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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Women
Reducing
15
Cocaine
2. Psilocybin is the active psychoactive ingredient in _______________.
Indians
Fermentation
Cocaine
Magic mushrooms
3. Permanent brain damage - loss of muscle control - damage to the liver - heart - blood - and bone marrow are all possible consequences of _____ abuse.
Soft drinks
Inhalant
San Salvador
Chewing
4. FDA approved THC in capsule form is called _______.
Duration
Marinol
5
Sinsemilla
5. The pharmacological term for alcohol is _______.
Constipation
Autonomic
Illicit
Ethanol
6. _____ drug use refers to using a drug with a specific functional purpose--not for recreation
Smaller
Leukoplakia
Family
Instrumental
7. 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.
Pinpoint
Topical anesthesia
Temperance
Without
8. Because their effect varies depending on the dose - CNS depressants are said to be _____ ________.
Decrease
Iproniazid
GABA
Dose dependent
9. taking prescribed or over the counter (OTC) drugs for illness
Dose dependent
Leave
Benzodiazepines
Legal Instrumental Use
10. Psychotic behavior resulting from a known ________ cause is called an organic disorder.
Leukoplakia
Watery
Physical
I
11. Beer is created by adding ______ malt to cereal grains.
Raves
Increase
Barley
Benzodiazepines
12. ______ factors refer to how the drug actually affects the body.
Amphetamines
Pharmacological
Neurotransmitters
Antidepressant
13. Most studies show that alcohol is involved in about ____ _____ of all suicides.
10
One-third
Directions
Toxic
14. The names of barbiturates all end in __.
Al
Obesity
Active
Plants
15. _____ _______ studied cocaine for its potential as a treatment for a variety of ailments including depression and morphine dependence.
Distillation
Sigmund Freud
British East India
Heroin
16. Introduced as a ____ law - the Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) was not meant to be punitive and it made no reference to users of narcotics.
Taxes
Nicotine
Irritability
Tax
17. Another word for ____________ is psychedelic.
Household
4-6
CYP450
Hallucinogen
18. LSD is one of the most potent ____________ drugs.
Explosive
Constipation
Psychological
Psychoactive
19. These drugs alter perceptions of reality. They can affect sense of taste - smell - hearing and vision. Sometimes they are called ______________.
Violent
Cocaine
Psychedelics
Overdose
20. Drugs which suppress the appetite are called ___________.
Pleasurable
Inherited
Hallucinogens
Anorexiants
21. The most common active ingredients contained in OTC sleep aids are ______________.
13-14
Legal Instrumental Use
Over the counter
Antihistamines
22. using drugs to achieve some goal other than the prescribed use - for example taking pills to stay awake and drive all night.
Designer
Thousand
Potent
Illegal Instrumental Use
23. Heart rate and blood pressure are two of the many functions regulated by the _________ nervous system.
Hypoxia
Opium
Weight control
Autonomic
24. The 66 unique chemicals found in cannabis are called ____________.
Parkinson's
Cannabinoids
Potent
Blindness
25. Headaches - nosebleeds - nausea - drunken appearance and ______ eyes are all signs of inhalant abuse.
Watery
Sigmund Freud
Irritability
Addictive
26. ________ is used primarily in conjunction with surgical anesthesia and is approximately a hundred times as potent as morphine.
Decreased
Behavioral tolerance
Fentanyl
Illicit
27. ________ symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations - delusions - disorganized speech and behavior.
Escaping
Positive
Naltrexone
Phenothiazines
28. _______ is absorbed most quickly through smoking and intravenous injection.
Erich Goode
Cocaine
Narcan
Hypnotics
29. Withdrawal symptoms for marijuana include: irritability - restlessness - _________ appetite - weight loss and abnormal sleep.
Marinol
Decreased
Chewing
Taxes
30. Half life refers to how long a drug is ______ in the body.
Mental
Active
Black Tar
Antihistamines
31. A common lung disease caused by smoking is _________.
Natural
Emphysema
Incurable
15
32. Methylphenidate and Ritalin are both ______________.
Psychoactive
Amphetamines
Spinal cord
Schedule I
33. 'Opioid' is another word for '_____'.
Taxes
Switching
Opiate
Codeine
34. There are more than one ________ products currently abused as inhalants.
Delirium tremens
Illegal Recreational Use
Thousand
Family
35. Chemicals in the brain that produce effects similar to morphine and other opium derived drugs are called __________.
Blindness
Emphysema
Endorphines
Illicit
36. Current medical applications for cocaine are as a local __________ for ear - nose - and throat procedures.
Temperance
Ounces
Salt
Anesthetic
37. Occasionally drugs can have ___________ effects--an opposite effect to what is normally expected.
Paradoxica
10
26
Benzodiazepines
38. Because of cross tolerance - methadone is effective at reducing the severity and delaying symptoms associated with heroin withdrawal. Methadone is a __________ opioid.
Theobromine
Sedative
Licit
Synthetic
39. LSD is a synthetic substance and is the most ______ and notorious of the hallucinogens.
Smaller
Potent
Rapid
Nicotine
40. Smoking during pregnancy is associated with miscarriage - reduced birth weight - differences in body size and negative effects on physical / ______ development of the child.
Psychoactive
Mental
Amphetamines
Indians
41. Most of the integration of information - learning and ______ occur in the central nervous system.
Metabolism
Memory
Opioids
Kerosene
42. Ketamine is sometimes known as '_________' - has effects similar to PCP and is commonly used in veterinary hospitals as an anesthetic.
Coca
Wood
20
Special K
43. Ice is also known as '______________'.
Cocaine
Crystal meth
Theobromine
Atypical
44. A single shot of heroin lasts ___ hours.
Benzodiazepines
Antihistamines
Overdose
4-6
45. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.
Peyote cactus
Antitussives
Isopropyl
Cocaine
46. ___ is normally ineffective when taken orally and is usually snorted - smoked - or taken by injection.
Cancer
Peers
Moderate
DMT
47. Examples of damage to the cardiovascular system caused by medical doses of amphetamines include increased heart rate - raised _______ _________ - and damage to veins and arteries.
Epileptic seizures
Dropouts
Blood pressure
Licit
48. The human body strives to maintain its internal environment within a certain range (temperature - blood pressure - etc); this ___________ is called homeostasis.
Equilibrium
Mucous membranes
Decrease
Al
49. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse - the typical narcotic habit costs $100 per ___.
Opiate
Day
Cannabis sativa
Designer
50. Cronic malnutrition causes _______ damage.
Disease
Central nervous system
Dose dependent
Tissue