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DSST Substance Abuse
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1. The substitution method of drug detoxification involves _________ the abused substance with a new - less-addicting drug.
Psychoactive
Legal Recreational Use
Replacing
Amphetamines
2. ______________ are unhealthy because they interfere with REM sleep.
Anesthetics
Sleeping pills
Poorer
Rate
3. The two major ________ pathways damaged in Parkinson's disease are acetylcholine and the nigrostriatal pathways.
Dopamine
Neurotransmitters
Brain
Cocaine
4. Smoking during pregnancy is associated with miscarriage - reduced birth weight - differences in body size and negative effects on physical / ______ development of the child.
Opioids
Watery
Medical
Mental
5. Through fermentation - the alcohol concentration is limited to ___%.
15
Plants
Smoking
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
6. In the US - _______ was first used in psychiatry and as a local anesthetic.
Adolescents
Cocaine
Mesolimbic
Alcohol
7. The most important drug-metabolizing enzymes found in the liver belong to a group known as the ______ family of enzymes.
Blood pressure
Methamphetamine
CYP450
PCP
8. Physical dependence involves the need to continue using the drug to avoid __________ symptoms which include sickness and discomfort.
Withdrawal
Household
Hypoventilation
Soft drinks
9. Onset of drug effects via inhalation is quite rapid because the capillary walls are very accessible in the _____ - and the drug thus enters the blood quickly.
Lungs
Synesthesia
Heroin
Marinol
10. The amount of drug that must be given to obtain a particular response is called _______.
Neurotransmitters
440
Congestion rebound
Potency
11. The ________ the amount needed to get a particular effect - the more potent the drug.
Tremors
Crack
Smaller
THC
12. When using snuff or chewing tobacco - nicotine is absorbed through the ______ lining of the mouth.
Mucous
Chlorpromazine
Glutamate
Prescription
13. The ______ ______ ______ company was responsible for the smuggling of opium into China during the 1800s.
Contextual
British East India
One half
6 -000
14. Alcohol is the drug most often associated with _______ crimes; in many cases - it is present in both the assailant and the victim.
Is Not
Overdose
Violent
Metabolism
15. The exact mechanism by which alcohol exerts its effects in the ______ _______ _______ is unknown - but it is believed that its interactions with the GABA receptor are important.
Central nervous system
Drinking
Mushrooms
Potent
16. ________ brought tobacco to Europe after his voyage to the Americas.
Motor
Skin
Columbus
More
17. Specialized nerve endings that recognize neurotransmitter molecules and cause a change in the electrical activity of the neuron when activated are called _________.
Withdrawal
Motor
Receptors
Cost
18. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.
Alcohol
Football
Antitussives
Fentanyl
19. Psilocybin is the active psychoactive ingredient in _______________.
Cocaine
Magic mushrooms
Emphysema
Fetal Alcohol
20. Cocaine is a ___________ controlled substance.
Glutamate
Cocaine
Congeners
Schedule II
21. Severe alcoholism often results in ____________ as a result of decreased caloric intake by alcoholics.
Marinol
Malnutrition
Nutrients
Nicotine
22. The _____________ curve is a graph comparing the size of response to a drug to the amount of a drug taken.
Solvent
Body fat
Obesity
Dose response
23. To make coca paste - coca leaves are mixed with _________ or gasoline and then filtered to form the paste.
Kerosene
Neurotransmitters
Other's drugs.
Antidepressant
24. The blood-brain barrier is a semipermeable structure that protects the brain from potentially ______ chemicals circulating in the blood.
Pharmacy
Toxic
Relaxed
Synthetic
25. Anabolic steroids build muscle mass by stimulating the conversion of _________ into tissue.
30
Nutrients
THC
Diarrhea
26. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.
Stimulant
Atypical
Nicotine
Substitution
27. Psychotic behavior resulting from a known ________ cause is called an organic disorder.
Physical
Stimulant
Blood-brain
Psychoactive
28. The CNS consists of the brain and _____________.
Alcohol
Clove
Central nervous system
Spinal cord
29. Introduced as a ____ law - the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) was not meant to be punitive and it made no reference to users of narcotics.
Rate
Tax
440
Unknown
30. The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and hashish is ___.
Prescription
Dependence
THC
Benzodiazepines
31. Smokers die _____ years earlier than nonsmokers.
Enzymes
13-14
Graduates
Parkinson's
32. CNS depressants include: alcohol - ______________ - opioids - benzodiazepines and barbiturates.
Barbiturate
More
LSD
Antihistamines
33. Heart rate and blood pressure are two of the many functions regulated by the _________ nervous system.
Withdrawal
1933
Autonomic
Mescaline
34. The opium plant contains both morphine and _______.
Pharmacy
Caffenism
Loco weed
Codeine
35. Clonidine is an opioide agonist drug (similar to methadone) used in heroin ______________.
British East India
Insomnia
Designer
Detoxification
36. The predominant style of tobacco use went from pipes to snuff to _______ to cigars to cigarettes.
Psychoactive
Constipation
Raves
Chewing
37. Nitrous oxide is used by _________ for light anesthesia and can be found as a propellant in whipped cream dispensers.
Bipolar disorder
30
Cocaine
Dentists
38. Many _________ drugs act by enhancing GABA inhibition.
Sedative
Chlorpromazine
Months
Inexpensive
39. Cross tolerance exists between LSD - mescaline and __________.
Weeks
Transdermal patch
Atypical
Psilocybin
40. _____________ Syndrome is a collection of physical and behavioral abnormalities that seems to be caused by the presence of alcohol during development of the fetus.
Common
Fetal Alcohol
Abuse
Muscle spasms
41. CNS depressants that promote relaxation and relieve anxiety are called _________.
Duration
Hypnotics
Pharmacological
Sedatives
42. Medical science has used opium as a pain reliever and also to treat _________ and dehydration caused by dysentery.
16
Codeine
Benzodiazepines
Diarrhea
43. Generally _________ refers to the psychological attachment to a drug.
Addiction
Chewing
Glaucoma
Detoxification
44. ________ drugs are developed to eliminate the illegality of a drug by modifying a drug into a new compound.
Sigmund Freud
Designer
Mental retardation
Delirium tremens
45. It is possible to estimate an individual's blood alcohol content (BAC) by knowing their ______ - gender - and amount of alcohol consumed.
Low
Weight
Stimulant
Withdrawal
46. _______ % of all US deaths are tobacco-related.
20
Hypnotics
Toxic
Leukoplakia
47. Half life refers to how long a drug is ______ in the body.
Barbiturate
Active
Breathing
Pharmacological
48. Physiological effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) include ________ in body temperature - heart rate and blood pressure - sweating and dilation of eye pupils.
Smoking
Increase
Congeners
Drug safety
49. ________ can be found in many over-the-counter drugs.
Theobromine
Naloxone
Caffeine
Detoxification
50. Drugs which enhance the sense of touch are called ___________.
Entactogens
Active
Transmitter
Psychological
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