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DSST Substance Abuse

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






2. Tobacco is responsible for ___ thousand US deaths each year.






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






4. Withdrawal symptoms may begin within hours or days after the smoker quits and may continue for several _______.






5. Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse - no current ________ use in the US and have been declared unsafe.






6. higher tolerance to heroin also results in higher tolerance to morphine and ________.






7. Introduced as a ____ law - the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) was not meant to be punitive and it made no reference to users of narcotics.






8. Drug assistance programs for drug-dependent employees are called _________.






9. The remaining two principal factors affecting drug use are ______ and cultural.






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






11. National Prohibition of alcohol was successful in _________ alcohol consumption and alcoholrelated problems - but also led to a loss of alcohol taxes and increased law breaking.






12. The opioid antagonist __________ selectively blocks opioid effects - preventing the user from experiencing the reinforcing effects of the abused drug (for example - heroin).






13. Stimulants can maintain wakefulness - give a user a sense of increased energy - decrease ________ and temporarily elevate the mood.






14. When using snuff or chewing tobacco - nicotine is absorbed through the ______ lining of the mouth.






15. The most important drug-metabolizing enzymes found in the liver belong to a group known as the ______ family of enzymes.






16. A key belief of Alcoholics Anonymous is that alcohol dependence is an _________ - progressive disease characterized by a loss of control over drinking.






17. Transdermal literally means 'through the _____'.






18. Precursors are the raw materials from which _________________ are made and are found circulating in the blood supply and generally in the brain.






19. The branch of the _________ system involved in flight or fight reactions is called the sympathetic branch.






20. ________ is a substance that is responsible for more adverse health consequences and death than any other.






21. Perceived risk refers to the perceived ______________ of using the drug.






22. Tranquilizers - sedatives - pain medicines - and amphetamines are abused most often by _____.






23. Almost all alcoholics suffering from withdrawal symptoms (about __%) can be treated in outpatient programs.






24. Alcoholics - who experience mild to _________ alcohol withdrawal symptoms - can usually be treated on an outpatient basis by a healthcare professional.






25. Another word for ____________ is psychedelic.






26. Drug testing in sports began in the ____s.






27. Metabolites refer to the substances that are produced or left over when the body metabolizes (_______ ______) the drugs that have been consumed.






28. Herbs and _________ were used by early Greeks in Olympic games to enhance their performance.






29. Nicotine withdrawal symptoms include craving for tobacco - ____________ - restlessness - and anxiety.






30. The 1914 Harrison Act regulated sales of opiates and _______.






31. The buildup of a drug in the body after multiple doses taken at short intervals is called __________ effect.






32. Glaucoma is a leading cause of ______ and its treatment is one of the possible medical uses of marijuana.






33. ______________ are unhealthy because they interfere with REM sleep.






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






35. The most _________ form of alcohol withdrawal is called delirium tremens and occurs in about 5 percent of people who have withdrawal symptoms.






36. In addition to vitamins and minerals - the FDA defines dietary supplements as substances such as herbs - extracts of herbs - ___________ and concentrates.






37. ___________ disease is a degenerative neurological disease involving damage to dopamine neurons.

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38. The important Xanthine varieties are caffeine - theophylline - and _____________.






39. The psychological effects of LSD - mescaline - and psilocybin can be blocked with ________.






40. The predominant style of tobacco use went from pipes to snuff to _______ to cigars to cigarettes.






41. __________________ is the most serious side effect of long term antipsychotic drug treatment.






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






43. Short acting drugs are used as __________ to treat insomnia and long acting drugs are used as sedatives to give prolonged relief from anxiety.






44. The three types of drug users include: experimenters - compulsive users and ________.






45. The white powder that you generally associate with cocaine is the _____ form of cocaine known as cocaine hydrochloride.






46. Most psychoactive drugs can be categorized as stimulants - depressants - opioids - hallucinogens - or _________________ agents.






47. The freebase method of smoking cocaine can be very dangerous because the combination of fire and ether fumes is extremely __________.






48. Anabolic steroids are _________ drugs designed to build muscle mass while minimizing masculinizing effects attributed to testosterone.






49. Floaters (chippers) usually don't maintain their own supply of drugs but prefer to use...

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50. Men are _____ likely to use illicit drugs than women and pregnant women are less likely to use drugs than women who are not pregnant.