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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Oral ingestion can be compared to intranasal administration (snorting) in that it is absorbed much more _______ than smoking or IV injection.






2. In high doses or if combined with alcohol - barbiturates can stop a person's __________.






3. Drug _____ is to use a drug in a situation - manner or amount that it causes social - psychological - physical or occupational problems.






4. The ________ the amount needed to get a particular effect - the more potent the drug.






5. High School ____ had the highest rate of current use of illicit drugs (9%).






6. The most commonly abused types of drugs include _______ - tobacco - stimulants - hallucinogens and depressants.






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






8. _________ is an effective antipsychotic drug with the unfortunate side effect of inhibiting white blood cell production.






9. Alcohol is the drug most often associated with _______ crimes; in many cases - it is present in both the assailant and the victim.






10. The remaining two principal factors affecting drug use are ______ and cultural.






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






12. The exact mechanism by which alcohol exerts its effects in the ______ _______ _______ is unknown - but it is believed that its interactions with the GABA receptor are important.






13. Nicotine _______ are also known as transdermal nicotine systems.






14. The active ingredient found in OTC stimulants is ________.






15. Approximately __% of people who use marijuana become addicted to it.






16. The fourth stage of drug addiction is __________.






17. The ratio of LD50 to ED50 is one indication of the relative safety of a drug for a particular use or effect and this is called the ___________ index.






18. Half life refers to how long a drug is ______ in the body.






19. Even the newest ______________ drugs are only a little better than placebo.






20. In a double blind procedure - neither the patient nor the doctor know whether the subject is receiving a _______ or an experimental drug.






21. A person who has narcolepsy falls ______ as often as 50 times a day.






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






23. According to a recent study - men and women from ______ backgrounds are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit the habit.






24. Heart rate and blood pressure are two of the many functions regulated by the _________ nervous system.






25. According to a 1997 report - alcohol is involved in more than ___ thousand deaths in the US each year.






26. The predominant style of tobacco use went from pipes to snuff to _______ to cigars to cigarettes.






27. Smoking tends to inhibit hunger contractions up to ____ ____






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






29. ______ is the brand name for naloxone.






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






31. Most psychoactive drugs can be categorized as stimulants - depressants - opioids - hallucinogens - or _________________ agents.






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






33. The SSRI Fluoxetine is the most widely prescribed ______________ drug.






34. One of the most common opioid side effects is ____________.






35. Drugs which suppress the appetite are called ___________.






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






37. In order to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in pharmacologically significant amounts - the drug must be lipid soluble and have a molecular weight ____ than 400 Daltons.






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






39. Whiskey - Scotch - and Brandy are examples of distilled beverages. They are also called '________'.






40. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a condition affecting children born to alcoholic mothers - characterized by facial deformities - growth deficiency - and ____________________.






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






42. Two OTC smoking _________ aids are nicotine gum and patches.






43. Cannabis was declared illegal in the US in the year ____.






44. Considerable evidence supports the idea that some degree of vulnerability to alcohol dependence might be _________.






45. ______ is an antipsychotic medication used for treating psychotic disorders including Tourette's syndrome.






46. Clove cigarettes contain ___% more tobacco as well as more tar and nicotine than regular cigarettes.






47. Not everyone praised the use of tobacco; many _______ it.






48. Stimulants include cocaine - amphetamines - methamphetamine - caffeine - and ________.






49. Men are _____ likely to use illicit drugs than women and pregnant women are less likely to use drugs than women who are not pregnant.






50. Generally _________ refers to the psychological attachment to a drug.