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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The shorter the drug half life - the more __________ it is.






2. Age ___ and older showed sharp drop in use.






3. ________ can be found in many over-the-counter drugs.






4. Jimsonweed a potent hallucinogenic plant and is also known as ____ _____.






5. It was also revealed that seventy five percent of the _____________ in major cities are addicted to drugs.






6. Drugs used to relieve _______ are called anxiolytics.






7. A drug is categorized as Schedule _ if it has a low potential for abuse - a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States - and its abuse may lead to limited physical or psychological dependence.






8. An increase in the heart rate and reddening of the ____ are the two most consistent physiological effects of smoking marijuana.






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






10. MAO inhibitors - tricyclics and selective reuptake inhibitors are three types of ______________ drugs.






11. Drugs which enhance the sense of touch are called ___________.






12. _________ is often referred to as the brain's major excitatory neurotransmitter.






13. Injecting an illegal drug intravenously is called __________.






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






15. Perceived risk refers to the perceived ______________ of using the drug.






16. Federal laws which prohibited the sale of alcohol from 1920 to ____ are called prohibition.






17. Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse - no current ________ use in the US and have been declared unsafe.






18. The _____________ curve is a graph comparing the size of response to a drug to the amount of a drug taken.






19. Examples of ilicit drugs - include alcohol - tea - coffee - _______ and over the counter (OTC) drugs.






20. Methyl alcohol is made from ____.






21. Naloxone or __________ is used to reverse the depressed respiration resulting from an opioid overdose.






22. The category of volatile substances includes adhesives (glues) - aerosols (hair spray - spray paint) - fuels (gasoline - propane) - and office supplies (____ ____ markers).






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






24. _______ is drinkable - is the psychoactive ingredient in alcoholic beverages - and is also known as grain alcohol.






25. The __________ of alcohol by the liver occurs at a constant rate that is not much influenced by body size.






26. Employee Assitance Programs or EAPs can also be known as _____ of Assistance programs.






27. The FDA restricted amphetamine use to _____ ______ weight reduction programs in 1970.






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






29. The 1914 Harrison Act regulated sales of opiates and _______.






30. Nitrous oxide is used by _________ for light anesthesia and can be found as a propellant in whipped cream dispensers.






31. ________ drugs are developed to eliminate the illegality of a drug by modifying a drug into a new compound.






32. The leading cause of death in the US is _____________.






33. Alcohol - cigarettes - and _________ are called gateway drugs because their use is often believed to lead to the use of other stronger drugs.






34. Opioids are also known as _________.






35. 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.






36. The effective dose (ED50) for LSD is many __________ of times smaller than that of other psychoactive drugs.






37. Many ________ remedies have been used for anxiety disorder and depression. These include Kava Kava (also known as Kava Root) and St John's Wort.






38. The three types are drug disposition tolerance - behavioral tolerance - and _________________ tolerance.






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






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






41. Drugs are said to be ______ ________ when tolerance to one reduces the effectiveness of each of the others.






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






43. There are now more than 40 million former smokers in the United States - and about 90 percent of them report that they quit smoking _______ formal treatment programs.






44. ___________ is considered the fifth and final stage of drug addiction.






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






46. If all of the following consumed the same amount of alcohol at the same speed - which one would have the highest BAC? (120 pound woman - 135 pound woman - 150 pound man - 170 pound man).






47. The most widely used __________ is alcohol.






48. ___ is normally ineffective when taken orally and is usually snorted - smoked - or taken by injection.






49. 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.






50. Drugs with a long half life stay in the body for a very long time without significantly diminishing in strength - for example - ________ ________.