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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ___ is normally ineffective when taken orally and is usually snorted - smoked - or taken by injection.
THC
DMT
Schedule I
Blood-brain
2. The dosage difference between an acceptable level of effectiveness and the lowest _____ dose is called the safety margin.
Opium
San Salvador
Drug
Toxic
3. When someone overdoses on opiates (heroin - codeine - morphine - etc) Narcan can be injected into a muscle to get the victim __________ again.
Phenothiazines
20
Decrease
Breathing
4. Alcohol dependence as a disease is also known as disease model of alcohol dependence and this concept did not become really popular until ______________________ began to have a major influence in the 1940s and 1950s
41
Alcoholics Anonymous
Hydrochloride
Potency
5. taking prescribed or over the counter (OTC) drugs for illness
Legal Instrumental Use
Involuntary
Marijuana
Cocaine
6. Examples of damage to the cardiovascular system caused by medical doses of amphetamines include increased heart rate - raised _______ _________ - and damage to veins and arteries.
Hypoventilation
200
Caffeine
Blood pressure
7. Naloxone or __________ is used to reverse the depressed respiration resulting from an opioid overdose.
Nalorphine
Mescaline
Cocaine
Weight
8. Commonly called '_______ _____' - nitrous oxide is a gaseous anesthetic first used in the early 1800s in medicine and surgery.
Laughing gas
PET
Involuntary
Mucous membranes
9. Both barbiturates and _______________ affect the neurotransmitter GABA.
Cocaine
Amino acids
Antihistamines
Benzodiazepines
10. Opioids ________ the central nervous system (CNS).
Depress
Marinol
Enzymes
Patches
11. Drug _____ is to use a drug in a situation - manner or amount that it causes social - psychological - physical or occupational problems.
Alcohol
Less
Abuse
Antidepressant
12. Crack is also known as '_____'.
Inhalant
5
Cancer
Rock
13. Prior to 1965 - the most common medical use of amphetamines was for the treatment of _______.
Obesity
Graduates
Evaporate
Commonly
14. Almost all of the ______________ and other conventional antipsychotics produce pseudoparkinsonism.
Cocaine
PET
Phenothiazines
Dentists
15. Inhalant abuse is usually a problem among children and ___________.
Poppers
Adolescents
Al
Medicine
16. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.
OTC
Resin
Indians
Medicinal herbs
17. Heroin is classified as a schedule __________ drug.
Benzodiazepines
Schedule I
Epileptic seizures
Antidepressant
18. Most heroin users need 3 or 4 injections a ___ to avoid withdrawal.
Dentists
Psychedelics
Day
Mental
19. The substitution method of drug detoxification involves _________ the abused substance with a new - less-addicting drug.
Replacing
Depressants
Narcotics
Detoxification
20. Age ___ and older showed sharp drop in use.
Addictive
Perceived risk
26
Theobromine
21. Heart rate and blood pressure are two of the many functions regulated by the _________ nervous system.
Toxic
13-14
Autonomic
Salt
22. Millions of marijuana users never go beyond the _______ drugs.
Naloxone
Synthetic
20
Gateway
23. Not everyone praised the use of tobacco; many _______ it.
Heroin
PCP
Opposed
CYP450
24. Drugs which suppress the appetite are called ___________.
Surroundings
V
Overdose
Anorexiants
25. Pharmacodynamic tolerance occurs when the brain attempts to maintain _____________ by altering the nervous system's sensitivity.
Codeine
Homeostasis
Phenothiazines
Surroundings
26. The __________ of alcohol by the liver occurs at a constant rate that is not much influenced by body size.
Evaporate
PCP
Equal opportunity
Metabolism
27. ______________ and antipsychotics are two groups of drugs used to treat the symptoms associated with psychosis.
Phenothiazines
Raves
Steroids
Laughing gas
28. Generally _________ refers to the psychological attachment to a drug.
Addiction
60
Phenothiazines
Involuntary
29. Diphenhydramine - hydroxyzine and promethazine are examples of OTC and prescription ______________ used as CNS depressants.
Active
Behavioral tolerance
Antihistamines
Amphetamines
30. Three derivatives of the cannabis plant are __________ - hashish - and ganja.
Sinsemilla
Sleeping pills
Bupropion
30
31. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.
Ethanol
Tranquilizers
Depressants
Dietary supplements
32. _________ is a neurotransmitter associated with aggression and regulation of body weight.
100
Serotonin
Prozac
10
33. Nicotine is often thought of as being a mild _________ - but it also seems to have some of the relaxant properties of a low dose of a depressant.
Pharmacodynamic
Solvents
Stimulant
Cocaine
34. Cirrhosis is a _____ disease which results from alcohol abuse and is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S..
Clove
4-6
Inexpensive
Liver
35. GHB is a clear - colorless - odorless liquid associated with _____ ____.
Date rape
48
Solvents
Delirium tremens
36. The most common active ingredients contained in OTC sleep aids are ______________.
Antihistamines
PCP
Long
Behavioral tolerance
37. A person who has narcolepsy falls ______ as often as 50 times a day.
Withdrawal
Marijuana
Benzodiazepines
Asleep
38. ______________ are significantly better than placebo treatments in reducing psychotic behaviors.
90
Phenothiazines
Illicit
6 -000
39. MDMA - popularly known as ecstasy - is a drug popular at clubs and '_____' since the 1980s.
Raves
Cocaine
30
Antihistamines
40. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.
Weight
LSD
Body
Weight gain
41. The CNS consists of the brain and _____________.
Instrumental
Alcohol
Spinal cord
Generic
42. 'Opioid' is another word for '_____'.
Caffeine
Steroids
Opiate
Year
43. ______ is an antipsychotic medication used for treating psychotic disorders including Tourette's syndrome.
Phyiscal
Haldol
Xanthines
Depression
44. Synthetic drugs which result from the altered chemical structures of illicit drugs are called __________________.
Sigmund Freud
25
Spirits
Structural analogs
45. Drug misuse is the inappropriate use of OTC or ____________ medications.
Fluoxetine
Atypical
Homeostasis
Prescription
46. The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and hashish is ___.
Cannabis sativa
THC
Synthetic
1933
47. CNS ___________ - including barbiturates - inhalants and benzodiazepines all have effects similar to alcohol.
Physical
Schedule I
Depressants
Cocaine
48. Smokers die _____ years earlier than nonsmokers.
Enzymes
Addiction
13-14
Absorbed
49. Family and friends of controlled users are often completely unaware of this person's drug use. Controlled users place ___________ constraints on their drug use - for example never on a workday - never around children - etc.
Violent
Hydrochloride
Drug safety
Artificial
50. A recent study indicated that persons aged 26 to __ were most likely to have used marijuana sometime during their life.
Metabolism
34
Cannabis sativa
Anorexiants