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DSST Substance Abuse
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1. Methamphetamine is also known as '______'.
Phenothiazines
Speed
Hemp rope
Alcohol
2. Only lipid-soluble substances can pass the _____________ barrier.
Weight gain
Instrumental
Blood-brain
Ethanol
3. Almost all of the ______________ and other conventional antipsychotics produce pseudoparkinsonism.
Decrease
Dangerous
Pleasure
Phenothiazines
4. Tranquilizers - sedatives - pain medicines - and amphetamines are abused most often by _____.
Intoxicating
Speed
Women
Inherited
5. When alcohol is heated and the vapors are condensed into liquid form again - the process is called ____________.
Distillation
Benzodiazepines
Mental retardation
Alcohol
6. Psychological dependence develops most rapidly when the drug hits the ______ quickly.
Tardive dyskinesia
Brain
Marijuana
Benzodiazepines
7. Because their effect varies depending on the dose - CNS depressants are said to be _____ ________.
High
Dose dependent
Graduates
Mucous
8. Traffic fatalities involving alcohol have _________ since 1980.
Loco weed
Central nervous system
Decreased
Switching
9. Kava Kava and St John's Wort are both medicinal herbs - often used to treat mild
Family
Stimulant
Poorer
Depression
10. Cocaine is absorbed so well into ________ __________ that it remains in use for surgery in the nasal - laryngeal - and esophageal regions.
Expectancy
Tardive dyskinesia
Blindness
Mucous membranes
11. In a double blind procedure - neither the patient nor the doctor know whether the subject is receiving a _______ or an experimental drug.
Andes
Motor
Placebo
Smaller
12. Most drugs are derived directly or indirectly from ______.
Evaporate
Psychoactive
Sedative
Plants
13. Stimulants can maintain wakefulness - give a user a sense of increased energy - decrease ________ and temporarily elevate the mood.
Social
Obesity
Laughing gas
Appetite
14. The use of alcohol is statistically associated with homicide - assault - _______ violence and suicide
Family
Poorer
James
Short term
15. The hallucinogenic effects of psilocybin are similar to those of LSD and __________.
Antihistamines
Enzymes
Mescaline
Serotonin
16. One of the most important factors which determine the potency of CNS drugs is the ________________ of the molecules.
Alcohol
Lipid solubility
Injection
Skin
17. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.
Moderate
Hypoxia
Atypical
Psychoactive
18. Prodrugs are inactive in the original form and become active only after they are altered by the liver _______.
Delirium tremens
Alcohol
Mental
Enzymes
19. Tremors and rigidity are two symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Similar damage to the dopamine neurons can occur as a side effect of some ______________ drugs.
Mucous
Psychoactive
Benzodiazepines
Enzymes
20. The first stage of drug addiction is ______.
OTC
Relief
Tax
Antagonists
21. ______________ are significantly better than placebo treatments in reducing psychotic behaviors.
48
Cocaine
25
Phenothiazines
22. The theory that the popularity of marijuana increases when the risk associated with its use decreases is called _________ _____.
Patches
Perceived risk
Psilocybin
Synesthesia
23. Respiratory depression is the most common type of drug _________ death--people simply stop breathing.
Drug
Overdose
Antidepressant
25
24. Studies have shown that it typically takes at least 2 or 3 ______ for a heroin user to become addicted.
20
100
Involuntary
Months
25. To remove the caffeine - unroasted coffee beans are soaked in an organic ________.
Illicit
Resin
Solvent
Central nervous system
26. ____ - also known as Ecstasy - produces both stimulant and hallucinogenic effects.
Iproniazid
Medical
Benzodiazepines
MDMA
27. _______________ is a highly addictive stimulant that is cheaper and much longer lasting than cocaine.
Emphysema
Enzymes
Methamphetamine
Amphetamines
28. _________ drugs produce wakefulness and a sense of energy and well-being.
Plants
Stimulant
Alcohol
Patent medicines
29. Cannabis was declared illegal in the US in the year ____.
Chlorpromazine
1937
British East India
Cocaine
30. The dried crushed leaves - flowers - stems and seeds of the cannabis sativa plant is called _______.
Neurotransmitters
Anxiety
Marijuana
Duration
31. Another principal factor that affects drug use is __________.
Poppers
25
Sedative hypnotic
Contextual
32. Cannabis (marijuana) - Anabolic Steroids - Inhalants/Organic Solvents and narcotics are also found to be among the most ________ abused drugs.
High
Delirium tremens
Commonly
Insomnia
33. The use of alcohol has decreased since ____ and its consumption varies greatly in different regions of the US and among different cultural groups.
Congeners
1980
Federal
Fetal Alcohol
34. ___________ disease is a degenerative neurological disease involving damage to dopamine neurons.
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35. Drug testing in sports began in the ____s.
Psychoactive
1960
20
15
36. _______________ are the most widely prescribed types Sedative-Hypnotics.
Weight
Steroids
Benzodiazepines
Narcotics
37. ______________ are unhealthy because they interfere with REM sleep.
Speedball
Amphetamines
Sleeping pills
MDMA
38. GHB is a clear - colorless - odorless liquid associated with _____ ____.
Phenothiazines
Solvents
Potent
Date rape
39. Social factors refer to things such as _____ - family background - subculture - etc. that can influence drug use. Cultural factors refer to broader customs and traditions within the society--i.e. in certain cultures - there may be a culture that enco
Drug
Blood-brain
Peers
Diarrhea
40. _______ professionals and their staff are the most likely to abuse nitrous oxide.
Opioids
Marinol
Medical
Norepinephrine
41. The category of volatile substances includes adhesives (glues) - aerosols (hair spray - spray paint) - fuels (gasoline - propane) - and office supplies (____ ____ markers).
Muscle
Nutrients
Felt tip
Marinol
42. Transdermal literally means 'through the _____'.
One hour
Disease
Skin
Alcohol
43. 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.
Theraputic
Heart Disease
1960
Environment
44. In the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use - only 1.6 percent of U.S. adults reported ever having used Heroin in their lifetimes - with 0.1 percent reporting use in the past ____.
Amino acids
1933
Year
Memory
45. 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.
Breathing
Stimulant
Schedule I
Phenothiazines
46. ____-acting barbiturates or benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed to prevent Alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
Long
Glutamate
10
Nalorphine
47. ___ is normally ineffective when taken orally and is usually snorted - smoked - or taken by injection.
Increase
Congestion rebound
DMT
Withdrawal
48. _______ is absorbed most quickly through smoking and intravenous injection.
Opposed
Environment
I
Cocaine
49. The three types of drug users include: experimenters - compulsive users and ________.
Floaters
Generic
Instantly
1937
50. _________ is a neurotransmitter associated with aggression and regulation of body weight.
Weeks
Marijuana
Dentists
Serotonin