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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. For many years - ___________ sleeping pills were the drug of choice for people wishing to commit suicide.






2. The Native American Church's use of ______ has been controversial throughout the twentieth century.






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






4. Marijuana (Cannabis) and hashish are both __________ controlled substances.






5. Women are more likely to have problems with ______________ medicines.






6. REM sleep is the sleep phase associated with _______.






7. Toluene is the psychoactive chemical found in many commonly abused inhalants such as glues - paints - thinners and _____ ______.






8. When alcohol is heated and the vapors are condensed into liquid form again - the process is called ____________.






9. _______________ are the most widely prescribed types Sedative-Hypnotics.






10. Nicotine withdrawal symptoms include craving for tobacco - ____________ - restlessness - and anxiety.






11. 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.






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






13. Legal _______ drugs - ranked by amount of money spent each year: Alcohol ($104 billion) Tobacco ($51.9 billion) Coffee - Tea and Cocoa ($5.7 billion)






14. Most psychoactive drugs are taken by one of three basic routes: by mouth - _________ - or inhalation.






15. The three types of names that are applied to drugs are the _______ name - the chemical name - and the brand name.






16. The autonomic nervous system - also referred to as the ANS - regulates the _____________ functions of the body and is divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic branches.






17. Approximately 20 years ago - heroin was replaced by _______ as the most abused illicit drug in the US (other than marijuana).






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






19. The amount of alcohol that can be metabolized by the liver is about 0.25 to 0.30 _______ per hour.






20. Many plant-produced chemicals have effects on the intestines or muscles; others alter ______ biochemistry.






21. Smoking is involved in about ___ percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease.






22. 95% pure alcohol is called _____________ spirits






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






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






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






26. Also known as narcotics - _______ are a group of analgesic drugs that cause a dreamlike state; high doses can induce sleep.






27. Volatile substances will __________ at low temperatures.






28. To remove the caffeine - unroasted coffee beans are soaked in an organic ________.






29. Aspirin is one of the most popular OTC drugs in the US. It is used for its analgesic - anti-____________and antipyretic effects.






30. The neurotransmitter ____ is found in most areas of the CNS and exerts generalized inhibitory functions.






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






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






33. Traffic fatalities involving alcohol have _________ since 1980.






34. 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.






35. Severe alcoholism often results in ____________ as a result of decreased caloric intake by alcoholics.






36. Psychological dependence is closely related to the concept of _________ reinforcement - which states that if a behavior is reliably followed by a stimulus - it leads to an increase in the behavior.






37. The legal opioid methadone - is used to treat heroin dependence by reducing severity of __________ symptoms.






38. The important Xanthine varieties are caffeine - theophylline - and _____________.






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






40. ___________ is a precancerous lesion caused by chewing tobacco.






41. The psychological effects of LSD - mescaline - and psilocybin can be blocked with ________.






42. In laboratory studies - the balanced placebo design is used to separate the pharmacological effects of alcohol from the alcohol __________ effects.






43. Because their effect varies depending on the dose - CNS depressants are said to be _____ ________.






44. _________ is a neurotransmitter associated with aggression and regulation of body weight.






45. 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.






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






47. ____________ drugs are drug compounds (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter consciousness and/or perceptions.






48. Most of the integration of information - learning and ______ occur in the central nervous system.






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






50. Ice is a form of methamphetamine that can be ______.