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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stimulants can maintain wakefulness - give a user a sense of increased energy - decrease ________ and temporarily elevate the mood.
Mesolimbic
Appetite
Heroin
Designer
2. _______ is drinkable - is the psychoactive ingredient in alcoholic beverages - and is also known as grain alcohol.
Ethanol
Inherited
Time course
Dietary supplements
3. Approximately 20 years ago - heroin was replaced by _______ as the most abused illicit drug in the US (other than marijuana).
Dopamine
Molecular
Cocaine
Magic mushrooms
4. Withdrawal symptoms may begin within hours or days after the smoker quits and may continue for several _______.
Muscle spasms
Contextual
Congestion rebound
Months
5. Withdrawal symptoms are more likely to develop with drugs that _____ the system quickly.
Designer
Leave
Neurotransmitters
Structural analogs
6. _________ is often referred to as the brain's major excitatory neurotransmitter.
Glutamate
Antihistamines
Sedative hypnotic
Decrease
7. Legal instrumental - illegal instrumental - legal recreational and illegal recreational use are the 4 types of drug use according to ___________.
Medical
Erich Goode
Instrumental
Endorphines
8. Many ________ remedies have been used for anxiety disorder and depression. These include Kava Kava (also known as Kava Root) and St John's Wort.
PET
Insomnia
Natural
Without
9. _________________ are commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders.
Breathing
Isopropyl
Benzodiazepines
Taxes
10. The three types of names that are applied to drugs are the _______ name - the chemical name - and the brand name.
Resin
Hair
Generic
Constipation
11. The half life of _______ is 60 to 90 minutes.
Sedatives
Craving
Recreational
Cocaine
12. This type of alcohol can be added to gasoline to reduce pollution - used in cleaners and _________ - as well as in medical research.
Smoked
Codeine
Solvents
Antidepressant
13. Users of cocaine _____________ either 'snort' (sniff) or inject the drug intravenously.
Hydrochloride
Decreased
Soft drinks
Legal Instrumental Use
14. Alcohol dependence as a disease is also known as disease model of alcohol dependence and this concept did not become really popular until ______________________ began to have a major influence in the 1940s and 1950s
Alcoholics Anonymous
Skin
Nicotine
Dopamine
15. Inhalant abuse can cause _______ - a state of oxygen deficiency in the body.
Heart beat
Diminishing
Hallucinogens
Hypoxia
16. The pharmacological term for alcohol is _______.
Plants
Ethanol
Transdermal patch
90
17. A ________ book written in 2737 BC by Chinese emperor Shen Nung contains the earliest reference to Cannabis.
Pharmacy
James
OTC
Depressant
18. Commonly called '_______ _____' - nitrous oxide is a gaseous anesthetic first used in the early 1800s in medicine and surgery.
Congeners
Pinpoint
Laughing gas
Hydrochloride
19. In laboratory studies - the balanced placebo design is used to separate the pharmacological effects of alcohol from the alcohol __________ effects.
Expectancy
Amphetamines
Obesity
Withdrawal
20. 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.
Positive
Solvent
Muscle spasms
Norepinephrine
21. The unemployed are _____ likely to use illicit drugs than those who are employed.
Opposed
Expectancy
More
Congeners
22. ___ is sometimes known as angel dust.
PCP
Recreational
Family
Epileptic seizures
23. A BAC of 0.05 results in lowered alertness and a BAC of ____ results in death (lethal dose).
0.4
Over the counter
15
Synesthesia
24. The combination of amphetamine or cocaine with an opioid narcotic--often heroin--is called a _________.
Speedball
Cumulative
26
Hallucinogen
25. Also known as synthetic drugs or synthetic ________ - these are designed to get around existing drug laws. Often they involve modifying the molecular structure of an existing drug. Ecstasy is an example of a designer drug (today it's illegal and is a
Steroids
Memory
Congeners
Opioids
26. Cannabis (marijuana) - Anabolic Steroids - Inhalants/Organic Solvents and narcotics are also found to be among the most ________ abused drugs.
Antihistamines
Insomnia
Heroin
Commonly
27. Methylphenidate and Ritalin are both ______________.
Amphetamines
Hallucinogens
Drug safety
Withdrawal
28. The addiction rate for tobacco is 20 to 30% - for alcohol the rate is 15% - and for cocaine its __%.
Prescription
20
95
Rock
29. Fluoxetine (_______) is safer than tricyclic antidepressants as it is less likely to lead to overdose death.
Prozac
Amino acids
Tobacco
Violent
30. __________ is the generic name for THC in capsule form and is approved by the FDA for stimulating appetite in AIDS patients.
Amphetamines
Hypnotics
Somatic
Dronabinol
31. For many years - ___________ sleeping pills were the drug of choice for people wishing to commit suicide.
Barbiturate
Cardiovascular
Special K
Depressants
32. Tranquilizers - sedatives - pain medicines - and amphetamines are abused most often by _____.
Toxic
95
Women
Potent
33. ____-acting barbiturates or benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed to prevent Alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
Alcohol
Instrumental
Long
Delirium tremens
34. Examples of opioid antagonists are _________ - nalorphine and naltrexone.
26
Naloxone
Year
Autonomic
35. Also known as narcotics - _______ are a group of analgesic drugs that cause a dreamlike state; high doses can induce sleep.
Antidepressant
Opioids
LSD
Memory
36. The part of the brain which controls ___________ is called basal ganglia.
Muscle tone
26
Inherited
Heroin
37. The introduction of antipsychotic drugs have caused a dramatic ________ in the population of mental hospitals.
Decrease
Soft drinks
Marijuana
Drinking
38. The amount of alcohol that can be metabolized by the liver is about 0.25 to 0.30 _______ per hour.
Time course
Ounces
Chantix
Ethanol
39. Ice is a form of methamphetamine that can be ______.
Sudden sniffing death
Smoked
Strychnine
Glutamate
40. ___ is normally ineffective when taken orally and is usually snorted - smoked - or taken by injection.
Heart attacks
DMT
Dose dependent
Amino acids
41. To remove the caffeine - unroasted coffee beans are soaked in an organic ________.
Resin
Solvent
Distillation
Bupropion
42. Drugs which cause a loss of ______ are called Amnesiacs.
1960
Depressants
Memory
Switching
43. 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.
Antitussives
10
Stimulant
Rapid
44. 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
Rohypnol
10
Schedule II
45. In the relief stage - a user experiences satisfaction by _________ from negative feelings such as boredom - anger - stress - fatigue and loneliness.
Escaping
Women
Detoxification
34
46. The SSRI Fluoxetine is the most widely prescribed ______________ drug.
Antidepressant
Women
Weight
Memory
47. 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.
Months
Cocaine
Common
Atypical
48. Inhalant abuse is usually a problem among children and ___________.
Adolescents
Hemp rope
Ethanol
Environment
49. drug detoxification often relies upon ___________
Nonspecific
Half life
Physical
Substitution
50. 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).
Brain tissue
13-14
120 pound woman
Floaters