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DSST Substance Abuse
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1. A common lung disease caused by smoking is _________.
Stimulant
Emphysema
Detoxification
Resin
2. _______ drugs are illegal to own or use. Some examples are cocaine - LSD and marijuana.
Ounces
Illicit
Indians
Barley
3. Withdrawal symptoms may begin within hours or days after the smoker quits and may continue for several _______.
Months
Depressants
Diarrhea
Dose response
4. Almost all of the ______________ and other conventional antipsychotics produce pseudoparkinsonism.
Neurotransmitters
Endorphines
Phenothiazines
Prescription
5. Onset of drug effects via inhalation is quite rapid because the capillary walls are very accessible in the _____ - and the drug thus enters the blood quickly.
Phenothiazines
Stimulant
Cost
Lungs
6. Ketamine is sometimes known as '_________' - has effects similar to PCP and is commonly used in veterinary hospitals as an anesthetic.
4-6
Glucosamine
Special K
Somatic
7. Crack is also known as '_____'.
Drug safety
Acetylcholine
Rock
Tranquilizers
8. 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.
Blood thinners
Mucous membranes
Psychoactive
Behavioral tolerance
9. Originally marketed as a non-habit-forming substitute for codeine - ______ is derived from opium and is about three times as potent as morphine.
Resin
Neurotransmitters
Cocaine
Heroin
10. With sales exceeding $160 billion a year - the legal ______________ industry is one of the largest and most profitable industries in the United States.
Tardive dyskinesia
Pharmaceutical
Norepinephrine
Duration
11. Injecting an illegal drug intravenously is called __________.
More
Cumulative
Inexpensive
Mainlining
12. Benzodiazepines are classified by their ________ of action.
16
Toxic
Breathing
Duration
13. ________ - tobacco and marijuana are commonly called gateway drugs.
Alcohol
Less
Soft drinks
Sleeping pills
14. Ice is a form of methamphetamine that can be ______.
Detoxification
Neurotransmitters
Solvents
Smoked
15. Molecules that assist in either the metabolism (breaking down) or synthesis (creation) of another molecule are called _______.
Enzymes
Phenothiazines
Behavioral tolerance
Opposed
16. The names of barbiturates all end in __.
Alcohol
Football
Mesolimbic
Al
17. Hashish is the most ______ cannabis preparation - it's THC level can be as high as 28%.
Pleasurable
Potent
Psychological
Reducing
18. Introduced as a ____ law - the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) was not meant to be punitive and it made no reference to users of narcotics.
Anesthetics
Narcan
Plants
Tax
19. Examples of opioid antagonists are _________ - nalorphine and naltrexone.
Naloxone
30
Nutrients
Incurable
20. Alcohol is the drug most often associated with _______ crimes; in many cases - it is present in both the assailant and the victim.
Increase
Brain
Mescaline
Violent
21. The psychoactive ingredient found in the _____________ is mescaline.
Enzymes
Autonomic
PCP
Peyote cactus
22. Anabolic steroids are _________ drugs designed to build muscle mass while minimizing masculinizing effects attributed to testosterone.
Nonspecific
Heart Disease
Iproniazid
Synthetic
23. Cocaine is derived from the ____ plant.
Coca
Heroin
Bipolar disorder
Cocaine
24. Synthetic drugs which result from the altered chemical structures of illicit drugs are called __________________.
Available
San Salvador
Cost
Structural analogs
25. Diphenhydramine - hydroxyzine and promethazine are examples of OTC and prescription ______________ used as CNS depressants.
Resin
Antihistamines
Abuse
Receptors
26. 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.
Common
Clove
Months
Depressants
27. ______________ and antipsychotics are two groups of drugs used to treat the symptoms associated with psychosis.
Preschool
Epileptic seizures
Phenothiazines
Naloxone
28. LSD - PCP and mescaline are _____________.
Explosive
Alcohol
Hallucinogens
Antihistamines
29. Through fermentation - the alcohol concentration is limited to ___%.
Nicotine
Mainlining
Mental
15
30. 95% pure alcohol is called _____________ spirits
Smoking
Andes
Grain neutral
Mucous membranes
31. By the 1850s - the temperance movement supported not only a ban on distilled spirits but also a ban on all __________ beverages.
Acetylcholine
Alcoholic
High
LSD
32. The effective dose (ED50) for LSD is many __________ of times smaller than that of other psychoactive drugs.
Thousands
Breaks down
26
Clozapine
33. taking prescribed or over the counter (OTC) drugs for illness
Potent
Months
Legal Instrumental Use
Soft drinks
34. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.
Insomnia
Antitussives
Tremors
Dangerous
35. licit drug use - alcohol - tobacco - caffeine
Designer
Structural analogs
OTC
Legal Recreational Use
36. Opioids are also known as _________.
Narcotics
Breathing
Alcohol
Watery
37. _________________ are commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders.
Enzymes
Absorbed
Psilocybin
Benzodiazepines
38. Nicotine is often thought of as being a mild _________ - but it also seems to have some of the relaxant properties of a low dose of a depressant.
Nicotine
Stimulant
Time course
Blindness
39. Amphetamine abusers often use ___________ - such as barbiturates to counteract the hyperactive feelings associated with high doses of amphetamines.
Schedule III
Neurotransmitters
Depressants
Prozac
40. To remove the caffeine - unroasted coffee beans are soaked in an organic ________.
CYP450
Psychotherapeutic
Household
Solvent
41. Naltrexone is used to block opioid effects so that a user doesn't feel any of the reinforcing _____________ effects of using an opioid.
Pleasurable
Fentanyl
Chantix
Addiction
42. In a double blind procedure - neither the patient nor the doctor know whether the subject is receiving a _______ or an experimental drug.
Anesthetic
Patent medicines
Distillation
Placebo
43. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.
Illegal Instrumental Use
Resin
Congeners
Tissue
44. The three types of drug users include: experimenters - compulsive users and ________.
Decreased
Floaters
Hallucinations
Tobacco
45. Nicotine _______ are also known as transdermal nicotine systems.
One-third
Heroin
Antihistamines
Patches
46. The dried crushed leaves - flowers - stems and seeds of the cannabis sativa plant is called _______.
Marijuana
Codeine
Commonly
Artificial
47. Another way of saying placebo effect is ___________ effect.
Bupropion
Withdrawal
Phenothiazines
Nonspecific
48. Examples of ilicit drugs - include alcohol - tea - coffee - _______ and over the counter (OTC) drugs.
440
Tobacco
Haldol
Antabuse
49. The caffeine that is taken out of coffee to make it decaffeinated is used mostly in _____ ______.
Cocaine
Brain
Soft drinks
Months
50. _______________ is a highly addictive stimulant that is cheaper and much longer lasting than cocaine.
Atypical
Alcohol
Liver
Methamphetamine
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