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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Some smokers believe that _____ cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes.
Psychoactive
Day
Preoccupation
Clove
2. ________ is used primarily in conjunction with surgical anesthesia and is approximately a hundred times as potent as morphine.
Pharmacological
Placebo
Placenta
Fentanyl
3. High School ____ had the highest rate of current use of illicit drugs (9%).
Dropouts
Months
Time course
Interactions
4. _________ is a neurotransmitter associated with aggression and regulation of body weight.
Dopamine
Rohypnol
Serotonin
Muscle tone
5. ____ - also known as Ecstasy - produces both stimulant and hallucinogenic effects.
Nail polish
Moderate
MDMA
Without
6. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.
Atypical
Hypoxia
Breathing
Recreational
7. Millions of marijuana users never go beyond the _______ drugs.
Illicit
Hypoventilation
Gateway
Caffeine
8. Cannabis sativa originated in Asia but now grows worldwide. _____ ____ is made from the fibers of this plant.
Half life
Heart Disease
Muscle tone
Hemp rope
9. Approximately __% of people who use marijuana become addicted to it.
Autonomic
Toxic
10
CYP450
10. Precursors are the raw materials from which _________________ are made and are found circulating in the blood supply and generally in the brain.
Pinpoint
440
Withdrawal
Neurotransmitters
11. 'Opioid' is another word for '_____'.
Congeners
Depression
Psychoactive
Opiate
12. 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.
6 -000
Dietary supplements
Dreams
Body fat
13. This type of alcohol can be added to gasoline to reduce pollution - used in cleaners and _________ - as well as in medical research.
Preschool
Solvents
More
20
14. Physiological effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) include ________ in body temperature - heart rate and blood pressure - sweating and dilation of eye pupils.
Phenothiazines
Recreational
Football
Increase
15. With sales exceeding $160 billion a year - the legal ______________ industry is one of the largest and most profitable industries in the United States.
Addiction
Grain neutral
Pharmaceutical
Moderate
16. ___________________ syndrome (NAS) is a group of problems that occur in a newborn who was exposed to addictive - illegal or prescription drugs while in the mother's womb.
Leukoplakia
Neonatal abstinence
Licit
Ethanol
17. The freebase method of smoking cocaine can be very dangerous because the combination of fire and ether fumes is extremely __________.
Consequences
Asleep
Depress
Explosive
18. Cocaine ___ (Hydrochloride) is water soluble and can easily be injected intravenously.
HCL
LSD
Potent
Strychnine
19. Users of cocaine _____________ either 'snort' (sniff) or inject the drug intravenously.
Hydrochloride
20
Drinking
Medicinal herbs
20. Smoking tends to inhibit hunger contractions up to ____ ____
Hypoxia
Cocaine
One hour
34
21. The idea that alcohol dependence is a _______ goes back at least to the 1700s.
1960
Lipid solubility
Disease
Sleeping pills
22. ______ is an antipsychotic medication used for treating psychotic disorders including Tourette's syndrome.
Haldol
Disease
Lipid soluble
Speedball
23. Most illicit _______________ consumed in the United States is produced in small laboratories which might exist for only a few days in a remote area before moving on.
Appetite
Date rape
James
Methamphetamine
24. ____-acting barbiturates or benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed to prevent Alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
Long
Hepatitis
Neonatal abstinence
Codeine
25. When cocaine use is suddenly stopped - a 'crash' follows almost instantaneously that is characterized by an intense ________ for more cocaine.
Craving
Family
Schedule I
Body fat
26. _________ are the oldest stimulants known. They are found in tea - coffee - soft drinks and chocolate.
Xanthines
Caffenism
Anesthetics
Household
27. ___ was originally used as a surgical anesthetic and has hallucinogenic effects different from LSD and mescaline (peyote cactus).
Inflammatory
PCP
Clozapine
Emphysema
28. Cannabis addiction is ______ harmful than addiction to tobacco - prescription drugs or alcohol.
Alcohol
Less
Antabuse
Glucosamine
29. Amphetamines can be taken orally - intravenously or by _______.
CYP450
Mental
Smoking
Cocaine
30. One of the most important factors which determine the potency of CNS drugs is the ________________ of the molecules.
Somatic
Lipid solubility
Stimulant
Laughing gas
31. The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and hashish is ___.
Schedule I
Chewing
Less
THC
32. The basic __________ skeleton of an illicit drug is modified to form a new compound. PCP and Ecstasy are probably the most well known examples of synthetic drugs.
Thousands
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Molecular
Rapid
33. Permanent brain damage - loss of muscle control - damage to the liver - heart - blood - and bone marrow are all possible consequences of _____ abuse.
Isopropyl
Stimulant
Kerosene
Inhalant
34. _________ is an effective antipsychotic drug with the unfortunate side effect of inhibiting white blood cell production.
Available
Heroin
Clozapine
Licit
35. 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.
95
Prescription
Mental
Common
36. The names of barbiturates all end in __.
Less
Gateway
1937
Al
37. According to a 1997 report - alcohol is involved in more than ___ thousand deaths in the US each year.
Central nervous system
Transdermal patch
100
Poppers
38. A ________ book written in 2737 BC by Chinese emperor Shen Nung contains the earliest reference to Cannabis.
Weight gain
Pinpoint
Pharmacy
Dose dependent
39. Cannabis was declared illegal in the US in the year ____.
Opioid
Cigarettes
Antabuse
1937
40. To make coca paste - coca leaves are mixed with _________ or gasoline and then filtered to form the paste.
Kerosene
Marijuana
Clozapine
Diarrhea
41. According to a recent study - men and women from ______ backgrounds are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit the habit.
Perceived risk
Rohypnol
LSD
Poorer
42. ____________ is the process by which sugar is converted into alcohol through the biochemical action of yeast.
Half life
Fermentation
Benzodiazepines
Date rape
43. The preoccupation phase is characterized by _________ concern about the drug.
Tissue
Constant
Cannabis sativa
Peyote cactus
44. Columbus was presented tobacco by natives of ____ __________ in 1492 and he brought it with him back to Spain.
Alcoholics Anonymous
San Salvador
Neurotransmitters
15
45. _______________ and Ritalin are two drugs commonly used to treat ADHD.
Brain
Methylphenidate
Amphetamines
Fetal Alcohol
46. Bupropion is an ________________ used to reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
Patent medicines
Nutrients
Eliminate
Antidepressant
47. ______ causing chemicals contained in tobacco are called nitrosamines.
Sleeping pills
Cancer
Leave
Diagnostic
48. The important Xanthine varieties are caffeine - theophylline - and _____________.
Columbus
CYP450
Theobromine
Peyote
49. Drugs with a high potential for abuse - with a currently accepted _______ use in the US - whose abuse may lead to severe physical or psychological dependence are listed under Schedule II.
Structural analogs
Muscle spasms
Medical
Alcohol
50. Caffeine is the world's most popular drug and frequently used _________.
Acetylcholine
Muscle
Barbiturate
Stimulant