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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. CNS depressants include: alcohol - ______________ - opioids - benzodiazepines and barbiturates.






3. Men are _____ likely to use illicit drugs than women and pregnant women are less likely to use drugs than women who are not pregnant.






4. MDMA - popularly known as ecstasy - is a drug popular at clubs and '_____' since the 1980s.






5. Another word for _________ is painkiller.






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






7. Methods of drug testing include urine - ____ - and saliva.






8. The two categories of psychoactive drugs are ______ (legal) and illicit (illegal).






9. The blood-brain barrier is a semipermeable structure that protects the brain from potentially ______ chemicals circulating in the blood.






10. Examples of opioid antagonists are _________ - nalorphine and naltrexone.






11. Alcoholic fatty liver - alcoholic _________ - and cirrhosis are all liver disorders associated with heavy use of alcohol.






12. The antidepressant drug __________ was originally used to treat tuberculosis.






13. The ratio of LD50 to ED50 is one indication of the relative safety of a drug for a particular use or effect and this is called the ___________ index.






14. 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.






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






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






17. Fast acting drugs are the most likely to produce _____________ dependence.






18. Drug misuse is the inappropriate use of OTC or ____________ medications.






19. Over the counter drugs are often simply referred to as ____ drugs.






20. Methylphenidate and Ritalin are both ______________.






21. REM sleep is the sleep phase associated with _______.






22. Almost all alcoholics suffering from withdrawal symptoms (about __%) can be treated in outpatient programs.






23. There are more than one ________ products currently abused as inhalants.






24. Experimenters primarily restrict drug usage to ______________ settings and are motivated by peer pressure and curiosity.






25. Both tricyclics and MAO inhibitors interfere with the reuptake of the neurotransmitters ______________ - dopamine - and serotonin.






26. The use of alcohol is statistically associated with homicide - assault - _______ violence and suicide






27. It is possible to estimate an individual's blood alcohol content (BAC) by knowing their ______ - gender - and amount of alcohol consumed.






28. The SSRI Fluoxetine is the most widely prescribed ______________ drug.






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






30. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.






31. Another word for ____________ is psychedelic.






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






33. A common lung disease caused by smoking is _________.






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






35. Because drug use can be found in all parts of society regardless of income - education - occupation - social class - and age - it is called an ________ ________ affliction.






36. Medical science has used opium as a pain reliever and also to treat _________ and dehydration caused by dysentery.






37. 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.






38. Three stimulants used by athletes in the early 1800s and 1900s were __________ - cocaine - and caffeine.






39. Synthetic drugs which result from the altered chemical structures of illicit drugs are called __________________.






40. LSD is one of the most potent ____________ drugs.






41. The two major ________ pathways damaged in Parkinson's disease are acetylcholine and the nigrostriatal pathways.






42. Ethylene glycol alcohol is poisonous and is a primary ingredient of __________.






43. In the 1960s and 1970s an ergogenic drug commonly used by American ________ players was amphetamines.






44. The two main side effects of therapeutic doses of amphetamines are drug abuse and damage to the ______________ system.






45. Psilocybin is the active psychoactive ingredient in _______________.






46. 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.






47. Glaucoma is a leading cause of ______ and its treatment is one of the possible medical uses of marijuana.






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






49. The legal opioid methadone - is used to treat heroin dependence by reducing severity of __________ symptoms.






50. Inhalant abuse is usually a problem among children and ___________.