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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ___ is normally ineffective when taken orally and is usually snorted - smoked - or taken by injection.






2. The dosage difference between an acceptable level of effectiveness and the lowest _____ dose is called the safety margin.






3. When someone overdoses on opiates (heroin - codeine - morphine - etc) Narcan can be injected into a muscle to get the victim __________ again.






4. 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






5. taking prescribed or over the counter (OTC) drugs for illness






6. Examples of damage to the cardiovascular system caused by medical doses of amphetamines include increased heart rate - raised _______ _________ - and damage to veins and arteries.






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






8. Commonly called '_______ _____' - nitrous oxide is a gaseous anesthetic first used in the early 1800s in medicine and surgery.






9. Both barbiturates and _______________ affect the neurotransmitter GABA.






10. Opioids ________ the central nervous system (CNS).






11. Drug _____ is to use a drug in a situation - manner or amount that it causes social - psychological - physical or occupational problems.






12. Crack is also known as '_____'.






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






14. Almost all of the ______________ and other conventional antipsychotics produce pseudoparkinsonism.






15. Inhalant abuse is usually a problem among children and ___________.






16. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.






17. Heroin is classified as a schedule __________ drug.






18. Most heroin users need 3 or 4 injections a ___ to avoid withdrawal.






19. The substitution method of drug detoxification involves _________ the abused substance with a new - less-addicting drug.






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






21. Heart rate and blood pressure are two of the many functions regulated by the _________ nervous system.






22. Millions of marijuana users never go beyond the _______ drugs.






23. Not everyone praised the use of tobacco; many _______ it.






24. Drugs which suppress the appetite are called ___________.






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






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






27. ______________ and antipsychotics are two groups of drugs used to treat the symptoms associated with psychosis.






28. Generally _________ refers to the psychological attachment to a drug.






29. Diphenhydramine - hydroxyzine and promethazine are examples of OTC and prescription ______________ used as CNS depressants.






30. Three derivatives of the cannabis plant are __________ - hashish - and ganja.






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






32. _________ is a neurotransmitter associated with aggression and regulation of body weight.






33. 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.






34. Cirrhosis is a _____ disease which results from alcohol abuse and is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S..






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






36. The most common active ingredients contained in OTC sleep aids are ______________.






37. A person who has narcolepsy falls ______ as often as 50 times a day.






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






39. MDMA - popularly known as ecstasy - is a drug popular at clubs and '_____' since the 1980s.






40. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.






41. The CNS consists of the brain and _____________.






42. 'Opioid' is another word for '_____'.






43. ______ is an antipsychotic medication used for treating psychotic disorders including Tourette's syndrome.






44. Synthetic drugs which result from the altered chemical structures of illicit drugs are called __________________.






45. Drug misuse is the inappropriate use of OTC or ____________ medications.






46. The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and hashish is ___.






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






48. Smokers die _____ years earlier than nonsmokers.






49. Family and friends of controlled users are often completely unaware of this person's drug use. Controlled users place ___________ constraints on their drug use - for example never on a workday - never around children - etc.






50. A recent study indicated that persons aged 26 to __ were most likely to have used marijuana sometime during their life.