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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A typical progression of drug use starts with ___________ and alcohol - and then marijuana before moving on to the stronger drugs - which is why these drugs are often called 'gateway' drugs.
Cigarettes
Constipation
Legal Recreational Use
Black Tar
2. To remove the caffeine - unroasted coffee beans are soaked in an organic ________.
Amino acids
Solvent
Cumulative
Antihistamines
3. The ______ ______ ______ company was responsible for the smuggling of opium into China during the 1800s.
34
British East India
Hypoventilation
Tissue
4. Dopamine - acetylcholine - norepinephrine - serotonin - GABA - glutamate - and endorphins are all _________________ associated with the actions of the psychoactive drugs.
Psychedelics
One-third
Irritability
Neurotransmitters
5. Its believed that antipsychotic drugs work by blocking D2 ________ receptors.
Stimulant
Family
Dopamine
Naloxone
6. The autonomic nervous system - also referred to as the ANS - regulates the _____________ functions of the body and is divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic branches.
Involuntary
Psychoactive
Prescription
Cancer
7. Oral ingestion can be compared to intranasal administration (snorting) in that it is absorbed much more _______ than smoking or IV injection.
Year
Slowly
Equal opportunity
Legal Recreational Use
8. Caffeine is the world's most popular drug and frequently used _________.
Stimulant
Fentanyl
Disease
Eliminate
9. Alcohol is the drug most often associated with _______ crimes; in many cases - it is present in both the assailant and the victim.
Sinsemilla
Ounces
Rapid
Violent
10. The withdrawal symptoms for a ______ user whose drug usage has consisted of a low daily dose resemble a mild case of intestinal flu.
Illicit
Al
Involuntary
Heroin
11. The DSM-IV-TR is a manual which provides criteria for classifying mental disorders into hundreds of specific __________ categories.
Decrease
Thousand
Diagnostic
Paradoxica
12. Stimulants can maintain wakefulness - give a user a sense of increased energy - decrease ________ and temporarily elevate the mood.
Molecular
Appetite
Dentists
Inherited
13. CYP450 enzymes ______ toxic chemicals once they are eaten.
10
Hallucinogen
Eliminate
Smaller
14. Molecules that assist in either the metabolism (breaking down) or synthesis (creation) of another molecule are called _______.
Craving
Enzymes
Chantix
Preschool
15. ___ is normally ineffective when taken orally and is usually snorted - smoked - or taken by injection.
DMT
440
Anorexiants
Sedative
16. The second stage of drug addiction is increased use - in which the user starts to take increased amounts of the drug. This is followed by _____________ - the third stage of drug addiction.
Mesolimbic
Preoccupation
Tardive dyskinesia
Delirium tremens
17. In the late 1800s the typical ______ user was a middle aged white woman who functioned well and was adjusted to her life as a wife and mother.
Opioid
95
Cancer
Heart beat
18. Tobacco is responsible for ___ thousand US deaths each year.
440
More
Designer
Hallucinogen
19. _________________ are commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders.
More
Heart attacks
Nonspecific
Benzodiazepines
20. Methyl alcohol is made from ____.
Antipsychotics
One-third
Escaping
Wood
21. ________ _______ is another term for alcohol withdrawal symptoms - especially fever - trembling and hallucinations.
Delirium tremens
Dietary supplements
Cancer
Positive
22. An irregular _____ _____ is called arrhythmia.
Commonly
26
One-third
Heart beat
23. CNS ___________ - including barbiturates - inhalants and benzodiazepines all have effects similar to alcohol.
Depressants
Bupropion
Months
Legal Instrumental Use
24. Several studies have found a lower incidence of _____________ in moderate drinkers than in abstainers
Moderate
Schedule III
Heart attacks
LSD
25. Urine drug tests are relatively ___________ screening tests that detect a variety of abused substances or their metabolites in urine.
Instrumental
Inexpensive
Overdose
Months
26. Prozac is the brand name for the antidepressant drug __________. It inhibits the reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin.
Cocaine
Skin
Anorexiants
Fluoxetine
27. Age ___ and older showed sharp drop in use.
Federal
Illicit
Alcohol
26
28. Alcohol dependence as a disease is also known as disease model of alcohol dependence and this concept did not become really popular until ______________________ began to have a major influence in the 1940s and 1950s
Tobacco
Plants
Cocaine
Alcoholics Anonymous
29. The caffeine that is taken out of coffee to make it decaffeinated is used mostly in _____ ______.
26
High
Soft drinks
Brain tissue
30. During the 1800s - opium and morphine were the active ingredients found in many American ________ ________.
Explosive
Patent medicines
Hypoxia
Alcohol
31. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.
Marinol
Surroundings
Cancer
Pharmaceutical
32. _______ withdrawal often lacks the severe physical symptoms that occur with heroin or alcohol withdrawal.
Receptors
Smaller
Environment
Cocaine
33. ________ can be found in many over-the-counter drugs.
Tobacco
Loco weed
Caffeine
Glucosamine
34. Naloxone or __________ is used to reverse the depressed respiration resulting from an opioid overdose.
Nalorphine
Chewing
Household
Alcohol
35. ______ causing chemicals contained in tobacco are called nitrosamines.
Withdrawal
Cancer
Central nervous system
Benzodiazepines
36. Permanent brain damage - loss of muscle control - damage to the liver - heart - blood - and bone marrow are all possible consequences of _____ abuse.
Dietary supplements
Synesthesia
Brain tissue
Inhalant
37. Only lipid-soluble substances can pass the _____________ barrier.
Crack
Lipid solubility
Felt tip
Blood-brain
38. The pharmacological term for alcohol is _______.
Ethanol
Smoked
Over the counter
Patent medicines
39. Medical uses of _______________ include muscle relaxants - sleeping pills - treatment for convulsive disorders (epilepsy) - alcohol detoxification - and preoperative anesthesia (amnesiac).
Loco weed
Benzodiazepines
Anesthetic
Tobacco
40. Prior to 1965 - the most common medical use of amphetamines was for the treatment of _______.
Obesity
Weight gain
Active
Naltrexone
41. LSD is one of the most potent ____________ drugs.
Psychoactive
Cocaine
Biological
Theraputic
42. _______________ are the most widely prescribed types Sedative-Hypnotics.
Benzodiazepines
Cancer
Irritability
Caffenism
43. Whiskey - Scotch - and Brandy are examples of distilled beverages. They are also called '________'.
Spirits
Heroin
Psychological
Mental retardation
44. With sales exceeding $160 billion a year - the legal ______________ industry is one of the largest and most profitable industries in the United States.
Pharmaceutical
Psychological
Active
Generic
45. Severe alcoholism often results in ____________ as a result of decreased caloric intake by alcoholics.
Asleep
Mental
Clove
Malnutrition
46. 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.
Abuse
Absorbed
Day
10
47. Legal _______ drugs - ranked by amount of money spent each year: Alcohol ($104 billion) Tobacco ($51.9 billion) Coffee - Tea and Cocoa ($5.7 billion)
Patent medicines
Social
Dronabinol
Healthcare
48. Because heroin is more _______ ________ - it is more potent and faster acting than morphine even though the effects of the two substances are identical.
Peers
Cessation
Mental
Lipid soluble
49. Examples of Schedule II drugs include ________ - opium - and amphetamines.
Cocaine
Naloxone
Pharmaceutical
Opium
50. LSD and other hallucinogens typically do not produce physical __________.
Heroin
Psychoactive
Dependence
Less