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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. There are currently no FDA approved OTC drugs for ______________.






2. ______ factors refer to how the drug actually affects the body.






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






4. The __________ of alcohol by the liver occurs at a constant rate that is not much influenced by body size.






5. Most heroin users need 3 or 4 injections a ___ to avoid withdrawal.






6. Legal _______ drugs - ranked by amount of money spent each year: Alcohol ($104 billion) Tobacco ($51.9 billion) Coffee - Tea and Cocoa ($5.7 billion)






7. Cannabis addiction is ______ harmful than addiction to tobacco - prescription drugs or alcohol.






8. Respiratory depression is the most common type of drug _________ death--people simply stop breathing.






9. Drugs prescribed to control symptoms associated with ______ problems are called psychotherapeutics.






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






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






12. Two forms of cocaine which can be smoked are _____ and coca paste.






13. In the US - _______ was first used in psychiatry and as a local anesthetic.






14. Occasionally drugs can have ___________ effects--an opposite effect to what is normally expected.






15. A BAC of 0.05 results in lowered alertness and a BAC of ____ results in death (lethal dose).






16. ___________________ are not regulated as OTC drugs. They don't have to be shown to be effective - and the amount of supposed active ingredient varies extensively.






17. 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.






18. Diphenhydramine - hydroxyzine and promethazine are examples of OTC and prescription ______________ used as CNS depressants.






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






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






21. Introduced as a ____ law - the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) was not meant to be punitive and it made no reference to users of narcotics.






22. Drug assistance programs for drug-dependent employees are called _________.






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






24. Precursors are the raw materials from which _________________ are made and are found circulating in the blood supply and generally in the brain.






25. An irregular _____ _____ is called arrhythmia.






26. Historically - as _______ use declined - amphetamine use increased.






27. In a recent survey - __ percent of high-dose marijuana users reported some withdrawal symptoms upon quitting - most commonly nervousness and sleep disturbance.






28. The theory that the popularity of marijuana increases when the risk associated with its use decreases is called _________ _____.






29. The use of alcohol has decreased since ____ and its consumption varies greatly in different regions of the US and among different cultural groups.






30. A situation where repeated administration of the same dose of a drug results in gradually ___________ effects is called tolerance.






31. The most widely used licit social drug is _______.






32. Amphetamine abusers often use ___________ - such as barbiturates to counteract the hyperactive feelings associated with high doses of amphetamines.






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






34. Most illicit drugs cause an addiction in both the mother and the infant because drugs (cocaine - barbiturates - heroin - etc) pass through the _________ and reach the baby.






35. Molecules that assist in either the metabolism (breaking down) or synthesis (creation) of another molecule are called _______.






36. ________ is a drug used for treating alcoholics. It makes them extremely sick if they drink even a small amount of alcohol.






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






38. Approximately _% of alcoholics - who experience alcohol withdrawal symptoms - must be treated in a hospital or in an alcohol rehabilitation facility that specializes in detoxification.






39. Opiates are drugs that contain _____ or one of its derivatives.






40. Anabolic steroids are _________ drugs designed to build muscle mass while minimizing masculinizing effects attributed to testosterone.






41. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.






42. The pharmacological term for alcohol is _______.






43. Another principal factor that affects drug use is __________.






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






45. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.






46. Adopted sons whose __________ fathers were alcohol dependent have a much greater than average chance of becoming alcohol dependent than adopted sons of non-alcoholic fathers.






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






48. Gender affects BAC because the average female has a higher proportion of _________ and therefore - for a given weight has less volume in which to distribute the alcohol.






49. For some drugs - the dependence is mostly _______________ - whereas for others - a user may develop a heavy physical dependence on the drug with just a few uses.






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