illicit stimulants are _______ and amphetamines.
Cocaine
Constant
Sigmund Freud
Pleasurable
22. Whiskey - Scotch - and Brandy are examples of distilled beverages. They are also called '________'.
Solvents
Antidepressant
Spirits
Artificial
23. The idea that alcohol dependence is a _______ goes back at least to the 1700s.
Stimulant
Instrumental
Spirits
Disease
24. The CNS consists of the brain and _____________.
Topical anesthesia
Spinal cord
Anxiety
Amino acids
25. Because heroin is more _______ ________ - it is more potent and faster acting than morphine even though the effects of the two substances are identical.
Heart attacks
Blood-brain
Lipid soluble
Ethanol
26. American _______ / Alaska Natives are the racial ethnic group that report the highest illicit drug use for the past month.
Opium
Barley
Congeners
Indians
27. Fluoxetine (_______) is safer than tricyclic antidepressants as it is less likely to lead to overdose death.
Alcohol
Neonatal abstinence
Brain
Prozac
28. The blood-brain barrier is a semipermeable structure that protects the brain from potentially ______ chemicals circulating in the blood.
Wood
10
Toxic
Autonomic
29. Almost ___ % of 8th graders have abused an inhalant sometime in their life.
Barbiturate
20
Benzodiazepines
Stimulant
30. Amphetamine abusers often use ___________ - such as barbiturates to counteract the hyperactive feelings associated with high doses of amphetamines.
Staggering
Grain neutral
Depressants
Opioids
31. Federal laws which prohibited the sale of alcohol from 1920 to ____ are called prohibition.
Cocaine
Neonatal abstinence
Cocaine
1933
32. ______ factors refer to how the drug actually affects the body.
Substitution
Pharmacological
Antidepressant
20
33. Examples of damage to the cardiovascular system caused by medical doses of amphetamines include increased heart rate - raised _______ _________ - and damage to veins and arteries.
Fentanyl
Blood pressure
Marijuana
Illicit
34. The 'cold turkey' method - in which the addict suffers the symptoms of withdrawal until the cravings for the drug are no longer felt - is the most ______ method of heroin detoxification.
Psychological
Common
Hypnotics
Patches
35. Most psychoactive drugs can be categorized as stimulants - depressants - opioids - hallucinogens - or _________________ agents.
Sedatives
Antidepressant
Psychotherapeutic
Lipid solubility
36. The _____ ____ of heroin is 15-30 minutes.
Half life
Pinpoint
90
Drinking
37. Physiological effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) include ________ in body temperature - heart rate and blood pressure - sweating and dilation of eye pupils.
Illicit
10
Increase
Surroundings
38. Herbs and _________ were used by early Greeks in Olympic games to enhance their performance.
Expectancy
Disease
Isopropyl
Mushrooms
39. Short acting drugs are used as __________ to treat insomnia and long acting drugs are used as sedatives to give prolonged relief from anxiety.
Hypnotics
Artificial
Columbus
Alcohol
40. Alcoholic fatty liver - alcoholic _________ - and cirrhosis are all liver disorders associated with heavy use of alcohol.
Metabolism
Codeine
Antihistamines
Hepatitis
41. GABA is a very widespread inhibitory neurotransmitter and ________ tends to have widespread inhibitory effects on neurons in the brain.
Licit
Cocaine
Alcohol
Cost
42. Clove cigarettes contain ___% more tobacco as well as more tar and nicotine than regular cigarettes.
Caffeine
Chantix
60
Barbiturate
43. LSD is a synthetic substance and is the most ______ and notorious of the hallucinogens.
Breaks down
Narcotics
Potent
Preoccupation
44. 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.
Hepatitis
Absorbed
Breaks down
15
45. Glaucoma is a leading cause of ______ and its treatment is one of the possible medical uses of marijuana.
Psychedelics
Generic
Sedative
Blindness
46. Originally marketed as a non-habit-forming substitute for codeine - ______ is derived from opium and is about three times as potent as morphine.
Heroin
Synesthesia
Substitution
Sinsemilla
47. Physical dependence involves the need to continue using the drug to avoid __________ symptoms which include sickness and discomfort.
Withdrawal
Tardive dyskinesia
Evaporate
Thousand
48. CYP450 enzymes ______ toxic chemicals once they are eaten.
Psychotherapeutic
Eliminate
Phenothiazines
Heart attacks
49. Drugs with a high potential for abuse - with a currently accepted _______ use in the US - whose abuse may lead to severe physical or psychological dependence are listed under Schedule II.
Blindness
Toxic
Medical
Dropouts
50. Inhalant abuse can begin as early as __________.
Enzymes
Grain neutral
Antihistamines
Preschool