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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The shorter the drug half life - the more __________ it is.
Unknown
Addictive
Grain neutral
Fetal Alcohol
2. Age ___ and older showed sharp drop in use.
Alcohol
Salt
Somatic
26
3. ________ can be found in many over-the-counter drugs.
Thousand
Other's drugs.
Norepinephrine
Caffeine
4. Jimsonweed a potent hallucinogenic plant and is also known as ____ _____.
Loco weed
Brain
Barley
Cumulative
5. It was also revealed that seventy five percent of the _____________ in major cities are addicted to drugs.
Synesthesia
Prostitutes
Preschool
Tremors
6. Drugs used to relieve _______ are called anxiolytics.
Salt
Dietary supplements
Anxiety
OTC
7. 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.
Cocaine
Taxes
V
PCP
8. An increase in the heart rate and reddening of the ____ are the two most consistent physiological effects of smoking marijuana.
Eyes
1960
Toluene
Gateway
9. Cannabis sativa originated in Asia but now grows worldwide. _____ ____ is made from the fibers of this plant.
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
Recreational
Hemp rope
Erich Goode
10. MAO inhibitors - tricyclics and selective reuptake inhibitors are three types of ______________ drugs.
Indians
Antidepressant
Hydrochloride
Pharmacy
11. Drugs which enhance the sense of touch are called ___________.
Entactogens
Employee Assitance Programs
Dependency
Anesthetics
12. _________ is often referred to as the brain's major excitatory neurotransmitter.
Diarrhea
Glutamate
Dose dependent
60
13. Injecting an illegal drug intravenously is called __________.
Patches
Mainlining
Schedule III
Ethanol
14. The blood-brain barrier is a semipermeable structure that protects the brain from potentially ______ chemicals circulating in the blood.
Psychedelics
Isopropyl
Anxiety
Toxic
15. Perceived risk refers to the perceived ______________ of using the drug.
Consequences
Benzodiazepines
Constant
Pharmacological
16. Federal laws which prohibited the sale of alcohol from 1920 to ____ are called prohibition.
Body fat
Norepinephrine
1933
Placebo
17. Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse - no current ________ use in the US and have been declared unsafe.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Hallucinogens
Absorbed
Medical
18. The _____________ curve is a graph comparing the size of response to a drug to the amount of a drug taken.
Cross tolerant
Dose response
PCP
Hepatitis
19. Examples of ilicit drugs - include alcohol - tea - coffee - _______ and over the counter (OTC) drugs.
Clozapine
Drug
Tobacco
Alcohol
20. Methyl alcohol is made from ____.
Wood
Molecular
Inhalant
Freebase
21. Naloxone or __________ is used to reverse the depressed respiration resulting from an opioid overdose.
Nalorphine
Pharmacological
Parkinson's
Pharmacy
22. The category of volatile substances includes adhesives (glues) - aerosols (hair spray - spray paint) - fuels (gasoline - propane) - and office supplies (____ ____ markers).
Felt tip
One-third
Somatic
Antidepressant
23. Glaucoma is a leading cause of ______ and its treatment is one of the possible medical uses of marijuana.
British East India
Serotonin
Blindness
Weight gain
24. _______ is drinkable - is the psychoactive ingredient in alcoholic beverages - and is also known as grain alcohol.
Adolescents
Ethanol
Homeostasis
Benzodiazepines
25. The __________ of alcohol by the liver occurs at a constant rate that is not much influenced by body size.
Mental
Schedule I
Metabolism
Eliminate
26. Employee Assitance Programs or EAPs can also be known as _____ of Assistance programs.
120 pound woman
Cost
Leukoplakia
Potency
27. The FDA restricted amphetamine use to _____ ______ weight reduction programs in 1970.
V
Antihistamines
Spirits
Short term
28. The antidepressant drug __________ was originally used to treat tuberculosis.
Designer
Cocaine
Iproniazid
Dependence
29. The 1914 Harrison Act regulated sales of opiates and _______.
Autonomic
Abuse
Cocaine
James
30. Nitrous oxide is used by _________ for light anesthesia and can be found as a propellant in whipped cream dispensers.
Dose response
Dentists
Transmitter
Codeine
31. ________ drugs are developed to eliminate the illegality of a drug by modifying a drug into a new compound.
Designer
Blood-brain
Liver
Amphetamines
32. The leading cause of death in the US is _____________.
Heart Disease
Chantix
Illegal Instrumental Use
13-14
33. Alcohol - cigarettes - and _________ are called gateway drugs because their use is often believed to lead to the use of other stronger drugs.
Cancer
Marijuana
Opiate
Spirits
34. Opioids are also known as _________.
Narcotics
Resin
Phenothiazines
Lipid soluble
35. Most illicit _______________ consumed in the United States is produced in small laboratories which might exist for only a few days in a remote area before moving on.
One-third
Methamphetamine
48
Glaucoma
36. The effective dose (ED50) for LSD is many __________ of times smaller than that of other psychoactive drugs.
Tranquilizers
Thousands
Opioids
Illicit
37. Many ________ remedies have been used for anxiety disorder and depression. These include Kava Kava (also known as Kava Root) and St John's Wort.
Natural
Cumulative
Alcoholic
Tissue
38. The three types are drug disposition tolerance - behavioral tolerance - and _________________ tolerance.
30
Enzymes
Codeine
Pharmacodynamic
39. Fast acting drugs are the most likely to produce _____________ dependence.
Nalorphine
Psychological
41
Clove
40. Three stimulants used by athletes in the early 1800s and 1900s were __________ - cocaine - and caffeine.
Strychnine
Atypical
Toxic
Neurotransmitters
41. Drugs are said to be ______ ________ when tolerance to one reduces the effectiveness of each of the others.
Cross tolerant
Hair
Resin
Heroin
42. The use of alcohol is statistically associated with homicide - assault - _______ violence and suicide
Bipolar disorder
Unknown
Family
Floaters
43. 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.
Weight gain
Environment
Pinpoint
Without
44. ___________ is considered the fifth and final stage of drug addiction.
Detoxification
Chlorpromazine
Lipid soluble
Withdrawal
45. Synthetic drugs which result from the altered chemical structures of illicit drugs are called __________________.
Expectancy
Structural analogs
Antidepressant
Cocaine
46. If all of the following consumed the same amount of alcohol at the same speed - which one would have the highest BAC? (120 pound woman - 135 pound woman - 150 pound man - 170 pound man).
Resin
120 pound woman
Prescription
Withdrawal
47. The most widely used __________ is alcohol.
Available
Depressant
Naloxone
Graduates
48. ___ is normally ineffective when taken orally and is usually snorted - smoked - or taken by injection.
DMT
Entactogens
Cocaine
Glaucoma
49. 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.
Antitussives
Cannabis sativa
Erich Goode
Common
50. Drugs with a long half life stay in the body for a very long time without significantly diminishing in strength - for example - ________ ________.
26
Poppers
Blood thinners
Ethanol