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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Jimsonweed a potent hallucinogenic plant and is also known as ____ _____.






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






3. Nitrites are sometimes called '________' and come in small vials or tubes.






4. Herbs and _________ were used by early Greeks in Olympic games to enhance their performance.






5. Drugs are more likely to produce psychological dependence if they have a _____ onset.






6. Drugs designed to treat _________ _________. are being used as effective mood stabilizers.






7. There are several FDA approved prescription drugs used to treat ________ - but only Lunesta has been approved for long term use.






8. ________ is a drug used for treating alcoholics. It makes them extremely sick if they drink even a small amount of alcohol.






9. ______ cocaine is not water soluble but can be converted to a water soluble cocaine salt if it is dissolved in citric acid ( for example - vinegar or lemon juice).






10. The idea that alcohol dependence is a _______ goes back at least to the 1700s.






11. The process where the body rids itself of drugs and alcohol is called ______________.






12. _________ ________ occurs after using a nasal spray regularly for longer than the recommended period.






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






14. The most widely used licit social drug is _______.






15. The most widely used __________ is alcohol.






16. The human body strives to maintain its internal environment within a certain range (temperature - blood pressure - etc); this ___________ is called homeostasis.






17. Two forms of cocaine which can be smoked are _____ and coca paste.






18. The names of barbiturates all end in __.






19. The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and hashish is ___.






20. Ice is also known as '______________'.






21. Most illicit drugs cause an addiction in both the mother and the infant because drugs (cocaine - barbiturates - heroin - etc) pass through the _________ and reach the baby.






22. The introduction of antipsychotic drugs have caused a dramatic ________ in the population of mental hospitals.






23. The DSM-IV-TR is a manual which provides criteria for classifying mental disorders into hundreds of specific __________ categories.






24. Most studies show that alcohol is involved in about ____ _____ of all suicides.






25. Introduced as a ____ law - the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) was not meant to be punitive and it made no reference to users of narcotics.






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






27. Inhalant abuse can begin as early as __________.






28. Drugs prescribed to control symptoms associated with ______ problems are called psychotherapeutics.






29. During the 1800s - opium and morphine were the active ingredients found in many American ________ ________.






30. CNS ___________ - including barbiturates - inhalants and benzodiazepines all have effects similar to alcohol.






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






32. Two consequences of illicit drug use are lost productivity and increased ___________ costs.






33. Some alcohol withdrawal symptoms can last for up to several ______.






34. LSD is a synthetic substance and is the most ______ and notorious of the hallucinogens.






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






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






37. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.






38. ________ - tobacco and marijuana are commonly called gateway drugs.






39. _____________ classified as Phantastica are not very toxic and allow the user to remain in communication with the present world.






40. In a recent study - 65.6% of full time employees reported _______ use within the past month.






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






42. 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.






43. Almost ___ % of 8th graders have abused an inhalant sometime in their life.






44. Although they were originally called _____________ - antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis without producing drowsiness.






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






46. When nonsmokers inhale cigarette smoke from their ___________ it is called passive smoking.






47. ________ is used primarily in conjunction with surgical anesthesia and is approximately a hundred times as potent as morphine.






48. Legal instrumental - illegal instrumental - legal recreational and illegal recreational use are the 4 types of drug use according to ___________.






49. Cocaine is derived from the ____ plant.






50. _____________ Syndrome is a collection of physical and behavioral abnormalities that seems to be caused by the presence of alcohol during development of the fetus.