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DSST Substance Abuse
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1. Psilocybin is the active psychoactive ingredient in _______________.
Breathing
Hydrochloride
Blood thinners
Magic mushrooms
2. The most widely used licit social drug is _______.
Sedatives
One half
Alcohol
Antihistamines
3. Nitrous oxide is used by _________ for light anesthesia and can be found as a propellant in whipped cream dispensers.
Dentists
Nalorphine
Day
Cocaine
4. A common lung disease caused by smoking is _________.
Emphysema
Prescription
LSD
Placenta
5. Many plant-produced chemicals have effects on the intestines or muscles; others alter ______ biochemistry.
Brain
Switching
Equal opportunity
Mainlining
6. Contextual factors refer to how physical ______________ affect drug use; i.e. being at home vs. being in a rock concert or in a dance club.
Antidepressant
Surroundings
Amphetamines
Enzymes
7. The amount of drug that must be given to obtain a particular response is called _______.
Hemp rope
Constipation
Generic
Potency
8. Employee Assitance Programs or EAPs can also be known as _____ of Assistance programs.
Cost
Lipid solubility
Adolescents
Cocaine
9. ______________ are unhealthy because they interfere with REM sleep.
Phenothiazines
Sleeping pills
Graduates
Heart beat
10. ____-acting barbiturates or benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed to prevent Alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
Rate
Hallucinogens
Cumulative
Long
11. Alcohol withdrawal seizures may occur 6 to __ hours after the last drink.
Consequences
Relaxed
48
Thousand
12. Metabolites refer to the substances that are produced or left over when the body metabolizes (_______ ______) the drugs that have been consumed.
Injection
Topical anesthesia
Depress
Breaks down
13. Drug induced respiratory depression is also called _______________ and is a common type of drug overdose death.
Hypoventilation
Pinpoint
Molecular
Months
14. Since 1956 - the leaf tobacco content in cigarettes has been reduced by approximately __ percent.
25
Constipation
Intoxicating
Serotonin
15. Drug _____ is to use a drug in a situation - manner or amount that it causes social - psychological - physical or occupational problems.
Chewing
Stimulant
Abuse
Recreational
16. Glaucoma is a leading cause of ______ and its treatment is one of the possible medical uses of marijuana.
Medicinal herbs
Psychoactive
Structural analogs
Blindness
17. Jimsonweed a potent hallucinogenic plant and is also known as ____ _____.
Illicit
Antidepressant
Medical
Loco weed
18. The ______ ______ ______ company was responsible for the smuggling of opium into China during the 1800s.
Coca
British East India
Poppers
Opioid
19. Three stimulants used by athletes in the early 1800s and 1900s were __________ - cocaine - and caffeine.
Strychnine
Floaters
Depressant
Schedule I
20. ___________ disease is a degenerative neurological disease involving damage to dopamine neurons.
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21. Prior to the 1980s - ________ was a popular way to smoke cocaine. It involved extracting cocaine into a volatile organic solvent - such as ether.
Freebase
Alcohol
Diagnostic
Inflammatory
22. In 1970 - the FDA limited the legal use of ____________ to three medical conditions: narcolepsy - ADHD - and short term weight reduction programs.
Fermentation
Fentanyl
Natural
Amphetamines
23. Injecting an illegal drug intravenously is called __________.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Designer
Mainlining
Rock
24. The psychoactive ingredient found in the _____________ is mescaline.
Entactogens
Rock
Peyote cactus
48
25. Cocaine is derived from the ____ plant.
Glaucoma
Contextual
Coca
Dropouts
26. _________ is a neurotransmitter associated with aggression and regulation of body weight.
Psychological
Motor
Serotonin
Alcohol
27. The three types of names that are applied to drugs are the _______ name - the chemical name - and the brand name.
Laughing gas
Entactogens
Pharmacodynamic
Generic
28. In a double blind procedure - neither the patient nor the doctor know whether the subject is receiving a _______ or an experimental drug.
Neonatal abstinence
Placebo
0.4
Tranquilizers
29. Most psychoactive drugs can be categorized as stimulants - depressants - opioids - hallucinogens - or _________________ agents.
Atypical
41
Psychotherapeutic
High
30. In the relief stage - a user experiences satisfaction by _________ from negative feelings such as boredom - anger - stress - fatigue and loneliness.
Escaping
Haldol
Bipolar disorder
One-third
31. When an alcoholic learns to modify his behavior to compensate for motor impairments associated with being intoxicated this is called _____ _____.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Amphetamines
Behavioral tolerance
Dopamine
32. 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.
Erich Goode
Tranquilizers
Nicotine
10
33. Ice is a form of methamphetamine that can be ______.
Toxic
Marijuana
13-14
Smoked
34. College _________ had the lowest rate of current use of illicit drugs.
Cardiovascular
Employee Assitance Programs
Hallucinations
Graduates
35. Respiratory depression is the most common type of drug _________ death--people simply stop breathing.
I
Columbus
Overdose
Black Tar
36. Examples of opioid antagonists are _________ - nalorphine and naltrexone.
Cocaine
Naloxone
Sleeping pills
10
37. ________ can be found in many over-the-counter drugs.
Weight gain
Heart beat
Strychnine
Caffeine
38. Almost all alcoholics suffering from withdrawal symptoms (about __%) can be treated in outpatient programs.
95
Speed
Physical
Hydrochloride
39. Specialized nerve endings that recognize neurotransmitter molecules and cause a change in the electrical activity of the neuron when activated are called _________.
Chewing
Muscle
Receptors
Antihistamines
40. It was also revealed that seventy five percent of the _____________ in major cities are addicted to drugs.
Psychoactive
Prostitutes
Glucosamine
Placebo
41. When cocaine use is suddenly stopped - a 'crash' follows almost instantaneously that is characterized by an intense ________ for more cocaine.
Employee Assitance Programs
Craving
Depressant
Antagonists
42. The Native American Church's use of ______ has been controversial throughout the twentieth century.
Mushrooms
Peyote
Molecular
Heroin
43. ___ is normally ineffective when taken orally and is usually snorted - smoked - or taken by injection.
Theobromine
DMT
Half life
Structural analogs
44. Excessive use of either cocaine or amphetamine can result in paranoid psychosis in which the individual loses touch with reality and experiences auditory ______________.
Slowly
Hallucinogens
Hallucinations
Designer
45. 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.
Medical
Hallucinogens
Iproniazid
III
46. Cocaine is used for _________ ___________ and vasoconstriction for surgery of the mouth - nose - and throat.
Antabuse
Topical anesthesia
Felt tip
Fentanyl
47. Most drugs are derived directly or indirectly from ______.
Cocaine
Plants
Generic
Nutrients
48. Drug assistance programs for drug-dependent employees are called _________.
LSD
10
Employee Assitance Programs
Commonly
49. ________ is used primarily in conjunction with surgical anesthesia and is approximately a hundred times as potent as morphine.
Fentanyl
Breathing
Watery
Reducing
50. Clonidine can be administered by a _____________ ______ - which gradually releases the drug over a seven day period.
Inexpensive
Transdermal patch
Social
Less