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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Most heroin users need 3 or 4 injections a ___ to avoid withdrawal.
Laughing gas
Day
Equal opportunity
Mental retardation
2. Usually it takes approximately ___ years of heavy drinking of the equivalent of a pint or more of whiskey a day to develop cirrhosis of the liver.
Crack
Temperance
Kerosene
10
3. Flashbacks are the recurrence of certain aspects of the drug experience weeks or months after an individual has taken ___.
San Salvador
Narcan
LSD
Clozapine
4. Alcohol is the second leading substance abuse related cause of premature death among Americans (________ is first).
Antipsychotics
Cocaine
Tobacco
Psychoactive
5. Molecules that assist in either the metabolism (breaking down) or synthesis (creation) of another molecule are called _______.
Molecular
Insomnia
Endorphines
Enzymes
6. In a double blind procedure - neither the patient nor the doctor know whether the subject is receiving a _______ or an experimental drug.
Dreams
Placebo
Medical
Cocaine
7. Schedule IV drugs have a slightly higher chance of abuse than the Schedule V drugs. What most specifically distinguishes Schedule V drugs from the other schedules is that the drugs are regulated but don't require a ______________.
Prescription
Caffeine
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
Alcohol
8. College _________ had the lowest rate of current use of illicit drugs.
British East India
Sedative
Schedule II
Graduates
9. 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.
Recreational
Diagnostic
Solvents
Artificial
10. Originally - the __________ movement supported the drinking of beer and wine but was strongly opposed to distilled spirits.
Federal
Solvents
Illicit
Temperance
11. Drug ____________ occur when a drug enhances or inhibits the effect of another drug.
Consequences
Interactions
Motor
Chewing
12. Since 1956 - the leaf tobacco content in cigarettes has been reduced by approximately __ percent.
Codeine
25
Cocaine
Tax
13. Many plant-produced chemicals have effects on the intestines or muscles; others alter ______ biochemistry.
Brain
San Salvador
Sleeping pills
Day
14. The buildup of a drug in the body after multiple doses taken at short intervals is called __________ effect.
Antidepressant
Inherited
Spinal cord
Cumulative
15. For a given class of ___ drug - all the competing brands contain the same few active ingredients.
Anorexiants
OTC
Equilibrium
Cancer
16. For a drug to be ____________ - its molecules must be capable of passing through the blood-brain barrier.
Marijuana
Evaporate
Psychoactive
Depressants
17. Most psychoactive drugs can be categorized as stimulants - depressants - opioids - hallucinogens - or _________________ agents.
Prescription
Psychotherapeutic
Liver
Evaporate
18. For some drugs - the dependence is mostly _______________ - whereas for others - a user may develop a heavy physical dependence on the drug with just a few uses.
Somatic
Addictive
Psychological
Equilibrium
19. Ice is a form of methamphetamine that can be ______.
100
Smoked
Fentanyl
Positive
20. The addiction rate for tobacco is 20 to 30% - for alcohol the rate is 15% - and for cocaine its __%.
Overdose
Staggering
20
Heroin
21. Oral ingestion can be compared to intranasal administration (snorting) in that it is absorbed much more _______ than smoking or IV injection.
Nicotine
Norepinephrine
Slowly
James
22. Drugs which enhance the sense of touch are called ___________.
Caffeine
Entactogens
Disease
Stimulant
23. A key belief of Alcoholics Anonymous is that alcohol dependence is an _________ - progressive disease characterized by a loss of control over drinking.
Decreased
Incurable
Long
Dentists
24. 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.
Smaller
Methamphetamine
Lungs
Enzymes
25. using drugs to achieve some goal other than the prescribed use - for example taking pills to stay awake and drive all night.
Illegal Instrumental Use
Depressants
Watery
25
26. Specialized nerve endings that recognize neurotransmitter molecules and cause a change in the electrical activity of the neuron when activated are called _________.
Synesthesia
Weight gain
Receptors
Antidepressant
27. Some alcohol withdrawal symptoms can last for up to several ______.
Overdose
Weeks
Laughing gas
Skin
28. Cronic malnutrition causes _______ damage.
Solvents
Equilibrium
Norepinephrine
Tissue
29. The freebase method of smoking cocaine can be very dangerous because the combination of fire and ether fumes is extremely __________.
Potent
Injection
Craving
Explosive
30. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.
Football
Body
Natural
Barbiturate
31. _______________ is a highly addictive stimulant that is cheaper and much longer lasting than cocaine.
Opioids
Liver
Methamphetamine
Mucous
32. _____ _______ studied cocaine for its potential as a treatment for a variety of ailments including depression and morphine dependence.
Neurotransmitters
Mental
Antipsychotics
Sigmund Freud
33. Advertising restrictions - smoke-free indoor air - _____ on tobacco products and limiting youth access to tobacco are all examples of tobacco control laws.
Craving
Common
Neurotransmitters
Taxes
34. Dopamine - acetylcholine - norepinephrine - serotonin - GABA - glutamate - and endorphins are all _________________ associated with the actions of the psychoactive drugs.
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
Neurotransmitters
Marinol
Antidepressant
35. In the US - _______ was first used in psychiatry and as a local anesthetic.
Nicotine
Cocaine
Dopamine
Breaks down
36. The unemployed are _____ likely to use illicit drugs than those who are employed.
Memory
Heroin
More
Depressants
37. 18.2% of unemployed persons report ________ drug use compared to only 7.9% of those with full time jobs and 10.7% of part time employees.
Muscle
Illicit
Rock
Cocaine
38. Physiological effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) include ________ in body temperature - heart rate and blood pressure - sweating and dilation of eye pupils.
Appetite
Alcohol
Benzodiazepines
Increase
39. In 1970 - the FDA limited the legal use of ____________ to three medical conditions: narcolepsy - ADHD - and short term weight reduction programs.
Codeine
Amphetamines
Structural analogs
Autonomic
40. The forming of a neurotransmitter by the action of _______ on precursors is called synthesis.
Dronabinol
Enzymes
25
Tardive dyskinesia
41. GHB is a clear - colorless - odorless liquid associated with _____ ____.
Brain
Date rape
Duration
Legal Instrumental Use
42. There are approximately __ analogs of PCP.
Half life
Liver
Cocaine
30
43. _________ ________ occurs after using a nasal spray regularly for longer than the recommended period.
30
Congestion rebound
Dopamine
Muscle tone
44. Two brain imaging techniques are ___ and MRI.
Leukoplakia
20
PET
Preschool
45. Its believed that both cocaine and amphetamines interact with a number of _________________ - including dopamine - norepinephrine and serotonin.
Detoxification
Norepinephrine
Neurotransmitters
Alcohol
46. Nitrites are sometimes called '________' and come in small vials or tubes.
Tissue
Poppers
Antitussives
Atypical
47. CNS ___________ - including barbiturates - inhalants and benzodiazepines all have effects similar to alcohol.
Isopropyl
Tissue
Molecular
Depressants
48. Natives of the ______ mountains in Bolivia and Peru today still use coca as their ancestors did thousands of years ago.
OTC
Tax
Depressant
Andes
49. FDA approved THC in capsule form is called _______.
Toluene
Marinol
Hydrochloride
Violent
50. Current medical applications for cocaine are as a local __________ for ear - nose - and throat procedures.
Emphysema
Anesthetic
Thousand
Drinking