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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Amphetamine abusers often use ___________ - such as barbiturates to counteract the hyperactive feelings associated with high doses of amphetamines.
Thousands
Alcoholic
Decrease
Depressants
2. REM sleep is the sleep phase associated with _______.
Dreams
Cocaine
Amphetamines
34
3. illicit drug use - cocaine - marijuana - etc
Unknown
Illegal Recreational Use
1960
Wood
4. National Prohibition of alcohol was successful in _________ alcohol consumption and alcoholrelated problems - but also led to a loss of alcohol taxes and increased law breaking.
Amphetamines
Illicit
Lipid soluble
Reducing
5. The most widely used licit social drug is _______.
Breaks down
Cannabis sativa
Instantly
Alcohol
6. Opium has been used for approximately ____ years for both medical and recreational reasons.
Short term
Marinol
6 -000
Cocaine
7. Drugs used to relieve _______ are called anxiolytics.
Antidepressant
Anxiety
Peers
Mesolimbic
8. Small doses of ______________ help narcoleptics stay alert.
More
Is Not
Amphetamines
Relief
9. Excessive use of caffeine is called _________.
Healthcare
Generic
Caffenism
Alcoholics Anonymous
10. Schedule IV drugs have a slightly higher chance of abuse than the Schedule V drugs. What most specifically distinguishes Schedule V drugs from the other schedules is that the drugs are regulated but don't require a ______________.
Prescription
Obesity
Al
Pharmacodynamic
11. The forming of a neurotransmitter by the action of _______ on precursors is called synthesis.
Enzymes
Sigmund Freud
Fetal Alcohol
Dietary supplements
12. Drugs prescribed to control symptoms associated with ______ problems are called psychotherapeutics.
Replacing
Schedule I
Caffeine
Mental
13. _____________ are drugs which cause hallucinations. They alter the way a user perceives reality and can affect emotions.
Pinpoint
Dangerous
Hallucinogens
Felt tip
14. Considerable evidence supports the idea that some degree of vulnerability to alcohol dependence might be _________.
Inherited
Paradoxica
Time course
Pharmacological
15. The most common active ingredients contained in OTC sleep aids are ______________.
Temperance
Antihistamines
Patches
Benzodiazepines
16. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.
Motor
Body
Slowly
Irritability
17. Drug _____ is to use a drug in a situation - manner or amount that it causes social - psychological - physical or occupational problems.
Drug
Abuse
20
British East India
18. Approximately 20 years ago - heroin was replaced by _______ as the most abused illicit drug in the US (other than marijuana).
Body
Psychoactive
Cocaine
Transmitter
19. With sales exceeding $160 billion a year - the legal ______________ industry is one of the largest and most profitable industries in the United States.
Pharmaceutical
Injection
Potent
Medical
20. __________________ is the most serious side effect of long term antipsychotic drug treatment.
More
Diminishing
Tardive dyskinesia
Synthetic
21. Prozac is the brand name for the antidepressant drug __________. It inhibits the reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin.
Fluoxetine
Antihistamines
Antihistamines
1980
22. These drugs alter perceptions of reality. They can affect sense of taste - smell - hearing and vision. Sometimes they are called ______________.
Toluene
Cancer
Psychedelics
PCP
23. Many drug users are 'controlled' users and their drug use is _______ to those around them.
26
Unknown
Dependence
Obesity
24. Oral ingestion can be compared to intranasal administration (snorting) in that it is absorbed much more _______ than smoking or IV injection.
Slowly
Blindness
Physical
Smoking
25. Originally marketed as a non-habit-forming substitute for codeine - ______ is derived from opium and is about three times as potent as morphine.
Heroin
1980
Antihistamines
Anesthetic
26. ______________ are significantly better than placebo treatments in reducing psychotic behaviors.
CYP450
Weight
Phenothiazines
Memory
27. Ecstasy falls under the category of synthetic or _________ drugs.
PCP
Designer
Anabolic steroid
Temperance
28. With _______ parodoxical effects include bizarre uninhibited behavior - rage - hostility and paranoia.
Eliminate
Marijuana
Synthetic
Benzodiazepines
29. An increase in the heart rate and reddening of the ____ are the two most consistent physiological effects of smoking marijuana.
Chlorpromazine
Antihistamines
Eyes
Opium
30. The primary psychoactive ingredient in tobacco is ________.
Employee Assitance Programs
Columbus
Nicotine
Coca
31. A _______ drug is capable of passing the blood-brain barrier and influencing the brain's activity.
Muscle spasms
Psychoactive
Medical
Depressants
32. Methods of drug testing include urine - ____ - and saliva.
Weight gain
Duration
Hair
Cocaine
33. Toluene is the psychoactive chemical found in many commonly abused inhalants such as glues - paints - thinners and _____ ______.
Breathing
Nail polish
Malnutrition
Asleep
34. Any substance that modifies mind or body function by distorting enhancing - or inhibiting them
Bipolar disorder
Enzymes
DMT
Drug
35. At first - tobacco was almost universally accepted as a ________.
6 -000
Peers
Medicine
Nicotine
36. Some alcohol withdrawal symptoms can last for up to several ______.
Weeks
Cardiovascular
Opium
Cross tolerant
37. ______________ and antipsychotics are two groups of drugs used to treat the symptoms associated with psychosis.
Positive
Amphetamines
25
Phenothiazines
38. Legal instrumental - illegal instrumental - legal recreational and illegal recreational use are the 4 types of drug use according to ___________.
Haldol
Erich Goode
Metabolism
Psychoactive
39. American _______ / Alaska Natives are the racial ethnic group that report the highest illicit drug use for the past month.
PCP
Depressants
Instantly
Indians
40. There are several FDA approved prescription drugs used to treat ________ - but only Lunesta has been approved for long term use.
Insomnia
Hemp rope
Patent medicines
Weight control
41. Varenicline (_______) is a prescription drug used for smoking cessation.
Cocaine
Disease
Chantix
Evaporate
42. Another word for ____________ is euphorigenic.
Pharmaceutical
Year
Intoxicating
Body fat
43. The autonomic nervous system - also referred to as the ANS - regulates the _____________ functions of the body and is divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic branches.
Potency
Depress
Involuntary
Plants
44. The pharmacological term for alcohol is _______.
Bupropion
Ethanol
Withdrawal
Alcohol
45. LSD is a synthetic substance and is the most ______ and notorious of the hallucinogens.
Potent
Neurotransmitters
Resin
Toluene
46. Drugs which enhance the sense of touch are called ___________.
Tissue
Heart Disease
100
Entactogens
47. Hormones and _________________ are two types of chemical signals important for maintaining homeostasis.
Abuse
Cocaine
Pinpoint
Neurotransmitters
48. A situation where repeated administration of the same dose of a drug results in gradually ___________ effects is called tolerance.
Amphetamines
Pharmaceutical
Diminishing
Spirits
49. Social factors refer to things such as _____ - family background - subculture - etc. that can influence drug use. Cultural factors refer to broader customs and traditions within the society--i.e. in certain cultures - there may be a culture that enco
Barbiturate
Speedball
Enzymes
Peers
50. Fast acting drugs are the most likely to produce _____________ dependence.
Cocaine
Psychological
Patches
Lipid solubility