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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The idea that alcohol dependence is a _______ goes back at least to the 1700s.
Recreational
Fentanyl
Disease
Natural
2. A single shot of heroin lasts ___ hours.
Decreased
Cannabis sativa
Instantly
4-6
3. Despite popular belief to the contrary - heroin is not __________ addictive.
Illicit
Phenothiazines
Instantly
Addiction
4. In a double blind procedure - neither the patient nor the doctor know whether the subject is receiving a _______ or an experimental drug.
Bipolar disorder
Serotonin
Placebo
Breaks down
5. 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 ____.
Poorer
Special K
Hepatitis
Year
6. High School ____ had the highest rate of current use of illicit drugs (9%).
120 pound woman
Nicotine
Dropouts
Clozapine
7. Prior to the 1980s - ________ was a popular way to smoke cocaine. It involved extracting cocaine into a volatile organic solvent - such as ether.
440
Freebase
Liver
PCP
8. Commonly called '_______ _____' - nitrous oxide is a gaseous anesthetic first used in the early 1800s in medicine and surgery.
Expectancy
Laughing gas
More
Day
9. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms are more severe and more likely to cause death than withdrawal from _______.
Increase
Replacing
Disease
Heroin
10. _______________ are the most widely prescribed types Sedative-Hypnotics.
Inflammatory
Isopropyl
Dopamine
Benzodiazepines
11. No prescription is required when purchasing ________________ drugs.
Pleasure
Less
Depressants
Over the counter
12. The four stages of alcohol withdrawal are _______ - hallucinations - delusions and seizures.
1960
Benzodiazepines
95
Tremors
13. The addiction rate for tobacco is 20 to 30% - for alcohol the rate is 15% - and for cocaine its __%.
Barbiturate
20
Serotonin
Pharmacodynamic
14. Cocaine is absorbed so well into ________ __________ that it remains in use for surgery in the nasal - laryngeal - and esophageal regions.
Toxic
Designer
Mucous membranes
Generic
15. The parasympathetic branch of the autonomic system stimulates digestion - slows the heart - and has other effects associated with a _______ physiological state.
0.4
Expectancy
Relaxed
Brain
16. Kava Kava and St John's Wort are both medicinal herbs - often used to treat mild
Incurable
Benzodiazepines
Depression
Haldol
17. Alcohol is the drug most often associated with _______ crimes; in many cases - it is present in both the assailant and the victim.
Decrease
Equilibrium
Rock
Violent
18. The Native American Church's use of ______ has been controversial throughout the twentieth century.
Raves
Peyote
Amphetamines
Pharmacy
19. Amnesiac and anesthesia effects are common among hypnotics when used in _____ doses.
Dependence
Methamphetamine
Pharmacodynamic
High
20. Heart rate and blood pressure are two of the many functions regulated by the _________ nervous system.
Pinpoint
Staggering
Medicinal herbs
Autonomic
21. ___ is normally ineffective when taken orally and is usually snorted - smoked - or taken by injection.
Sedative hypnotic
DMT
Breathing
Barbiturate
22. Anabolic steroids build muscle mass by stimulating the conversion of _________ into tissue.
Nutrients
Pharmacological
Acetylcholine
90
23. The most common age group to report the most illicit drug use is 18 to __.
Peers
Alcohol
Opposed
25
24. Most psychoactive drugs can be categorized as stimulants - depressants - opioids - hallucinogens - or _________________ agents.
Psychotherapeutic
Irritability
Isopropyl
Codeine
25. Opiates are drugs that contain _____ or one of its derivatives.
Entactogens
Opium
Caffeine
Illicit
26. Smokers often report ________ _____ when they quit smoking.
Equilibrium
Weight gain
Psychoactive
Sedative hypnotic
27. Natives of the ______ mountains in Bolivia and Peru today still use coca as their ancestors did thousands of years ago.
Leave
Anabolic steroid
Benzodiazepines
Andes
28. ________ symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations - delusions - disorganized speech and behavior.
Congestion rebound
Involuntary
Positive
41
29. CNS depressants include: alcohol - ______________ - opioids - benzodiazepines and barbiturates.
Antihistamines
Common
MDMA
Year
30. The caffeine that is taken out of coffee to make it decaffeinated is used mostly in _____ ______.
Tax
Thousands
Speed
Soft drinks
31. The four ways to administer heroin are sniffing - _______ injection (intramuscular) - smoking - and intravenous injection (mainlining).
90
Patches
Muscle
Caffeine
32. ________ can be found in many over-the-counter drugs.
Taxes
Antihistamines
Caffeine
Cancer
33. Caffeine is the world's most popular drug and frequently used _________.
Abuse
1937
Enzymes
Stimulant
34. With _______ parodoxical effects include bizarre uninhibited behavior - rage - hostility and paranoia.
Benzodiazepines
Drug safety
Withdrawal
Al
35. Nicotine affects the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the reward/________ pathways of the brain.
Pleasure
Patent medicines
Mescaline
Women
36. These drugs alter perceptions of reality. They can affect sense of taste - smell - hearing and vision. Sometimes they are called ______________.
Antitussives
Psychedelics
Rohypnol
Norepinephrine
37. Drugs are said to be ______ ________ when tolerance to one reduces the effectiveness of each of the others.
Depressants
Cross tolerant
Malnutrition
One hour
38. Psychological dependence develops most rapidly when the drug hits the ______ quickly.
Half life
Structural analogs
Neurotransmitters
Brain
39. higher tolerance to heroin also results in higher tolerance to morphine and ________.
Placenta
Depression
Codeine
Alcoholic
40. Naltrexone is used to block opioid effects so that a user doesn't feel any of the reinforcing _____________ effects of using an opioid.
Barley
Pleasurable
Hypoxia
Replacing
41. MAO inhibitors - tricyclics and selective reuptake inhibitors are three types of ______________ drugs.
Antidepressant
16
Codeine
PET
42. _____________ are drugs which cause hallucinations. They alter the way a user perceives reality and can affect emotions.
Inhalant
Potent
Smaller
Hallucinogens
43. Not everyone praised the use of tobacco; many _______ it.
Diminishing
Naloxone
Opposed
Diarrhea
44. 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.
Date rape
Amphetamines
Without
20
45. The preoccupation phase is characterized by _________ concern about the drug.
Interactions
Constant
Mental retardation
Dose dependent
46. Alcohol withdrawal seizures may occur 6 to __ hours after the last drink.
Sedative
Antihistamines
48
34
47. To make coca paste - coca leaves are mixed with _________ or gasoline and then filtered to form the paste.
Motor
Cumulative
Depressants
Kerosene
48. Drugs prescribed to control symptoms associated with ______ problems are called psychotherapeutics.
Mental
Malnutrition
Resin
Rohypnol
49. Alcoholics - who experience mild to _________ alcohol withdrawal symptoms - can usually be treated on an outpatient basis by a healthcare professional.
Moderate
Poppers
Hypoxia
Absorbed
50. One of the most common opioid side effects is ____________.
Disease
Absorbed
Constipation
Rohypnol