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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A typical progression of drug use starts with ___________ and alcohol - and then marijuana before moving on to the stronger drugs - which is why these drugs are often called 'gateway' drugs.






2. To remove the caffeine - unroasted coffee beans are soaked in an organic ________.






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






4. Dopamine - acetylcholine - norepinephrine - serotonin - GABA - glutamate - and endorphins are all _________________ associated with the actions of the psychoactive drugs.






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






6. The autonomic nervous system - also referred to as the ANS - regulates the _____________ functions of the body and is divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic branches.






7. Oral ingestion can be compared to intranasal administration (snorting) in that it is absorbed much more _______ than smoking or IV injection.






8. Caffeine is the world's most popular drug and frequently used _________.






9. Alcohol is the drug most often associated with _______ crimes; in many cases - it is present in both the assailant and the victim.






10. The withdrawal symptoms for a ______ user whose drug usage has consisted of a low daily dose resemble a mild case of intestinal flu.






11. The DSM-IV-TR is a manual which provides criteria for classifying mental disorders into hundreds of specific __________ categories.






12. Stimulants can maintain wakefulness - give a user a sense of increased energy - decrease ________ and temporarily elevate the mood.






13. CYP450 enzymes ______ toxic chemicals once they are eaten.






14. Molecules that assist in either the metabolism (breaking down) or synthesis (creation) of another molecule are called _______.






15. ___ is normally ineffective when taken orally and is usually snorted - smoked - or taken by injection.






16. 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.






17. In the late 1800s the typical ______ user was a middle aged white woman who functioned well and was adjusted to her life as a wife and mother.






18. Tobacco is responsible for ___ thousand US deaths each year.






19. _________________ are commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders.






20. Methyl alcohol is made from ____.






21. ________ _______ is another term for alcohol withdrawal symptoms - especially fever - trembling and hallucinations.






22. An irregular _____ _____ is called arrhythmia.






23. CNS ___________ - including barbiturates - inhalants and benzodiazepines all have effects similar to alcohol.






24. Several studies have found a lower incidence of _____________ in moderate drinkers than in abstainers






25. Urine drug tests are relatively ___________ screening tests that detect a variety of abused substances or their metabolites in urine.






26. Prozac is the brand name for the antidepressant drug __________. It inhibits the reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin.






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






28. 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






29. The caffeine that is taken out of coffee to make it decaffeinated is used mostly in _____ ______.






30. During the 1800s - opium and morphine were the active ingredients found in many American ________ ________.






31. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.






32. _______ withdrawal often lacks the severe physical symptoms that occur with heroin or alcohol withdrawal.






33. ________ can be found in many over-the-counter drugs.






34. Naloxone or __________ is used to reverse the depressed respiration resulting from an opioid overdose.






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






36. Permanent brain damage - loss of muscle control - damage to the liver - heart - blood - and bone marrow are all possible consequences of _____ abuse.






37. Only lipid-soluble substances can pass the _____________ barrier.






38. The pharmacological term for alcohol is _______.






39. Medical uses of _______________ include muscle relaxants - sleeping pills - treatment for convulsive disorders (epilepsy) - alcohol detoxification - and preoperative anesthesia (amnesiac).






40. Prior to 1965 - the most common medical use of amphetamines was for the treatment of _______.






41. LSD is one of the most potent ____________ drugs.






42. _______________ are the most widely prescribed types Sedative-Hypnotics.






43. Whiskey - Scotch - and Brandy are examples of distilled beverages. They are also called '________'.






44. With sales exceeding $160 billion a year - the legal ______________ industry is one of the largest and most profitable industries in the United States.






45. Severe alcoholism often results in ____________ as a result of decreased caloric intake by alcoholics.






46. 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.






47. Legal _______ drugs - ranked by amount of money spent each year: Alcohol ($104 billion) Tobacco ($51.9 billion) Coffee - Tea and Cocoa ($5.7 billion)






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






49. Examples of Schedule II drugs include ________ - opium - and amphetamines.






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