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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Physical dependence involves the need to continue using the drug to avoid __________ symptoms which include sickness and discomfort.






2. The ______ ______ ______ company was responsible for the smuggling of opium into China during the 1800s.






3. The two main side effects of therapeutic doses of amphetamines are drug abuse and damage to the ______________ system.






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






5. The amount of drug that must be given to obtain a particular response is called _______.






6. Some examples of stimulants include cocaine - ______________ - and caffeine.






7. _________________ are commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders.






8. Hormones and _________________ are two types of chemical signals important for maintaining homeostasis.






9. Columbus was presented tobacco by natives of ____ __________ in 1492 and he brought it with him back to Spain.






10. When alcohol is heated and the vapors are condensed into liquid form again - the process is called ____________.






11. The BBB is very tight and excludes the brain uptake of all ______ molecule drugs and greater than 98% of small molecule drugs.






12. ___ is sometimes known as angel dust.






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






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






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






16. Its believed that antipsychotic drugs work by blocking D2 ________ receptors.






17. The time from the patient receiving their first dose of antipsychotic medication until the first result is seen is at least __ days.






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






19. 95% pure alcohol is called _____________ spirits






20. In high doses or if combined with alcohol - barbiturates can stop a person's __________.






21. Many _________ drugs act by enhancing GABA inhibition.






22. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.






23. 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.






24. CNS ___________ that cause drowsiness and promote sleep are called hypnotics.






25. Chemicals in the brain that produce effects similar to morphine and other opium derived drugs are called __________.






26. 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.






27. Smoking is involved in about ___ percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease.






28. The remaining two principal factors affecting drug use are ______ and cultural.






29. LSD and other hallucinogens typically do not produce physical __________.






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






31. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.






32. The white powder that you generally associate with cocaine is the _____ form of cocaine known as cocaine hydrochloride.






33. One of the most common opioid side effects is ____________.






34. The predominant style of tobacco use went from pipes to snuff to _______ to cigars to cigarettes.






35. ______ causing chemicals contained in tobacco are called nitrosamines.






36. Marinol is a ____________ controlled substance.






37. Since 1956 - the leaf tobacco content in cigarettes has been reduced by approximately __ percent.






38. Jimsonweed a potent hallucinogenic plant and is also known as ____ _____.






39. The three types are drug disposition tolerance - behavioral tolerance - and _________________ tolerance.






40. The use of alcohol is statistically associated with homicide - assault - _______ violence and suicide






41. The second stage of drug addiction is increased use - in which the user starts to take increased amounts of the drug. This is followed by _____________ - the third stage of drug addiction.






42. Because heroin is more _______ ________ - it is more potent and faster acting than morphine even though the effects of the two substances are identical.






43. At first - tobacco was almost universally accepted as a ________.






44. REM sleep is the sleep phase associated with _______.






45. Schedule IV drugs have a slightly higher chance of abuse than the Schedule V drugs. What most specifically distinguishes Schedule V drugs from the other schedules is that the drugs are regulated but don't require a ______________.






46. Most studies show that alcohol is involved in about ____ _____ of all suicides.






47. _________ is an effective antipsychotic drug with the unfortunate side effect of inhibiting white blood cell production.






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






49. Because their effect varies depending on the dose - CNS depressants are said to be _____ ________.






50. _______ is absorbed most quickly through smoking and intravenous injection.