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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Jimsonweed a potent hallucinogenic plant and is also known as ____ _____.
Antidepressant
Loco weed
Strychnine
Glutamate
2. Medical science has used opium as a pain reliever and also to treat _________ and dehydration caused by dysentery.
Available
Diarrhea
Pinpoint
HCL
3. Nitrites are sometimes called '________' and come in small vials or tubes.
Autonomic
Prescription
Cocaine
Poppers
4. Herbs and _________ were used by early Greeks in Olympic games to enhance their performance.
Laughing gas
Mushrooms
15
Moderate
5. Drugs are more likely to produce psychological dependence if they have a _____ onset.
Opioid
Rapid
Prescription
Cocaine
6. Drugs designed to treat _________ _________. are being used as effective mood stabilizers.
Directions
20
Epileptic seizures
Methylphenidate
7. There are several FDA approved prescription drugs used to treat ________ - but only Lunesta has been approved for long term use.
Anxiety
Ounces
Fetal Alcohol
Insomnia
8. ________ is a drug used for treating alcoholics. It makes them extremely sick if they drink even a small amount of alcohol.
Relaxed
Without
Behavioral tolerance
Antabuse
9. ______ 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).
Prostitutes
Methylphenidate
Mescaline
Crack
10. The idea that alcohol dependence is a _______ goes back at least to the 1700s.
Disease
10
Potent
Dopamine
11. The process where the body rids itself of drugs and alcohol is called ______________.
Detoxification
Haldol
Narcotics
Amino acids
12. _________ ________ occurs after using a nasal spray regularly for longer than the recommended period.
Craving
Pharmacy
Hallucinogen
Congestion rebound
13. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.
Adolescents
Pharmacological
Nutrients
Antitussives
14. The most widely used licit social drug is _______.
Alcohol
4-6
Narcan
Injection
15. The most widely used __________ is alcohol.
Football
Depressant
Wood
Stimulant
16. The human body strives to maintain its internal environment within a certain range (temperature - blood pressure - etc); this ___________ is called homeostasis.
Detoxification
Heart beat
16
Equilibrium
17. Two forms of cocaine which can be smoked are _____ and coca paste.
Explosive
Crack
Blood thinners
440
18. The names of barbiturates all end in __.
Al
Psychological
Heroin
Illicit
19. The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and hashish is ___.
THC
Opium
Hypnotics
More
20. Ice is also known as '______________'.
Crystal meth
Placenta
Large
Transmitter
21. 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.
Tax
Placenta
Phyiscal
Abuse
22. The introduction of antipsychotic drugs have caused a dramatic ________ in the population of mental hospitals.
20
Alcoholic
Naloxone
Decrease
23. The DSM-IV-TR is a manual which provides criteria for classifying mental disorders into hundreds of specific __________ categories.
Norepinephrine
Prozac
Watery
Diagnostic
24. Most studies show that alcohol is involved in about ____ _____ of all suicides.
Felt tip
Lipid solubility
Mental
One-third
25. Introduced as a ____ law - the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) was not meant to be punitive and it made no reference to users of narcotics.
Is Not
Schedule III
Tax
Black Tar
26. Perceived risk refers to the perceived ______________ of using the drug.
13-14
Consequences
Medical
Codeine
27. Inhalant abuse can begin as early as __________.
Depressants
Relief
Anesthetic
Preschool
28. Drugs prescribed to control symptoms associated with ______ problems are called psychotherapeutics.
Mental
Addictive
Artificial
Anesthetics
29. During the 1800s - opium and morphine were the active ingredients found in many American ________ ________.
Patent medicines
Poorer
Psilocybin
Heroin
30. CNS ___________ - including barbiturates - inhalants and benzodiazepines all have effects similar to alcohol.
Depressants
Antidepressant
Large
LSD
31. ________ drugs are developed to eliminate the illegality of a drug by modifying a drug into a new compound.
Cocaine
Hypoventilation
Lipid solubility
Designer
32. Two consequences of illicit drug use are lost productivity and increased ___________ costs.
Stimulant
Antidepressant
Healthcare
Chewing
33. Some alcohol withdrawal symptoms can last for up to several ______.
Increase
Narcan
PCP
Weeks
34. LSD is a synthetic substance and is the most ______ and notorious of the hallucinogens.
One half
Anesthetics
Less
Potent
35. Both tricyclics and MAO inhibitors interfere with the reuptake of the neurotransmitters ______________ - dopamine - and serotonin.
Consequences
Antihistamines
Norepinephrine
Methylphenidate
36. Experimenters primarily restrict drug usage to ______________ settings and are motivated by peer pressure and curiosity.
Recreational
Drug
Anesthetic
One half
37. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.
Body
CYP450
Antidepressant
Temperance
38. ________ - tobacco and marijuana are commonly called gateway drugs.
Alcohol
Antihistamines
Atypical
Unknown
39. _____________ classified as Phantastica are not very toxic and allow the user to remain in communication with the present world.
Ounces
Chantix
Hallucinogens
Depressants
40. In a recent study - 65.6% of full time employees reported _______ use within the past month.
Fluoxetine
Fentanyl
Alcohol
Schedule III
41. Inhalant abuse is usually a problem among children and ___________.
Antabuse
Laughing gas
Adolescents
James
42. 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.
V
Autonomic
Depression
Glucosamine
43. Almost ___ % of 8th graders have abused an inhalant sometime in their life.
OTC
20
Sedative
Memory
44. Although they were originally called _____________ - antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis without producing drowsiness.
Smaller
Speedball
Magic mushrooms
Tranquilizers
45. The use of alcohol is statistically associated with homicide - assault - _______ violence and suicide
Relaxed
Mescaline
Peers
Family
46. When nonsmokers inhale cigarette smoke from their ___________ it is called passive smoking.
Environment
Consequences
Instantly
Endorphines
47. ________ is used primarily in conjunction with surgical anesthesia and is approximately a hundred times as potent as morphine.
Tobacco
Dependence
Fentanyl
Craving
48. Legal instrumental - illegal instrumental - legal recreational and illegal recreational use are the 4 types of drug use according to ___________.
Heroin
Erich Goode
Antihistamines
Hallucinogens
49. Cocaine is derived from the ____ plant.
Smaller
Schedule I
Coca
Iproniazid
50. _____________ Syndrome is a collection of physical and behavioral abnormalities that seems to be caused by the presence of alcohol during development of the fetus.
Fetal Alcohol
Cessation
Medical
Antihistamines