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DSST Substance Abuse
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1. Alcohol - cigarettes - and _________ are called gateway drugs because their use is often believed to lead to the use of other stronger drugs.
Day
Prozac
Molecular
Marijuana
2. Employee Assitance Programs or EAPs can also be known as _____ of Assistance programs.
Cost
Mucous
Designer
Opposed
3. Two consequences of illicit drug use are lost productivity and increased ___________ costs.
Antihistamines
Breathing
Healthcare
Cocaine
4. Historically - as _______ use declined - amphetamine use increased.
Cocaine
Cannabinoids
Psychoactive
Detoxification
5. __________________ is the most serious side effect of long term antipsychotic drug treatment.
Heart attacks
Appetite
Homeostasis
Tardive dyskinesia
6. Because drug use can be found in all parts of society regardless of income - education - occupation - social class - and age - it is called an ________ ________ affliction.
Chewing
Distillation
Equal opportunity
30
7. Onset of drug effects via inhalation is quite rapid because the capillary walls are very accessible in the _____ - and the drug thus enters the blood quickly.
Cumulative
Lungs
Legal Recreational Use
Constant
8. The somatic system carries sensory information into the CNS and carries ______ (movement) information back out.
Cancer
Medical
Motor
Phenothiazines
9. Respiratory depression is the most common type of drug _________ death--people simply stop breathing.
Injection
Designer
Myopia
Overdose
10. ____-acting barbiturates or benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed to prevent Alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
Memory
Biological
Long
Ethanol
11. Flashbacks are the recurrence of certain aspects of the drug experience weeks or months after an individual has taken ___.
Neurotransmitters
LSD
Marijuana
Opioids
12. Many plant-produced chemicals have effects on the intestines or muscles; others alter ______ biochemistry.
Toxic
Nicotine
10
Brain
13. 18.2% of unemployed persons report ________ drug use compared to only 7.9% of those with full time jobs and 10.7% of part time employees.
Illicit
Detoxification
1980
Norepinephrine
14. In the relief stage - a user experiences satisfaction by _________ from negative feelings such as boredom - anger - stress - fatigue and loneliness.
Injection
Cocaine
Drug
Escaping
15. ________ drugs are developed to eliminate the illegality of a drug by modifying a drug into a new compound.
I
Narcan
Designer
Barbiturate
16. There are approximately __ analogs of PCP.
30
Floaters
Positive
Chewing
17. ________ antipsychotics are effective at reducing both the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
Psychological
Molecular
Atypical
Psychoactive
18. Cronic malnutrition causes _______ damage.
Endorphines
Tissue
Natural
Paradoxica
19. The _____________ curve is a graph comparing the size of response to a drug to the amount of a drug taken.
Cocaine
Memory
Dose response
Alcohol
20. The four ways to administer heroin are sniffing - _______ injection (intramuscular) - smoking - and intravenous injection (mainlining).
Serotonin
James
Artificial
Muscle
21. Floaters (chippers) usually don't maintain their own supply of drugs but prefer to use...
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22. Many drug users are 'controlled' users and their drug use is _______ to those around them.
Malnutrition
Mental
Antitussives
Unknown
23. Physical dependence is related to _______________ tolerance.
Entactogens
Pharmacodynamic
Artificial
Paradoxica
24. 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.
Decreased
Hallucinogen
Positive
Amino acids
25. Naltrexone is used to block opioid effects so that a user doesn't feel any of the reinforcing _____________ effects of using an opioid.
Breathing
Pleasurable
Blood-brain
Ethanol
26. When an alcoholic learns to modify his behavior to compensate for motor impairments associated with being intoxicated this is called _____ _____.
Stimulant
Slowly
Naltrexone
Behavioral tolerance
27. Traffic fatalities involving alcohol have _________ since 1980.
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Cocaine
Decreased
Caffenism
28. Generally _________ refers to the psychological attachment to a drug.
Temperance
Depression
Addiction
Opposed
29. With _______ parodoxical effects include bizarre uninhibited behavior - rage - hostility and paranoia.
Benzodiazepines
Neonatal abstinence
Interactions
Decrease
30. Half life refers to how long a drug is ______ in the body.
Leukoplakia
Active
Atypical
Dependence
31. In the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use - only 1.6 percent of U.S. adults reported ever having used Heroin in their lifetimes - with 0.1 percent reporting use in the past ____.
Physical
Liver
Recreational
Year
32. 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.
Solvents
Pharmacy
V
Dopamine
33. ______ factors refer to how the drug actually affects the body.
Available
Pharmacological
Iproniazid
Legal Recreational Use
34. Excessive use of either cocaine or amphetamine can result in paranoid psychosis in which the individual loses touch with reality and experiences auditory ______________.
Breaks down
Congestion rebound
Speed
Hallucinations
35. Marijuana is the most commonly used ________ drug.
Illicit
Nicotine
Theraputic
Hallucinogens
36. An increase in the heart rate and reddening of the ____ are the two most consistent physiological effects of smoking marijuana.
Unknown
Eyes
Switching
Heart beat
37. The __________ of alcohol by the liver occurs at a constant rate that is not much influenced by body size.
Clozapine
Depressants
Metabolism
Hair
38. Many _________ drugs act by enhancing GABA inhibition.
Stimulant
Solvent
Alcohol
Sedative
39. Marijuana (Cannabis) and hashish are both __________ controlled substances.
Al
Is Not
Drug safety
Schedule I
40. _____________ are drugs which cause hallucinations. They alter the way a user perceives reality and can affect emotions.
Amphetamines
Hallucinogens
Violent
Less
41. _________ drugs produce wakefulness and a sense of energy and well-being.
Antihistamines
Natural
Solvent
Stimulant
42. The buildup of a drug in the body after multiple doses taken at short intervals is called __________ effect.
Placebo
Serotonin
Thousands
Cumulative
43. Cause of death with opioid overdose is usually suppressed __________.
Time course
Paradoxica
Appetite
Breathing
44. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.
Spirits
4-6
Interactions
Depressants
45. _________ is an effective antipsychotic drug with the unfortunate side effect of inhibiting white blood cell production.
Clozapine
Artificial
Nonspecific
Environment
46. Oral ingestion can be compared to intranasal administration (snorting) in that it is absorbed much more _______ than smoking or IV injection.
Soft drinks
More
Marijuana
Slowly
47. Prozac is the brand name for the antidepressant drug __________. It inhibits the reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin.
Antifreeze
Biological
Fluoxetine
Rate
48. Caffeine is the world's most popular drug and frequently used _________.
Medicinal herbs
Stimulant
10
Instrumental
49. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.
Legal Recreational Use
Potent
Antitussives
Cancer
50. Prior to the 1980s - ________ was a popular way to smoke cocaine. It involved extracting cocaine into a volatile organic solvent - such as ether.
Topical anesthesia
Large
Depressants
Freebase