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DSST Substance Abuse

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






2. Smokers often report ________ _____ when they quit smoking.






3. Smokers die _____ years earlier than nonsmokers.






4. Methyl alcohol is added to grain alcohol for industrial use to prevent _________.






5. Social factors refer to things such as _____ - family background - subculture - etc. that can influence drug use. Cultural factors refer to broader customs and traditions within the society--i.e. in certain cultures - there may be a culture that enco






6. Drugs include any substances which can impair a person's ability to _______ function in society.






7. Two consequences of illicit drug use are lost productivity and increased ___________ costs.






8. The three components of the nervous system are the central nervous system - the _______ system - and the autonomic system.






9. The 1914 Harrison Act regulated sales of opiates and _______.






10. 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.






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






12. A common lung disease caused by smoking is _________.






13. Drugs with a high potential for abuse - no currently accepted medical use in the US - and declared unsafe are listed under Schedule _.






14. ______ cocaine is not water soluble but can be converted to a water soluble cocaine salt if it is dissolved in citric acid ( for example - vinegar or lemon juice).






15. Dopamine - acetylcholine - norepinephrine - serotonin - GABA - glutamate - and endorphins are all _________________ associated with the actions of the psychoactive drugs.






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






17. There are approximately __ analogs of PCP.






18. drug detoxification often relies upon ___________






19. The part of the brain which controls ___________ is called basal ganglia.






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






21. The CNS consists of the brain and _____________.






22. Federal laws which prohibited the sale of alcohol from 1920 to ____ are called prohibition.






23. Nicotine nasal spray - nicotine inhalers and _________ are smoking cessation aids which require a doctor's prescription.






24. The addiction rate for tobacco is 20 to 30% - for alcohol the rate is 15% - and for cocaine its __%.






25. _________ ________ occurs after using a nasal spray regularly for longer than the recommended period.






26. Ice is also known as '______________'.






27. Prodrugs are inactive in the original form and become active only after they are altered by the liver _______.






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






29. using drugs to achieve some goal other than the prescribed use - for example taking pills to stay awake and drive all night.






30. ___ involves using electric shock to induce convulsions in mental patients.






31. 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.






32. Inhalant abuse can cause _______ - a state of oxygen deficiency in the body.






33. Originally it was believed that the occurrences of paranoid psychosis in cocaine and amphetamine users was caused by a pre-existing _______ condition or due to sleep deprivation.






34. Alcohol ______ - is the tendency for someone under the influence of alcohol to focus on the here and now and to pay less attention to long term consequences.






35. Usually it takes approximately ___ years of heavy drinking of the equivalent of a pint or more of whiskey a day to develop cirrhosis of the liver.






36. ______ is the brand name for naloxone.






37. The idea that alcohol dependence is a _______ goes back at least to the 1700s.






38. The four ways to administer heroin are sniffing - _______ injection (intramuscular) - smoking - and intravenous injection (mainlining).






39. Cocaine is derived from the ____ plant.






40. ___________ is considered the fifth and final stage of drug addiction.






41. Cannabis withdrawal syndrome (is or is not) listed in the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).






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






43. Fluoxetine (_______) is safer than tricyclic antidepressants as it is less likely to lead to overdose death.






44. A substance that has less potential for abuse than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II - has a currently accepted medical use in the US - and whose abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence






45. When someone overdoses on opiates (heroin - codeine - morphine - etc) Narcan can be injected into a muscle to get the victim __________ again.






46. The primary purpose for the creation of the 1938 Federal Food - Drug - and Cosmetic Act was ___________.






47. The opioid antagonist __________ selectively blocks opioid effects - preventing the user from experiencing the reinforcing effects of the abused drug (for example - heroin).






48. Drug misuse is the inappropriate use of OTC or ____________ medications.






49. Some smokers believe that _____ cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes.






50. Fast acting drugs are the most likely to produce _____________ dependence.