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DSST Substance Abuse

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1. Methylphenidate and Ritalin are both ______________.






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






3. High School ____ had the highest rate of current use of illicit drugs (9%).






4. According to a recent study - men and women from ______ backgrounds are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit the habit.






5. Psychotic behavior when there is no known ________ cause refers to functional disorders.






6. 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.






7. If all of the following consumed the same amount of alcohol at the same speed - which one would have the highest BAC? (120 pound woman - 135 pound woman - 150 pound man - 170 pound man).






8. Nitrous oxide is used by _________ for light anesthesia and can be found as a propellant in whipped cream dispensers.






9. ___ involves using electric shock to induce convulsions in mental patients.






10. The ______ ______ ______ company was responsible for the smuggling of opium into China during the 1800s.






11. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.






12. Since 1956 - the leaf tobacco content in cigarettes has been reduced by approximately __ percent.






13. The psychoactive ingredient found in the _____________ is mescaline.






14. When cocaine use is suddenly stopped - a 'crash' follows almost instantaneously that is characterized by an intense ________ for more cocaine.






15. GABA is a very widespread inhibitory neurotransmitter and ________ tends to have widespread inhibitory effects on neurons in the brain.






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






17. The somatic system carries sensory information into the CNS and carries ______ (movement) information back out.






18. The shorter the drug half life - the more __________ it is.






19. Even the newest ______________ drugs are only a little better than placebo.






20. Psychotic behavior resulting from a known ________ cause is called an organic disorder.






21. Amnesiac and anesthesia effects are common among hypnotics when used in _____ doses.






22. Most drugs are derived directly or indirectly from ______.






23. ________ _________ is the biological name for marijuana.






24. Crack is obtained by mixing cocaine with simple _________ chemicals - including baking soda and water - and then drying it--resulting in a lump of smokable cocaine.






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






26. The concentration of _______ found in the blood is called the BAC.






27. Marijuana is known to lower intraocular (within the eye) pressure associated with ________.






28. Drugs prescribed to control symptoms associated with ______ problems are called psychotherapeutics.






29. Opioid overdose can be diagnosed on the basis of the opioid triad: coma - depressed respiration - and ________ pupils.






30. Permanent brain damage - loss of muscle control - damage to the liver - heart - blood - and bone marrow are all possible consequences of _____ abuse.






31. Psychological dependence is closely related to the concept of _________ reinforcement - which states that if a behavior is reliably followed by a stimulus - it leads to an increase in the behavior.






32. The parasympathetic branch of the autonomic system stimulates digestion - slows the heart - and has other effects associated with a _______ physiological state.






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






34. There are currently no FDA approved OTC drugs for ______________.






35. For a drug to be ____________ - its molecules must be capable of passing through the blood-brain barrier.






36. The Soviets were the first to use ________ to build up their athletes.






37. Drugs which suppress the appetite are called ___________.






38. The active ingredients for half of the prescriptions filled consist of only ____ drugs.






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






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






41. A ________ book written in 2737 BC by Chinese emperor Shen Nung contains the earliest reference to Cannabis.






42. Drug ____________ occur when a drug enhances or inhibits the effect of another drug.






43. Fast acting drugs are the most likely to produce _____________ dependence.






44. Many ________ remedies have been used for anxiety disorder and depression. These include Kava Kava (also known as Kava Root) and St John's Wort.






45. The hallucinogenic effects of psilocybin are similar to those of LSD and __________.






46. A substance that has less potential for abuse than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II - has a currently accepted medical use in the US - and whose abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence






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






48. MDMA - popularly known as ecstasy - is a drug popular at clubs and '_____' since the 1980s.






49. ______ causing chemicals contained in tobacco are called nitrosamines.






50. Clonidine is an opioide agonist drug (similar to methadone) used in heroin ______________.






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