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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ________ - benzodiazepines and opioid narcotics are also used for this purpose.






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






3. In a recent study - 65.6% of full time employees reported _______ use within the past month.






4. Examples of Schedule I drugs include _______ - LSD - and marijuana.






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






6. Ice is also known as '______________'.






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






8. 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






9. Any substance that modifies mind or body function by distorting enhancing - or inhibiting them






10. GHB is a clear - colorless - odorless liquid associated with _____ ____.






11. Ketamine is sometimes known as '_________' - has effects similar to PCP and is commonly used in veterinary hospitals as an anesthetic.






12. _______________ and Ritalin are two drugs commonly used to treat ADHD.






13. Cross tolerance exists between LSD - mescaline and __________.






14. Studies have shown that it typically takes at least 2 or 3 ______ for a heroin user to become addicted.






15. Although they were originally called _____________ - antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis without producing drowsiness.






16. National Prohibition of alcohol was successful in _________ alcohol consumption and alcoholrelated problems - but also led to a loss of alcohol taxes and increased law breaking.






17. ______________ are significantly better than placebo treatments in reducing psychotic behaviors.






18. Age ___ and older showed sharp drop in use.






19. The two ways psychoactive drugs achieve their effect is either by altering availability of the ___________ or by acting directly on the receptor.






20. Toluene is the psychoactive chemical found in many commonly abused inhalants such as glues - paints - thinners and _____ ______.






21. The names of barbiturates all end in __.






22. Because _______ is lipid soluble - it is easily absorbed by the liver - heart - brain - lungs and reproductive organs.






23. A _______ drug is capable of passing the blood-brain barrier and influencing the brain's activity.






24. The human body strives to maintain its internal environment within a certain range (temperature - blood pressure - etc); this ___________ is called homeostasis.






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






26. Most of the integration of information - learning and ______ occur in the central nervous system.






27. Approximately 20 years ago - heroin was replaced by _______ as the most abused illicit drug in the US (other than marijuana).






28. The leading cause of death in the US is _____________.






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






30. Pharmacodynamic tolerance occurs when the brain attempts to maintain _____________ by altering the nervous system's sensitivity.






31. Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse - no current ________ use in the US and have been declared unsafe.






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






33. Drug use can be detected in urine for up to 5 days - in saliva for up to 1 day and in hair samples for up to ___ days.






34. Crack is also known as '_____'.






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






36. When nonsmokers inhale cigarette smoke from their ___________ it is called passive smoking.






37. There are currently no FDA approved OTC drugs for ______________.






38. The buildup of a drug in the body after multiple doses taken at short intervals is called __________ effect.






39. All reinforcing drugs (drugs that reinforce their use) stimulate dopamine neurons in the __________ system.






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






41. ________ brought tobacco to Europe after his voyage to the Americas.






42. There are approximately __ analogs of PCP.






43. Hashish is the most ______ cannabis preparation - it's THC level can be as high as 28%.






44. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.






45. It was also revealed that seventy five percent of the _____________ in major cities are addicted to drugs.






46. Tremors and rigidity are two symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Similar damage to the dopamine neurons can occur as a side effect of some ______________ drugs.






47. licit drug use - alcohol - tobacco - caffeine






48. King ______ of England wrote a antitobacco pamphlet and he taxed tobacco to attempt to limit its use.






49. Cocaine is absorbed so well into ________ __________ that it remains in use for surgery in the nasal - laryngeal - and esophageal regions.






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