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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Drugs used to relieve _______ are called anxiolytics.






2. Nicotine is exceptionally _____ and has been used as an insecticide.






3. The four ways to administer heroin are sniffing - _______ injection (intramuscular) - smoking - and intravenous injection (mainlining).






4. Methamphetamine is also known as '______'.






5. ___ involves using electric shock to induce convulsions in mental patients.






6. Generally addiction refers to the ______ attachment to a drug.






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






8. Another word for ____________ is psychedelic.






9. Short acting drugs are used as __________ to treat insomnia and long acting drugs are used as sedatives to give prolonged relief from anxiety.






10. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.






11. Clonidine is an opioide agonist drug (similar to methadone) used in heroin ______________.






12. The two ways psychoactive drugs achieve their effect is either by altering availability of the ___________ or by acting directly on the receptor.






13. A person under the influence of CNS depressants will appear drunk. Intoxicating effects include drowsiness - slurred speech - and ___________.






14. GHB is a clear - colorless - odorless liquid associated with _____ ____.






15. Methyl alcohol is made from ____.






16. Even the newest ______________ drugs are only a little better than placebo.






17. Marijuana is known to lower intraocular (within the eye) pressure associated with ________.






18. Anabolic steroids are _________ drugs designed to build muscle mass while minimizing masculinizing effects attributed to testosterone.






19. Smoking tends to inhibit hunger contractions up to ____ ____






20. When someone overdoses on opiates (heroin - codeine - morphine - etc) Narcan can be injected into a muscle to get the victim __________ again.






21. Examples of Schedule I drugs include _______ - LSD - and marijuana.






22. _____________ classified as Phantastica are not very toxic and allow the user to remain in communication with the present world.






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






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






25. Drug _____ is to use a drug in a situation - manner or amount that it causes social - psychological - physical or occupational problems.






26. 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.






27. Opium has been used for approximately ____ years for both medical and recreational reasons.






28. LSD - PCP and mescaline are _____________.






29. The DSM-IV-TR is a manual which provides criteria for classifying mental disorders into hundreds of specific __________ categories.






30. Almost all of the ______________ and other conventional antipsychotics produce pseudoparkinsonism.






31. _______ professionals and their staff are the most likely to abuse nitrous oxide.






32. In the relief stage - a user experiences satisfaction by _________ from negative feelings such as boredom - anger - stress - fatigue and loneliness.






33. If all of the following consumed the same amount of alcohol at the same speed - which one would have the highest BAC? (120 pound woman - 135 pound woman - 150 pound man - 170 pound man).






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






35. For a drug to be ____________ - its molecules must be capable of passing through the blood-brain barrier.






36. Another word for _________ is painkiller.






37. Opioid overdose can be diagnosed on the basis of the opioid triad: coma - depressed respiration - and ________ pupils.






38. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a condition affecting children born to alcoholic mothers - characterized by facial deformities - growth deficiency - and ____________________.






39. Drugs include any substances which can impair a person's ability to _______ function in society.






40. Two major illicit stimulants are _______ and amphetamines.






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






42. Many drug users are 'controlled' users and their drug use is _______ to those around them.






43. ________ can be found in many over-the-counter drugs.






44. Bupropion is an ________________ used to reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms.






45. ________ antipsychotics are effective at reducing both the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.






46. 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.






47. A drug is FDA approved for OTC (Over the Counter) sales only after an advisory panel agrees it can be used safely when following the __________ on the label.






48. Two brain imaging techniques are ___ and MRI.






49. _________________ are commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders.






50. Methyl alcohol is added to grain alcohol for industrial use to prevent _________.