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DSST Substance Abuse
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Varenicline (_______) is a prescription drug used for smoking cessation.
Tissue
Heroin
Chantix
6 -000
2. _______ withdrawal often lacks the severe physical symptoms that occur with heroin or alcohol withdrawal.
Autonomic
Cocaine
Epileptic seizures
Replacing
3. Originally marketed as a non-habit-forming substitute for codeine - ______ is derived from opium and is about three times as potent as morphine.
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
20
Heroin
100
4. Cardiac arrhythmia is a condition that occurs during ________ ________ ________ syndrome (SSDS)
Breathing
Cocaine
Sigmund Freud
Sudden sniffing death
5. There are more than one ________ products currently abused as inhalants.
Thousand
10
Psychoactive
Hallucinogen
6. Precursors are the raw materials from which _________________ are made and are found circulating in the blood supply and generally in the brain.
Neurotransmitters
Liver
Dose response
Active
7. Cocaine is absorbed so well into ________ __________ that it remains in use for surgery in the nasal - laryngeal - and esophageal regions.
Weight gain
Duration
Sedatives
Mucous membranes
8. Most of the integration of information - learning and ______ occur in the central nervous system.
Appetite
Less
Memory
Medical
9. In high doses or if combined with alcohol - barbiturates can stop a person's __________.
Leave
Plants
Thousand
Breathing
10. CNS ___________ - including barbiturates - inhalants and benzodiazepines all have effects similar to alcohol.
Depressants
Pharmacodynamic
Motor
Parkinson's
11. _____________ are drugs which cause hallucinations. They alter the way a user perceives reality and can affect emotions.
Hallucinogens
Behavioral tolerance
Haldol
Thousand
12. Inhalant abuse can cause _______ - a state of oxygen deficiency in the body.
Isopropyl
CYP450
Directions
Hypoxia
13. licit drug use - alcohol - tobacco - caffeine
Antitussives
Social
Legal Recreational Use
Involuntary
14. ________ - tobacco and marijuana are commonly called gateway drugs.
Benzodiazepines
Alcohol
Pharmacological
Withdrawal
15. 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.
Licit
Synthetic
Perceived risk
Positive
16. Opioids ________ the central nervous system (CNS).
Instantly
Depress
Social
20
17. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse - the typical narcotic habit costs $100 per ___.
Chewing
Day
Potent
Acetylcholine
18. Another principal factor that affects drug use is __________.
Andes
13-14
Inherited
Contextual
19. Opioids are also known as _________.
Alcohol
Months
Prozac
Narcotics
20. The forming of a neurotransmitter by the action of _______ on precursors is called synthesis.
Delirium tremens
Blood-brain
Opioids
Enzymes
21. Smoking is involved in about ___ percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease.
Endorphines
Blindness
30
Obesity
22. LSD - PCP and mescaline are _____________.
Indians
Unknown
Transdermal patch
Hallucinogens
23. The caffeine that is taken out of coffee to make it decaffeinated is used mostly in _____ ______.
Blood-brain
Soft drinks
Hallucinogens
Mental
24. Ketamine is sometimes known as '_________' - has effects similar to PCP and is commonly used in veterinary hospitals as an anesthetic.
Stimulant
OTC
Psychoactive
Special K
25. taking prescribed or over the counter (OTC) drugs for illness
1937
Legal Instrumental Use
Crack
Receptors
26. Psychological dependence develops most rapidly when the drug hits the ______ quickly.
Brain
Receptors
Parkinson's
Leukoplakia
27. When using snuff or chewing tobacco - nicotine is absorbed through the ______ lining of the mouth.
Decrease
Phenothiazines
Mucous
Short term
28. The preoccupation phase is characterized by _________ concern about the drug.
Eliminate
Nalorphine
Antagonists
Constant
29. The most commonly abused types of drugs include _______ - tobacco - stimulants - hallucinogens and depressants.
Anabolic steroid
Endorphines
Norepinephrine
Alcohol
30. Both barbiturates and _______________ affect the neurotransmitter GABA.
Benzodiazepines
Memory
Breathing
Opposed
31. ___ is sometimes known as angel dust.
Injection
Benzodiazepines
PCP
Brain
32. The white powder that you generally associate with cocaine is the _____ form of cocaine known as cocaine hydrochloride.
Salt
Antidepressant
10
Mescaline
33. Alcohol withdrawal seizures may occur 6 to __ hours after the last drink.
Injection
Stimulant
48
Marijuana
34. The antidepressant drug __________ was originally used to treat tuberculosis.
Women
Addiction
Mescaline
Iproniazid
35. ________ _______ is another term for alcohol withdrawal symptoms - especially fever - trembling and hallucinations.
Delirium tremens
DMT
Withdrawal
60
36. The three components of the nervous system are the central nervous system - the _______ system - and the autonomic system.
Physical
48
Amphetamines
Somatic
37. The three types of drug users include: experimenters - compulsive users and ________.
Placenta
Floaters
Violent
Family
38. ___ was originally used as a surgical anesthetic and has hallucinogenic effects different from LSD and mescaline (peyote cactus).
Stimulant
Insomnia
Dropouts
PCP
39. CNS depressants include: alcohol - ______________ - opioids - benzodiazepines and barbiturates.
30
Tobacco
Antihistamines
Cocaine
40. Nicotine is exceptionally _____ and has been used as an insecticide.
Heroin
Switching
120 pound woman
Toxic
41. Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse - no current ________ use in the US and have been declared unsafe.
Crystal meth
Family
Medical
1960
42. In the US - _______ was first used in psychiatry and as a local anesthetic.
Contextual
Cocaine
Anorexiants
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
43. ________ the proof number is the percentage of alcohol by volume.
Pharmaceutical
Stimulant
Healthcare
One half
44. Benzodiazepines are classified by their ________ of action.
Social
Dietary supplements
Duration
Lungs
45. Timothy Leary was a well known psychologist and proponent for the use of ___ in the 1960s.
Mental
Topical anesthesia
LSD
HCL
46. Because heroin is more _______ ________ - it is more potent and faster acting than morphine even though the effects of the two substances are identical.
Alcohol
DMT
Cessation
Lipid soluble
47. Originally it was believed that the occurrences of paranoid psychosis in cocaine and amphetamine users was caused by a pre-existing _______ condition or due to sleep deprivation.
Mental
Less
Withdrawal
Psychoactive
48. 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.
Artificial
Sedative
48
Common
49. Although they were originally called _____________ - antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis without producing drowsiness.
Caffeine
PCP
Psychoactive
Tranquilizers
50. Amphetamines can be taken orally - intravenously or by _______.
Psilocybin
Psychotherapeutic
Smoking
90