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DSST Substance Abuse
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1. Drugs which enhance the sense of touch are called ___________.
Craving
Equal opportunity
Entactogens
Solvents
2. Cannabis addiction is ______ harmful than addiction to tobacco - prescription drugs or alcohol.
Less
Overdose
Surroundings
Mushrooms
3. _______ drugs are illegal to own or use. Some examples are cocaine - LSD and marijuana.
Months
Caffeine
Legal Instrumental Use
Illicit
4. Many _________ drugs act by enhancing GABA inhibition.
Antihistamines
Sedative
Sudden sniffing death
Barbiturate
5. The remaining two principal factors affecting drug use are ______ and cultural.
Marijuana
Perceived risk
Social
Cumulative
6. Marijuana is the most commonly used ________ drug.
Illicit
Medicinal herbs
Amphetamines
Heart Disease
7. A ________ book written in 2737 BC by Chinese emperor Shen Nung contains the earliest reference to Cannabis.
Bipolar disorder
Pharmacy
Biological
Psychoactive
8. When cocaine use is suddenly stopped - a 'crash' follows almost instantaneously that is characterized by an intense ________ for more cocaine.
Craving
Lungs
Benzodiazepines
Smoked
9. With sales exceeding $160 billion a year - the legal ______________ industry is one of the largest and most profitable industries in the United States.
Pharmaceutical
Stimulant
Phyiscal
Indians
10. Cocaine ___ (Hydrochloride) is water soluble and can easily be injected intravenously.
HCL
Weight
Psychotherapeutic
Loco weed
11. In the relief stage - a user experiences satisfaction by _________ from negative feelings such as boredom - anger - stress - fatigue and loneliness.
Heroin
Escaping
Naltrexone
Pharmacy
12. Fluoxetine (_______) is safer than tricyclic antidepressants as it is less likely to lead to overdose death.
Epileptic seizures
Prozac
Smoking
Common
13. MAO inhibitors - tricyclics and selective reuptake inhibitors are three types of ______________ drugs.
Antidepressant
Irritability
More
OTC
14. drug detoxification often relies upon ___________
Substitution
Without
Metabolism
Neurotransmitters
15. ____________ is the process by which sugar is converted into alcohol through the biochemical action of yeast.
Fermentation
PET
Equilibrium
Tissue
16. The white powder that you generally associate with cocaine is the _____ form of cocaine known as cocaine hydrochloride.
Salt
Heroin
Special K
Diagnostic
17. Crack is obtained by mixing cocaine with simple _________ chemicals - including baking soda and water - and then drying it--resulting in a lump of smokable cocaine.
Erich Goode
Abuse
Toluene
Household
18. Withdrawal symptoms may begin within hours or days after the smoker quits and may continue for several _______.
1960
Nicotine
Months
Depress
19. ___________ is a precancerous lesion caused by chewing tobacco.
Stimulant
Dropouts
Hallucinogens
Leukoplakia
20. Hashish is the most ______ cannabis preparation - it's THC level can be as high as 28%.
Potent
Spirits
More
Cocaine
21. GHB is a clear - colorless - odorless liquid associated with _____ ____.
Peyote
Date rape
25
Psychedelics
22. Medical uses of _______________ include muscle relaxants - sleeping pills - treatment for convulsive disorders (epilepsy) - alcohol detoxification - and preoperative anesthesia (amnesiac).
Fluoxetine
5
Benzodiazepines
Craving
23. Drug induced respiratory depression is also called _______________ and is a common type of drug overdose death.
Mental
Pharmaceutical
Hypoventilation
Illegal Instrumental Use
24. Prozac is the brand name for the antidepressant drug __________. It inhibits the reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin.
Inhalant
Fluoxetine
Perceived risk
One hour
25. A _______ drug is capable of passing the blood-brain barrier and influencing the brain's activity.
Psychoactive
Atypical
Antifreeze
Hallucinogens
26. Methods of drug testing include urine - ____ - and saliva.
Long
Medical
Acetylcholine
Hair
27. The ratio of LD50 to ED50 is one indication of the relative safety of a drug for a particular use or effect and this is called the ___________ index.
Lungs
Theraputic
Cocaine
Directions
28. Methylphenidate and Ritalin are both ______________.
Soft drinks
Amphetamines
Opioids
Relief
29. An interesting effect of LSD use is that of ___________ - a 'mixing of senses.'
Motor
Synesthesia
CYP450
Loco weed
30. Cardiac arrhythmia is a condition that occurs during ________ ________ ________ syndrome (SSDS)
Sudden sniffing death
Alcohol
British East India
Without
31. _______________ and Ritalin are two drugs commonly used to treat ADHD.
Methylphenidate
Neonatal abstinence
Barley
DMT
32. Acne and baldness in men - decreased breast size and facial hair in women are some of the side effects associated with ________________ use.
Amphetamines
26
Anabolic steroid
Naltrexone
33. The fourth stage of drug addiction is __________.
5
PCP
Dependency
Somatic
34. The timing of the onset - duration - and termination of a drug's effect is called the ___________.
Floaters
Time course
Dangerous
Crack
35. The preoccupation phase is characterized by _________ concern about the drug.
Constant
Natural
4-6
Opium
36. Drugs include any substances which can impair a person's ability to _______ function in society.
Safely
Atypical
Ethanol
Dose dependent
37. 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.
Cross tolerant
III
Available
10
38. Urine drug tests are relatively ___________ screening tests that detect a variety of abused substances or their metabolites in urine.
Adolescents
Inexpensive
Moderate
Heart attacks
39. Flashbacks are the recurrence of certain aspects of the drug experience weeks or months after an individual has taken ___.
Alcohol
Distillation
Hemp rope
LSD
40. The somatic system carries sensory information into the CNS and carries ______ (movement) information back out.
One-third
Motor
Coca
Amphetamines
41. _________________ are commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders.
Benzodiazepines
Neurotransmitters
Naloxone
Cross tolerant
42. 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.
Mescaline
Methamphetamine
Opiate
Parkinson's
43. The most _________ form of alcohol withdrawal is called delirium tremens and occurs in about 5 percent of people who have withdrawal symptoms.
Smoking
Cancer
Dangerous
Enzymes
44. Small doses of ______________ help narcoleptics stay alert.
Endorphines
Isopropyl
Overdose
Amphetamines
45. According to a 1997 report - alcohol is involved in more than ___ thousand deaths in the US each year.
Schedule II
100
Toxic
Breathing
46. Another principal factor that affects drug use is __________.
Heart Disease
Contextual
Detoxification
Dreams
47. Since 1956 - the leaf tobacco content in cigarettes has been reduced by approximately __ percent.
25
Peers
Psychoactive
Duration
48. ______ causing chemicals contained in tobacco are called nitrosamines.
Decrease
100
Cancer
15
49. _________ are the oldest stimulants known. They are found in tea - coffee - soft drinks and chocolate.
Xanthines
Plants
Brain
Neonatal abstinence
50. Cronic malnutrition causes _______ damage.
Tissue
Weight control
Laughing gas
Consequences
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