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DSST Substance Abuse
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1. Heroin illegally imported from Mexico is called _____ ____.
Soft drinks
Congestion rebound
Dietary supplements
Black Tar
2. Drugs which cause a loss of ______ are called Amnesiacs.
Caffeine
Psychoactive
Memory
Smaller
3. _____________ Syndrome is a collection of physical and behavioral abnormalities that seems to be caused by the presence of alcohol during development of the fetus.
Acetylcholine
Fetal Alcohol
Mucous
Slowly
4. Floaters (chippers) usually don't maintain their own supply of drugs but prefer to use...
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5. ________ _______ is another term for alcohol withdrawal symptoms - especially fever - trembling and hallucinations.
Injection
Isopropyl
Delirium tremens
Insomnia
6. Inhalant abuse is usually a problem among children and ___________.
Adolescents
Magic mushrooms
6 -000
Muscle tone
7. Aspirin is one of the most popular OTC drugs in the US. It is used for its analgesic - anti-____________and antipyretic effects.
More
20
Inflammatory
Watery
8. Amphetamines can be taken orally - intravenously or by _______.
Anabolic steroid
Benzodiazepines
Brain
Smoking
9. _________ drugs produce wakefulness and a sense of energy and well-being.
Anesthetics
Stimulant
Breathing
Psychoactive
10. Natives of the ______ mountains in Bolivia and Peru today still use coca as their ancestors did thousands of years ago.
Insomnia
Andes
48
Dropouts
11. ___ is normally ineffective when taken orally and is usually snorted - smoked - or taken by injection.
Legal Recreational Use
Enzymes
DMT
Gateway
12. 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.
Replacing
Stimulant
Hair
Healthcare
13. Traffic fatalities involving alcohol have _________ since 1980.
Opioids
Interactions
Theobromine
Decreased
14. Opioids such as morphine and _______ are the drugs most often used for acute pain - such as short-term pain after surgery.
Codeine
90
DMT
Cocaine
15. 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.
Replacing
Cocaine
Soft drinks
Equal opportunity
16. Drug induced respiratory depression is also called _______________ and is a common type of drug overdose death.
Hypoventilation
Opposed
Biological
Ethanol
17. Another way of saying placebo effect is ___________ effect.
Diarrhea
Breathing
Opposed
Nonspecific
18. Opiates are drugs that contain _____ or one of its derivatives.
Nicotine
Opium
Amino acids
Half life
19. MAO inhibitors - tricyclics and selective reuptake inhibitors are three types of ______________ drugs.
Poppers
Antidepressant
Alcohol
Tremors
20. 'Opioid' is another word for '_____'.
Detoxification
Fentanyl
Magic mushrooms
Opiate
21. ________ is a drug used for treating alcoholics. It makes them extremely sick if they drink even a small amount of alcohol.
Sigmund Freud
Antabuse
Alcoholic
Amphetamines
22. Depressants _________ the rate of various vital physiological activities - especially those of the central nervous system.
Ounces
Decrease
Without
Mucous
23. Two OTC smoking _________ aids are nicotine gum and patches.
Psychoactive
Perceived risk
Fermentation
Cessation
24. drug detoxification often relies upon ___________
Indians
Rapid
Substitution
Peyote
25. Adopted sons whose __________ fathers were alcohol dependent have a much greater than average chance of becoming alcohol dependent than adopted sons of non-alcoholic fathers.
Serotonin
Equilibrium
Biological
Anesthetics
26. Urine drug tests are relatively ___________ screening tests that detect a variety of abused substances or their metabolites in urine.
Appetite
Enzymes
Positive
Inexpensive
27. Opioids ________ the central nervous system (CNS).
Cocaine
Illicit
Depress
Nicotine
28. LSD - PCP and mescaline are _____________.
One hour
Nail polish
Hallucinogens
Methamphetamine
29. _______ is absorbed most quickly through smoking and intravenous injection.
Employee Assitance Programs
Barbiturate
Cocaine
Breathing
30. Anabolic steroids build muscle mass by stimulating the conversion of _________ into tissue.
Psychological
Diagnostic
Nutrients
16
31. Common opioids include morphine - codeine - _____ and methadone.
Overdose
26
Heroin
Fermentation
32. ___________ is considered the fifth and final stage of drug addiction.
James
Placenta
Withdrawal
Depressant
33. Molecules that assist in either the metabolism (breaking down) or synthesis (creation) of another molecule are called _______.
One hour
Enzymes
Benzodiazepines
Diagnostic
34. Varenicline (_______) is a prescription drug used for smoking cessation.
Irritability
Muscle spasms
Chantix
Inexpensive
35. In a recent survey - __ percent of high-dose marijuana users reported some withdrawal symptoms upon quitting - most commonly nervousness and sleep disturbance.
Methylphenidate
16
Dietary supplements
Switching
36. Drugs prescribed to control symptoms associated with ______ problems are called psychotherapeutics.
Neurotransmitters
Incurable
Mental
Sleeping pills
37. Fluoxetine (_______) is safer than tricyclic antidepressants as it is less likely to lead to overdose death.
Psychoactive
Prozac
Anabolic steroid
Theobromine
38. The Native American Church's use of ______ has been controversial throughout the twentieth century.
Peyote
Benzodiazepines
Salt
Special K
39. Amphetamine abusers often use ___________ - such as barbiturates to counteract the hyperactive feelings associated with high doses of amphetamines.
Structural analogs
Depressants
V
Motor
40. Nitrous oxide is used by _________ for light anesthesia and can be found as a propellant in whipped cream dispensers.
Antagonists
Dentists
Steroids
1933
41. Two major illicit stimulants are _______ and amphetamines.
Mescaline
Adolescents
Cocaine
Illegal Recreational Use
42. Legal _______ drugs - ranked by amount of money spent each year: Alcohol ($104 billion) Tobacco ($51.9 billion) Coffee - Tea and Cocoa ($5.7 billion)
Synesthesia
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Nutrients
Social
43. Cocaine is absorbed so well into ________ __________ that it remains in use for surgery in the nasal - laryngeal - and esophageal regions.
Mucous membranes
Sigmund Freud
Months
Entactogens
44. Inhalant abuse can cause _______ - a state of oxygen deficiency in the body.
Alcohol
Hypoxia
Columbus
Heroin
45. For many years - ___________ sleeping pills were the drug of choice for people wishing to commit suicide.
Asleep
Barbiturate
Explosive
Cocaine
46. Smoking during pregnancy is associated with miscarriage - reduced birth weight - differences in body size and negative effects on physical / ______ development of the child.
Mental
Hypnotics
Nicotine
Transdermal patch
47. Approximately _% of alcoholics - who experience alcohol withdrawal symptoms - must be treated in a hospital or in an alcohol rehabilitation facility that specializes in detoxification.
Safely
Laughing gas
5
LSD
48. Respiratory depression is the most common type of drug _________ death--people simply stop breathing.
Cost
Overdose
PCP
Social
49. Almost ___ % of 8th graders have abused an inhalant sometime in their life.
20
Preschool
Inherited
Withdrawal
50. The __________ of alcohol by the liver occurs at a constant rate that is not much influenced by body size.
One half
Heroin
Metabolism
THC