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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Some smokers believe that _____ cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes.






2. ________ is used primarily in conjunction with surgical anesthesia and is approximately a hundred times as potent as morphine.






3. High School ____ had the highest rate of current use of illicit drugs (9%).






4. _________ is a neurotransmitter associated with aggression and regulation of body weight.






5. ____ - also known as Ecstasy - produces both stimulant and hallucinogenic effects.






6. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.






7. Millions of marijuana users never go beyond the _______ drugs.






8. Cannabis sativa originated in Asia but now grows worldwide. _____ ____ is made from the fibers of this plant.






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






10. Precursors are the raw materials from which _________________ are made and are found circulating in the blood supply and generally in the brain.






11. 'Opioid' is another word for '_____'.






12. Gender affects BAC because the average female has a higher proportion of _________ and therefore - for a given weight has less volume in which to distribute the alcohol.






13. This type of alcohol can be added to gasoline to reduce pollution - used in cleaners and _________ - as well as in medical research.






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






15. With sales exceeding $160 billion a year - the legal ______________ industry is one of the largest and most profitable industries in the United States.






16. ___________________ syndrome (NAS) is a group of problems that occur in a newborn who was exposed to addictive - illegal or prescription drugs while in the mother's womb.






17. The freebase method of smoking cocaine can be very dangerous because the combination of fire and ether fumes is extremely __________.






18. Cocaine ___ (Hydrochloride) is water soluble and can easily be injected intravenously.






19. Users of cocaine _____________ either 'snort' (sniff) or inject the drug intravenously.






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






21. The idea that alcohol dependence is a _______ goes back at least to the 1700s.






22. ______ is an antipsychotic medication used for treating psychotic disorders including Tourette's syndrome.






23. Most illicit _______________ consumed in the United States is produced in small laboratories which might exist for only a few days in a remote area before moving on.






24. ____-acting barbiturates or benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed to prevent Alcohol withdrawal symptoms.






25. When cocaine use is suddenly stopped - a 'crash' follows almost instantaneously that is characterized by an intense ________ for more cocaine.






26. _________ are the oldest stimulants known. They are found in tea - coffee - soft drinks and chocolate.






27. ___ was originally used as a surgical anesthetic and has hallucinogenic effects different from LSD and mescaline (peyote cactus).






28. Cannabis addiction is ______ harmful than addiction to tobacco - prescription drugs or alcohol.






29. Amphetamines can be taken orally - intravenously or by _______.






30. One of the most important factors which determine the potency of CNS drugs is the ________________ of the molecules.






31. The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and hashish is ___.






32. 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.






33. Permanent brain damage - loss of muscle control - damage to the liver - heart - blood - and bone marrow are all possible consequences of _____ abuse.






34. _________ is an effective antipsychotic drug with the unfortunate side effect of inhibiting white blood cell production.






35. 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.






36. The names of barbiturates all end in __.






37. According to a 1997 report - alcohol is involved in more than ___ thousand deaths in the US each year.






38. A ________ book written in 2737 BC by Chinese emperor Shen Nung contains the earliest reference to Cannabis.






39. Cannabis was declared illegal in the US in the year ____.






40. To make coca paste - coca leaves are mixed with _________ or gasoline and then filtered to form the paste.






41. According to a recent study - men and women from ______ backgrounds are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit the habit.






42. ____________ is the process by which sugar is converted into alcohol through the biochemical action of yeast.






43. The preoccupation phase is characterized by _________ concern about the drug.






44. Columbus was presented tobacco by natives of ____ __________ in 1492 and he brought it with him back to Spain.






45. _______________ and Ritalin are two drugs commonly used to treat ADHD.






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






47. ______ causing chemicals contained in tobacco are called nitrosamines.






48. The important Xanthine varieties are caffeine - theophylline - and _____________.






49. Drugs with a high potential for abuse - with a currently accepted _______ use in the US - whose abuse may lead to severe physical or psychological dependence are listed under Schedule II.






50. Caffeine is the world's most popular drug and frequently used _________.