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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. GABA is a very widespread inhibitory neurotransmitter and ________ tends to have widespread inhibitory effects on neurons in the brain.
Directions
Available
PCP
Alcohol
2. GHB is most well-known for its use in substances that disable users and make them vulnerable to sexual assault. _________ is another drug of this type.
Heart attacks
Medical
Kerosene
Rohypnol
3. Timothy Leary was a well known psychologist and proponent for the use of ___ in the 1960s.
Heart attacks
Codeine
Alcohol
LSD
4. 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.
Cessation
Nonspecific
Topical anesthesia
10
5. The _____ ____ of heroin is 15-30 minutes.
Benzodiazepines
Half life
Legal Instrumental Use
Smoking
6. ________ is a drug used for treating alcoholics. It makes them extremely sick if they drink even a small amount of alcohol.
Antabuse
Mushrooms
Blood thinners
Designer
7. Columbus was presented tobacco by natives of ____ __________ in 1492 and he brought it with him back to Spain.
San Salvador
Pleasure
Mucous membranes
Sedatives
8. Diphenhydramine - hydroxyzine and promethazine are examples of OTC and prescription ______________ used as CNS depressants.
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
Memory
Antihistamines
95
9. Considerable evidence supports the idea that some degree of vulnerability to alcohol dependence might be _________.
Inherited
Mainlining
200
Eliminate
10. MAO inhibitors - tricyclics and selective reuptake inhibitors are three types of ______________ drugs.
Constant
Antifreeze
Benzodiazepines
Antidepressant
11. Methods of drug testing include urine - ____ - and saliva.
Explosive
Poppers
Sudden sniffing death
Hair
12. 18.2% of unemployed persons report ________ drug use compared to only 7.9% of those with full time jobs and 10.7% of part time employees.
Equilibrium
Illicit
Cocaine
Schedule I
13. There are now more than 40 million former smokers in the United States - and about 90 percent of them report that they quit smoking _______ formal treatment programs.
5
Potency
Opium
Without
14. Approximately 20 years ago - heroin was replaced by _______ as the most abused illicit drug in the US (other than marijuana).
Analgesic
Breathing
Cocaine
Kerosene
15. Over the counter drugs are often simply referred to as ____ drugs.
Tremors
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Temperance
OTC
16. Prior to the 1980s - ________ was a popular way to smoke cocaine. It involved extracting cocaine into a volatile organic solvent - such as ether.
Heroin
Insomnia
Diminishing
Freebase
17. Generally addiction refers to the ______ attachment to a drug.
Isopropyl
Dose response
Psychological
1960
18. ______ factors refer to how the drug actually affects the body.
Substitution
Pharmacological
Hair
Medicinal herbs
19. ______________ do not cure mental illnesses but they do control the symptoms sufficiently to permit patients to live and work in society.
Available
Antipsychotics
Neonatal abstinence
Alcohol
20. ______________ are unhealthy because they interfere with REM sleep.
Marijuana
Replacing
Sleeping pills
Smaller
21. Three derivatives of the cannabis plant are __________ - hashish - and ganja.
Sinsemilla
Dentists
Muscle tone
Psychoactive
22. A typical progression of drug use starts with ___________ and alcohol - and then marijuana before moving on to the stronger drugs - which is why these drugs are often called 'gateway' drugs.
Cigarettes
Is Not
Antihistamines
Motor
23. Withdrawal symptoms are more likely to develop with drugs that _____ the system quickly.
Leave
Antagonists
Generic
25
24. The pharmacological term for alcohol is _______.
Ethanol
Motor
Healthcare
Prozac
25. Heroin is classified as a schedule __________ drug.
16
Crack
Cocaine
Schedule I
26. ________ can be found in many over-the-counter drugs.
Caffeine
Cigarettes
Homeostasis
Craving
27. Cause of death with opioid overdose is usually suppressed __________.
Months
Tremors
30
Breathing
28. No prescription is required when purchasing ________________ drugs.
Over the counter
Moderate
Sinsemilla
Increase
29. According to a recent survey - __% of Americans have used marijuana in their lifetime.
Less
41
Alcohol
Women
30. Examples of Schedule II drugs include ________ - opium - and amphetamines.
Cocaine
Dependency
48
Dependence
31. With _______ parodoxical effects include bizarre uninhibited behavior - rage - hostility and paranoia.
Opium
13-14
Benzodiazepines
Pharmacy
32. The dried crushed leaves - flowers - stems and seeds of the cannabis sativa plant is called _______.
Marijuana
Structural analogs
Antihistamines
Cocaine
33. The two categories of psychoactive drugs are ______ (legal) and illicit (illegal).
Tobacco
Over the counter
Licit
Schedule III
34. In order to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in pharmacologically significant amounts - the drug must be lipid soluble and have a molecular weight ____ than 400 Daltons.
Inherited
Mesolimbic
Less
Entactogens
35. It is possible to estimate an individual's blood alcohol content (BAC) by knowing their ______ - gender - and amount of alcohol consumed.
Less
Caffeine
Anesthetic
Weight
36. The category of volatile substances includes adhesives (glues) - aerosols (hair spray - spray paint) - fuels (gasoline - propane) - and office supplies (____ ____ markers).
Alcohol
Bipolar disorder
Emphysema
Felt tip
37. 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.
Psychoactive
Laughing gas
Intoxicating
Dentists
38. Onset of drug effects via inhalation is quite rapid because the capillary walls are very accessible in the _____ - and the drug thus enters the blood quickly.
Resin
Evaporate
6 -000
Lungs
39. Many plant-produced chemicals have effects on the intestines or muscles; others alter ______ biochemistry.
Obesity
Illegal Recreational Use
Brain
Relief
40. The most widely used __________ is alcohol.
Temperance
Indians
Emphysema
Depressant
41. A drug is FDA approved for OTC (Over the Counter) sales only after an advisory panel agrees it can be used safely when following the __________ on the label.
Psychedelics
Heroin
Directions
Metabolism
42. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.
Resin
Benzodiazepines
III
Smoked
43. When given ____-nicotine cigarettes - smokers adjust by taking more puffs and inhaling more deeply.
Low
Loco weed
Alcohol
Weeks
44. _____________ classified as Phantastica are not very toxic and allow the user to remain in communication with the present world.
Stimulant
Depress
Designer
Hallucinogens
45. Drugs are said to be ______ ________ when tolerance to one reduces the effectiveness of each of the others.
Cross tolerant
Steroids
Special K
Body
46. Traffic fatalities involving alcohol have _________ since 1980.
Smoked
Medical
Decreased
Theraputic
47. 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.
Topical anesthesia
Cocaine
Molecular
Available
48. Tranquilizers - sedatives - pain medicines - and amphetamines are abused most often by _____.
Floaters
Chlorpromazine
Methamphetamine
Women
49. Studies have shown that it typically takes at least 2 or 3 ______ for a heroin user to become addicted.
Bipolar disorder
Psychoactive
Months
Neurotransmitters
50. Opiates are drugs that contain _____ or one of its derivatives.
Natural
Designer
Opium
Autonomic