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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Severe alcoholism often results in ____________ as a result of decreased caloric intake by alcoholics.
Fermentation
Half life
Malnutrition
Synthetic
2. Legal _______ drugs - ranked by amount of money spent each year: Alcohol ($104 billion) Tobacco ($51.9 billion) Coffee - Tea and Cocoa ($5.7 billion)
Safely
Barbiturate
Drug safety
Social
3. CYP450 enzymes ______ toxic chemicals once they are eaten.
One half
Depressants
Eliminate
Solvent
4. Stimulants can maintain wakefulness - give a user a sense of increased energy - decrease ________ and temporarily elevate the mood.
Rate
Nalorphine
Appetite
Blindness
5. Most illicit drugs cause an addiction in both the mother and the infant because drugs (cocaine - barbiturates - heroin - etc) pass through the _________ and reach the baby.
Wood
Cessation
Drinking
Placenta
6. Psychological dependence develops most rapidly when the drug hits the ______ quickly.
Brain
Special K
Opium
Stimulant
7. LSD and other hallucinogens typically do not produce physical __________.
Clozapine
Dependence
Appetite
Hypoventilation
8. Smokers die _____ years earlier than nonsmokers.
Dopamine
MDMA
Atypical
13-14
9. Alcohol - barbiturates - inhalants - and sleeping pills and sedatives are all ___________.
Clozapine
Parkinson's
Mental retardation
Depressants
10. ___ is sometimes known as angel dust.
PCP
Breaks down
48
Muscle spasms
11. Hashish is the most ______ cannabis preparation - it's THC level can be as high as 28%.
Decrease
Dentists
Potent
Cocaine
12. 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.
Methamphetamine
Psychoactive
Clozapine
Drinking
13. MAO inhibitors - tricyclics and selective reuptake inhibitors are three types of ______________ drugs.
Depressants
Antidepressant
Hemp rope
Appetite
14. Nicotine nasal spray - nicotine inhalers and _________ are smoking cessation aids which require a doctor's prescription.
Months
Bupropion
100
LSD
15. Alcoholics - who experience mild to _________ alcohol withdrawal symptoms - can usually be treated on an outpatient basis by a healthcare professional.
Mucous membranes
Rohypnol
Methylphenidate
Moderate
16. ______ is an antipsychotic medication used for treating psychotic disorders including Tourette's syndrome.
15
Haldol
Body fat
Brain
17. FDA approved THC in capsule form is called _______.
Memory
Marinol
Psychoactive
Medical
18. The four stages of alcohol withdrawal are _______ - hallucinations - delusions and seizures.
Designer
Sinsemilla
Cigarettes
Tremors
19. There are several FDA approved prescription drugs used to treat ________ - but only Lunesta has been approved for long term use.
HCL
Soft drinks
Barbiturate
Insomnia
20. The two ways psychoactive drugs achieve their effect is either by altering availability of the ___________ or by acting directly on the receptor.
440
Rapid
Transmitter
Depressants
21. Historically - as _______ use declined - amphetamine use increased.
Cocaine
Psychoactive
Sinsemilla
Cumulative
22. Marijuana is the most commonly used ________ drug.
Environment
Glaucoma
Illicit
Absorbed
23. Bupropion is an ________________ used to reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
Perceived risk
Antidepressant
Alcohol
Cocaine
24. Whiskey - Scotch - and Brandy are examples of distilled beverages. They are also called '________'.
Sleeping pills
Perceived risk
Withdrawal
Spirits
25. For a given class of ___ drug - all the competing brands contain the same few active ingredients.
OTC
Lipid solubility
Withdrawal
Cannabis sativa
26. Alcohol is the second leading substance abuse related cause of premature death among Americans (________ is first).
Tobacco
Diagnostic
Depressants
Marijuana
27. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.
Methylphenidate
Wood
Antitussives
20
28. Anabolic steroids are _________ drugs designed to build muscle mass while minimizing masculinizing effects attributed to testosterone.
MDMA
Irritability
Alcoholics Anonymous
Synthetic
29. Kava Kava and St John's Wort are both medicinal herbs - often used to treat mild
Depression
More
Fermentation
60
30. Marijuana is known to lower intraocular (within the eye) pressure associated with ________.
Smoked
Glaucoma
Hallucinogens
Relief
31. The _____________ curve is a graph comparing the size of response to a drug to the amount of a drug taken.
Incurable
Dose response
Molecular
V
32. Legal instrumental - illegal instrumental - legal recreational and illegal recreational use are the 4 types of drug use according to ___________.
Andes
Graduates
Erich Goode
Opposed
33. The process where the body rids itself of drugs and alcohol is called ______________.
Constipation
Solvents
Detoxification
Sudden sniffing death
34. Jimsonweed a potent hallucinogenic plant and is also known as ____ _____.
Prescription
Nicotine
Loco weed
Social
35. During the 1800s - opium and morphine were the active ingredients found in many American ________ ________.
Congeners
Spirits
Stimulant
Patent medicines
36. King ______ of England wrote a antitobacco pamphlet and he taxed tobacco to attempt to limit its use.
Overdose
Narcotics
James
Codeine
37. Three stimulants used by athletes in the early 1800s and 1900s were __________ - cocaine - and caffeine.
Heroin
Addiction
Opioids
Strychnine
38. Toluene is the psychoactive chemical found in many commonly abused inhalants such as glues - paints - thinners and _____ ______.
Somatic
Relaxed
Nail polish
PET
39. _______ withdrawal often lacks the severe physical symptoms that occur with heroin or alcohol withdrawal.
Cocaine
Toxic
Patent medicines
Slowly
40. Methyl alcohol is made from ____.
Prescription
Wood
Legal Instrumental Use
Sinsemilla
41. Drug _____ is to use a drug in a situation - manner or amount that it causes social - psychological - physical or occupational problems.
Abuse
1937
Drinking
Gateway
42. Alcohol ______ - is the tendency for someone under the influence of alcohol to focus on the here and now and to pay less attention to long term consequences.
Time course
One half
Mucous
Myopia
43. In addition to vitamins and minerals - the FDA defines dietary supplements as substances such as herbs - extracts of herbs - ___________ and concentrates.
Peyote
Loco weed
Antidepressant
Amino acids
44. The DSM-IV-TR is a manual which provides criteria for classifying mental disorders into hundreds of specific __________ categories.
Diagnostic
Toxic
Nalorphine
Congestion rebound
45. Some smokers believe that _____ cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes.
Nonspecific
Long
48
Clove
46. Psychotic behavior when there is no known ________ cause refers to functional disorders.
Smaller
Phyiscal
Cocaine
Crack
47. The human body strives to maintain its internal environment within a certain range (temperature - blood pressure - etc); this ___________ is called homeostasis.
Cocaine
Equilibrium
Cocaine
Schedule I
48. Most of the integration of information - learning and ______ occur in the central nervous system.
Memory
Congestion rebound
Spirits
Body
49. Acne and baldness in men - decreased breast size and facial hair in women are some of the side effects associated with ________________ use.
Anabolic steroid
CYP450
Preschool
Sedatives
50. By the 1850s - the temperance movement supported not only a ban on distilled spirits but also a ban on all __________ beverages.
Social
Tobacco
Antidepressant
Alcoholic