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DSST Substance Abuse

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The _____ ____ of heroin is 15-30 minutes.






2. _________ is often referred to as the brain's major excitatory neurotransmitter.






3. _________ are the oldest stimulants known. They are found in tea - coffee - soft drinks and chocolate.






4. FDA approved THC in capsule form is called _______.






5. ____-acting barbiturates or benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed to prevent Alcohol withdrawal symptoms.






6. Excessive use of caffeine is called _________.






7. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse - the typical narcotic habit costs $100 per ___.






8. ______________ are significantly better than placebo treatments in reducing psychotic behaviors.






9. 95% pure alcohol is called _____________ spirits






10. Another principal factor that affects drug use is __________.






11. In the US - _______ was first used in psychiatry and as a local anesthetic.






12. GHB is most well-known for its use in substances that disable users and make them vulnerable to sexual assault. _________ is another drug of this type.






13. The withdrawal symptoms for a ______ user whose drug usage has consisted of a low daily dose resemble a mild case of intestinal flu.






14. The three types are drug disposition tolerance - behavioral tolerance - and _________________ tolerance.






15. The _____________ curve is a graph comparing the size of response to a drug to the amount of a drug taken.






16. There are several FDA approved prescription drugs used to treat ________ - but only Lunesta has been approved for long term use.






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






18. In the relief stage - a user experiences satisfaction by _________ from negative feelings such as boredom - anger - stress - fatigue and loneliness.






19. Cronic malnutrition causes _______ damage.






20. Cocaine is a ___________ controlled substance.






21. For many years - ___________ sleeping pills were the drug of choice for people wishing to commit suicide.






22. The time course of a drug's action depends on many things - including how the drug is administered - how quickly it is ______ - and how it is eliminated from the body.






23. Another way of saying placebo effect is ___________ effect.






24. Experimenters primarily restrict drug usage to ______________ settings and are motivated by peer pressure and curiosity.






25. The _________ policy of the FDA concerns taking some prescription medications and removing the prescription requirement and making the drug available via OTC.






26. Alcohol withdrawal seizures may occur 6 to __ hours after the last drink.






27. ___________ is considered the fifth and final stage of drug addiction.






28. The neurotransmitter ____ is found in most areas of the CNS and exerts generalized inhibitory functions.






29. ________ symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations - delusions - disorganized speech and behavior.






30. Jimsonweed a potent hallucinogenic plant and is also known as ____ _____.






31. The time from the patient receiving their first dose of antipsychotic medication until the first result is seen is at least __ days.






32. Drugs which cause a loss of ______ are called Amnesiacs.






33. Men are _____ likely to use illicit drugs than women and pregnant women are less likely to use drugs than women who are not pregnant.






34. Timothy Leary was a well known psychologist and proponent for the use of ___ in the 1960s.






35. Gender affects BAC because the average female has a higher proportion of _________ and therefore - for a given weight has less volume in which to distribute the alcohol.






36. When someone overdoses on opiates (heroin - codeine - morphine - etc) Narcan can be injected into a muscle to get the victim __________ again.






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






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






39. Women are more likely to have problems with ______________ medicines.






40. Onset of drug effects via inhalation is quite rapid because the capillary walls are very accessible in the _____ - and the drug thus enters the blood quickly.






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






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






43. The most widely used licit social drug is _______.






44. When an alcoholic learns to modify his behavior to compensate for motor impairments associated with being intoxicated this is called _____ _____.






45. The combination of amphetamine or cocaine with an opioid narcotic--often heroin--is called a _________.






46. Examples of opioid antagonists are _________ - nalorphine and naltrexone.






47. Synthetic drugs which result from the altered chemical structures of illicit drugs are called __________________.






48. An increase in the heart rate and reddening of the ____ are the two most consistent physiological effects of smoking marijuana.






49. 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.






50. Many plant-produced chemicals have effects on the intestines or muscles; others alter ______ biochemistry.