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DSST Substance Abuse

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1. ____________ drugs are drug compounds (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter consciousness and/or perceptions.






2. _____________ are drugs which cause hallucinations. They alter the way a user perceives reality and can affect emotions.






3. The psychological effects of LSD - mescaline - and psilocybin can be blocked with ________.






4. Opioids are also known as _________.






5. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.






6. _______ is drinkable - is the psychoactive ingredient in alcoholic beverages - and is also known as grain alcohol.






7. Because their effect varies depending on the dose - CNS depressants are said to be _____ ________.






8. Any substance that modifies mind or body function by distorting enhancing - or inhibiting them






9. Since 1956 - the leaf tobacco content in cigarettes has been reduced by approximately __ percent.






10. 95% pure alcohol is called _____________ spirits






11. The use of alcohol has decreased since ____ and its consumption varies greatly in different regions of the US and among different cultural groups.






12. Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse - no current ________ use in the US and have been declared unsafe.






13. A _______ drug is capable of passing the blood-brain barrier and influencing the brain's activity.






14. Approximately 20 years ago - heroin was replaced by _______ as the most abused illicit drug in the US (other than marijuana).






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






16. The caffeine that is taken out of coffee to make it decaffeinated is used mostly in _____ ______.






17. The symptoms for withdrawal from any _________________ is similar to symptoms for alcohol withdrawal.






18. To remove the caffeine - unroasted coffee beans are soaked in an organic ________.






19. Urine drug tests are relatively ___________ screening tests that detect a variety of abused substances or their metabolites in urine.






20. By the 1850s - the temperance movement supported not only a ban on distilled spirits but also a ban on all __________ beverages.






21. There are several FDA approved prescription drugs used to treat ________ - but only Lunesta has been approved for long term use.






22. CNS depressants that promote relaxation and relieve anxiety are called _________.






23. There are now more than 40 million former smokers in the United States - and about 90 percent of them report that they quit smoking _______ formal treatment programs.






24. The time from the patient receiving their first dose of antipsychotic medication until the first result is seen is at least __ days.






25. Perceived risk refers to the perceived ______________ of using the drug.






26. Physiological effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) include ________ in body temperature - heart rate and blood pressure - sweating and dilation of eye pupils.






27. Approximately _% of alcoholics - who experience alcohol withdrawal symptoms - must be treated in a hospital or in an alcohol rehabilitation facility that specializes in detoxification.






28. ___________________ are not regulated as OTC drugs. They don't have to be shown to be effective - and the amount of supposed active ingredient varies extensively.






29. Most psychoactive drugs are taken by one of three basic routes: by mouth - _________ - or inhalation.






30. A BAC of 0.05 results in lowered alertness and a BAC of ____ results in death (lethal dose).






31. College _________ had the lowest rate of current use of illicit drugs.






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






33. Respiratory depression is the most common type of drug _________ death--people simply stop breathing.






34. Approximately __% of people who use marijuana become addicted to it.






35. These drugs alter perceptions of reality. They can affect sense of taste - smell - hearing and vision. Sometimes they are called ______________.






36. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.






37. Although they were originally called _____________ - antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis without producing drowsiness.






38. The shorter the drug half life - the more __________ it is.






39. The remaining two principal factors affecting drug use are ______ and cultural.






40. Because heroin is more _______ ________ - it is more potent and faster acting than morphine even though the effects of the two substances are identical.






41. When nonsmokers inhale cigarette smoke from their ___________ it is called passive smoking.






42. Physical dependence involves the need to continue using the drug to avoid __________ symptoms which include sickness and discomfort.






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






44. _______ drugs are illegal to own or use. Some examples are cocaine - LSD and marijuana.






45. Poisonous alcohols include methyl - ethylene glycol and _________.






46. The branch of the _________ system involved in flight or fight reactions is called the sympathetic branch.






47. 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.






48. ________ _______ is another term for alcohol withdrawal symptoms - especially fever - trembling and hallucinations.






49. _______ is absorbed most quickly through smoking and intravenous injection.






50. Excessive use of caffeine is called _________.







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