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DSST Substance Abuse
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1. The category of volatile substances includes adhesives (glues) - aerosols (hair spray - spray paint) - fuels (gasoline - propane) - and office supplies (____ ____ markers).
Felt tip
Psychological
Heroin
Anabolic steroid
2. Women are more likely to have problems with ______________ medicines.
Prescription
Memory
Common
Hallucinations
3. For a drug to be ____________ - its molecules must be capable of passing through the blood-brain barrier.
Hallucinogens
THC
Psychoactive
Crack
4. Amphetamines can be taken orally - intravenously or by _______.
Heroin
Relaxed
Short term
Smoking
5. Another principal factor that affects drug use is __________.
Heart attacks
Contextual
Weight
Lungs
6. The psychoactive ingredient found in the _____________ is mescaline.
Heart beat
Medical
Peyote cactus
Decrease
7. According to a recent study - men and women from ______ backgrounds are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit the habit.
Cocaine
Synthetic
Alcoholic
Poorer
8. Smoking is involved in about ___ percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease.
Methylphenidate
Toluene
Behavioral tolerance
30
9. The shorter the drug half life - the more __________ it is.
Memory
Analgesic
Sinsemilla
Addictive
10. Two brain imaging techniques are ___ and MRI.
Cancer
Brain tissue
Dose response
PET
11. Alcoholics - who experience mild to _________ alcohol withdrawal symptoms - can usually be treated on an outpatient basis by a healthcare professional.
LSD
Sedatives
Clozapine
Moderate
12. Ketamine is sometimes known as '_________' - has effects similar to PCP and is commonly used in veterinary hospitals as an anesthetic.
Leukoplakia
Long
Special K
Phenothiazines
13. Permanent brain damage - loss of muscle control - damage to the liver - heart - blood - and bone marrow are all possible consequences of _____ abuse.
10
Antihistamines
Inhalant
HCL
14. Urine drug tests are relatively ___________ screening tests that detect a variety of abused substances or their metabolites in urine.
Narcotics
Inexpensive
Cocaine
Decreased
15. At first - tobacco was almost universally accepted as a ________.
Medicine
Lipid soluble
One hour
Lungs
16. The amount of drug that must be given to obtain a particular response is called _______.
Potency
Breathing
Alcohol
200
17. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms are more severe and more likely to cause death than withdrawal from _______.
Tobacco
Rohypnol
Xanthines
Heroin
18. Cocaine ___ (Hydrochloride) is water soluble and can easily be injected intravenously.
Transmitter
Brain
HCL
San Salvador
19. The two main side effects of therapeutic doses of amphetamines are drug abuse and damage to the ______________ system.
Enzymes
Lipid solubility
Cardiovascular
Sinsemilla
20. The combination of amphetamine or cocaine with an opioid narcotic--often heroin--is called a _________.
Schedule I
Speedball
Dose dependent
Synthetic
21. Three derivatives of the cannabis plant are __________ - hashish - and ganja.
Tremors
Decreased
Heroin
Sinsemilla
22. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.
Atypical
Cessation
Heart beat
Anxiety
23. Clonidine is an opioide agonist drug (similar to methadone) used in heroin ______________.
Glaucoma
Narcan
Detoxification
Moderate
24. Smoking tends to inhibit hunger contractions up to ____ ____
One hour
Craving
Heroin
10
25. Drugs are said to be ______ ________ when tolerance to one reduces the effectiveness of each of the others.
Cross tolerant
4-6
Dentists
Withdrawal
26. When someone overdoses on opiates (heroin - codeine - morphine - etc) Narcan can be injected into a muscle to get the victim __________ again.
Ounces
Psychoactive
Breathing
Crack
27. Advertising restrictions - smoke-free indoor air - _____ on tobacco products and limiting youth access to tobacco are all examples of tobacco control laws.
Taxes
Sudden sniffing death
Perceived risk
Long
28. All reinforcing drugs (drugs that reinforce their use) stimulate dopamine neurons in the __________ system.
Topical anesthesia
Nicotine
Mesolimbic
Alcoholic
29. Because _______ is lipid soluble - it is easily absorbed by the liver - heart - brain - lungs and reproductive organs.
15
Toluene
Hepatitis
Long
30. Since 1956 - the leaf tobacco content in cigarettes has been reduced by approximately __ percent.
25
Intoxicating
Mucous
Columbus
31. Adopted sons whose __________ fathers were alcohol dependent have a much greater than average chance of becoming alcohol dependent than adopted sons of non-alcoholic fathers.
Cocaine
Sigmund Freud
Biological
Placenta
32. Inhalant abuse can begin as early as __________.
Preschool
Commonly
Sudden sniffing death
Dopamine
33. Some smokers believe that _____ cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes.
Receptors
Drug
Nail polish
Clove
34. Drugs used to relieve _______ are called anxiolytics.
Anxiety
Endorphines
I
Illicit
35. Anabolic steroids build muscle mass by stimulating the conversion of _________ into tissue.
Methylphenidate
Nutrients
Weight
Potent
36. Clonidine can be administered by a _____________ ______ - which gradually releases the drug over a seven day period.
Depressants
Transdermal patch
Transmitter
More
37. Diphenhydramine - hydroxyzine and promethazine are examples of OTC and prescription ______________ used as CNS depressants.
Benzodiazepines
Antihistamines
Chantix
Dopamine
38. 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.
Physical
Floaters
10
Clozapine
39. Poisonous alcohols include methyl - ethylene glycol and _________.
Cumulative
Isopropyl
Positive
Diagnostic
40. Damage to the neurotransmitter _____________ is associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Lungs
Employee Assitance Programs
Acetylcholine
4-6
41. The autonomic nervous system - also referred to as the ANS - regulates the _____________ functions of the body and is divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic branches.
Sigmund Freud
Rate
Involuntary
Liver
42. When given ____-nicotine cigarettes - smokers adjust by taking more puffs and inhaling more deeply.
Low
Decreased
Heroin
Mental
43. Inhalant abuse is usually a problem among children and ___________.
Columbus
Drug safety
Adolescents
Time course
44. ________ is a substance that is responsible for more adverse health consequences and death than any other.
Neurotransmitters
THC
Nicotine
Addictive
45. ________ symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations - delusions - disorganized speech and behavior.
Metabolism
Heroin
Positive
Environment
46. Nicotine affects the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the reward/________ pathways of the brain.
Nalorphine
Dose response
Detoxification
Pleasure
47. _______ drugs are illegal to own or use. Some examples are cocaine - LSD and marijuana.
Parkinson's
Metabolism
Illicit
Coca
48. Tranquilizers - sedatives - pain medicines - and amphetamines are abused most often by _____.
Alcohol
Naloxone
Women
Cost
49. 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.
Moderate
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
Common
Watery
50. Contextual factors refer to how physical ______________ affect drug use; i.e. being at home vs. being in a rock concert or in a dance club.
Surroundings
Alcoholics Anonymous
Reducing
Chlorpromazine
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