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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Millions of marijuana users never go beyond the _______ drugs.
Nutrients
Placebo
Gateway
Nalorphine
2. Nicotine _______ are also known as transdermal nicotine systems.
Alcohol
Patches
Instantly
Dopamine
3. 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.
Common
Nicotine
Rock
Duration
4. Some smokers believe that _____ cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes.
Weeks
Clove
Enzymes
Pleasure
5. The amount of drug that must be given to obtain a particular response is called _______.
Loco weed
Prescription
Potency
Codeine
6. _______________ is a highly addictive stimulant that is cheaper and much longer lasting than cocaine.
Weight
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Dronabinol
Methamphetamine
7. With sales exceeding $160 billion a year - the legal ______________ industry is one of the largest and most profitable industries in the United States.
Antagonists
Pharmaceutical
Methylphenidate
Norepinephrine
8. Some studies have reported both behavioral improvement and noticeable regrowth of _____ ______ in long term alcoholics after several months of abstinence.
100
Brain tissue
Common
Psychedelics
9. LSD - PCP and mescaline are _____________.
Hydrochloride
Staggering
Hallucinogens
Cocaine
10. Some alcohol withdrawal symptoms can last for up to several ______.
Months
Smoked
Weeks
Thousands
11. Originally marketed as a non-habit-forming substitute for codeine - ______ is derived from opium and is about three times as potent as morphine.
Heroin
Cardiovascular
Nonspecific
Metabolism
12. Aspirin is one of the most popular OTC drugs in the US. It is used for its analgesic - anti-____________and antipyretic effects.
Inflammatory
Peyote
Alcoholic
Tardive dyskinesia
13. Drug induced respiratory depression is also called _______________ and is a common type of drug overdose death.
Marijuana
Hypoventilation
Sudden sniffing death
Special K
14. ________ can be found in many over-the-counter drugs.
Detoxification
10
Caffeine
Tobacco
15. When using snuff or chewing tobacco - nicotine is absorbed through the ______ lining of the mouth.
Psilocybin
Legal Instrumental Use
Mucous
16
16. The blood-brain barrier is a semipermeable structure that protects the brain from potentially ______ chemicals circulating in the blood.
Schedule II
Addiction
Toxic
Coca
17. High School ____ had the highest rate of current use of illicit drugs (9%).
Dropouts
Nalorphine
Low
Depression
18. The most widely used __________ is alcohol.
Steroids
60
Depressant
Toxic
19. Two major illicit stimulants are _______ and amphetamines.
Pharmacological
Hallucinogens
Cocaine
Alcohol
20. 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.
10
Codeine
Opium
Toxic
21. Urine drug tests are relatively ___________ screening tests that detect a variety of abused substances or their metabolites in urine.
Distillation
Potency
Inexpensive
Barley
22. Physiological effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) include ________ in body temperature - heart rate and blood pressure - sweating and dilation of eye pupils.
Antidepressant
Overdose
Increase
Phenothiazines
23. Methyl alcohol is made from ____.
Naltrexone
Sigmund Freud
Wood
Chewing
24. Other alcohols and oils contained in alcoholic beverages are called _________.
Congeners
Adolescents
Narcan
Schedule I
25. Generally _________ refers to the psychological attachment to a drug.
Patent medicines
Addiction
Opium
Clozapine
26. Another word for ____________ is euphorigenic.
Intoxicating
Preoccupation
Placebo
Social
27. Alcohol is the drug most often associated with _______ crimes; in many cases - it is present in both the assailant and the victim.
Mainlining
Neurotransmitters
Legal Instrumental Use
Violent
28. Flashbacks are the recurrence of certain aspects of the drug experience weeks or months after an individual has taken ___.
Tranquilizers
Cocaine
Delirium tremens
LSD
29. _______ % of all US deaths are tobacco-related.
Enzymes
Anabolic steroid
Insomnia
20
30. The DEA is the primary _______ agency responsible for enforcing U.S. drug laws.
Fluoxetine
Amphetamines
Federal
OTC
31. Fluoxetine (_______) is safer than tricyclic antidepressants as it is less likely to lead to overdose death.
Prozac
Toxic
CYP450
Spinal cord
32. Its believed that antipsychotic drugs work by blocking D2 ________ receptors.
Illegal Recreational Use
Designer
Codeine
Dopamine
33. ___ is normally ineffective when taken orally and is usually snorted - smoked - or taken by injection.
Nicotine
Medicine
Poorer
DMT
34. _______________ and Ritalin are two drugs commonly used to treat ADHD.
Synthetic
Months
Methylphenidate
Nalorphine
35. When cocaine use is suddenly stopped - a 'crash' follows almost instantaneously that is characterized by an intense ________ for more cocaine.
Other's drugs.
Craving
San Salvador
Bipolar disorder
36. An interesting effect of LSD use is that of ___________ - a 'mixing of senses.'
Haldol
Soft drinks
Relaxed
Synesthesia
37. Poisonous alcohols include methyl - ethylene glycol and _________.
Central nervous system
Preoccupation
Appetite
Isopropyl
38. ______ factors refer to how the drug actually affects the body.
Pharmacological
Dose response
Cocaine
Constant
39. using drugs to achieve some goal other than the prescribed use - for example taking pills to stay awake and drive all night.
Pinpoint
Available
Distillation
Illegal Instrumental Use
40. Any substance that modifies mind or body function by distorting enhancing - or inhibiting them
Sedative hypnotic
Alcoholic
Drug
Muscle
41. taking prescribed or over the counter (OTC) drugs for illness
James
Ounces
Pharmacodynamic
Legal Instrumental Use
42. Drugs include any substances which can impair a person's ability to _______ function in society.
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
Clozapine
Peyote
Safely
43. Ecstasy falls under the category of synthetic or _________ drugs.
Tobacco
Antidepressant
10
Designer
44. Inhalant abuse can cause _______ - a state of oxygen deficiency in the body.
Hypoxia
Constant
Overdose
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
45. According to a recent survey - __% of Americans have used marijuana in their lifetime.
Cocaine
15
Neurotransmitters
41
46. Cocaine is used for _________ ___________ and vasoconstriction for surgery of the mouth - nose - and throat.
Topical anesthesia
Switching
Sedative hypnotic
Violent
47. The legal opioid methadone - is used to treat heroin dependence by reducing severity of __________ symptoms.
5
Cannabinoids
Dopamine
Withdrawal
48. Anabolic steroids are _________ drugs designed to build muscle mass while minimizing masculinizing effects attributed to testosterone.
30
Opioids
Synthetic
Malnutrition
49. Drugs with a long half life stay in the body for a very long time without significantly diminishing in strength - for example - ________ ________.
Blood thinners
Relaxed
Distillation
Dose dependent
50. Drugs are said to be ______ ________ when tolerance to one reduces the effectiveness of each of the others.
Inflammatory
Crystal meth
Tissue
Cross tolerant