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DSST Substance Abuse

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1. Cronic malnutrition causes _______ damage.






2. Alcohol dependence as a disease is also known as disease model of alcohol dependence and this concept did not become really popular until ______________________ began to have a major influence in the 1940s and 1950s






3. Severe alcoholism often results in ____________ as a result of decreased caloric intake by alcoholics.






4. illicit drug use - cocaine - marijuana - etc






5. Physical dependence is related to _______________ tolerance.






6. Nitrites are sometimes called '________' and come in small vials or tubes.






7. _________ is a neurotransmitter associated with aggression and regulation of body weight.






8. Another word for _________ is painkiller.






9. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.






10. Inhalant abuse is usually a problem among children and ___________.






11. 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.






12. ____ - also known as Ecstasy - produces both stimulant and hallucinogenic effects.






13. _______ drugs are illegal to own or use. Some examples are cocaine - LSD and marijuana.






14. The three types of drug users include: experimenters - compulsive users and ________.






15. Only lipid-soluble substances can pass the _____________ barrier.






16. 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.






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






18. The forming of a neurotransmitter by the action of _______ on precursors is called synthesis.






19. Another word for ____________ is euphorigenic.






20. Cannabis was declared illegal in the US in the year ____.






21. Floaters (chippers) usually don't maintain their own supply of drugs but prefer to use...

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






23. The freebase method of smoking cocaine can be very dangerous because the combination of fire and ether fumes is extremely __________.






24. ______________ do not cure mental illnesses but they do control the symptoms sufficiently to permit patients to live and work in society.






25. Ingesting too much caffeine can result in nervousness - irritability - _______________ and insomnia - etc.






26. The three types of names that are applied to drugs are the _______ name - the chemical name - and the brand name.






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






28. The two ways psychoactive drugs achieve their effect is either by altering availability of the ___________ or by acting directly on the receptor.






29. REM sleep is the sleep phase associated with _______.






30. Commonly called '_______ _____' - nitrous oxide is a gaseous anesthetic first used in the early 1800s in medicine and surgery.






31. Aspirin is one of the most popular OTC drugs in the US. It is used for its analgesic - anti-____________and antipyretic effects.






32. Common opioids include morphine - codeine - _____ and methadone.






33. Varenicline (_______) is a prescription drug used for smoking cessation.






34. Two forms of cocaine which can be smoked are _____ and coca paste.






35. 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.






36. Hashish is the most ______ cannabis preparation - it's THC level can be as high as 28%.






37. With _______ parodoxical effects include bizarre uninhibited behavior - rage - hostility and paranoia.






38. The opium plant contains both morphine and _______.






39. Metabolites refer to the substances that are produced or left over when the body metabolizes (_______ ______) the drugs that have been consumed.






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






41. Medical uses of _______________ include muscle relaxants - sleeping pills - treatment for convulsive disorders (epilepsy) - alcohol detoxification - and preoperative anesthesia (amnesiac).






42. King ______ of England wrote a antitobacco pamphlet and he taxed tobacco to attempt to limit its use.






43. A person who has narcolepsy falls ______ as often as 50 times a day.






44. ________ drugs are developed to eliminate the illegality of a drug by modifying a drug into a new compound.






45. Damage to the neurotransmitter _____________ is associated with Alzheimer's disease.






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






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






48. Two OTC smoking _________ aids are nicotine gum and patches.






49. The idea that alcohol dependence is a _______ goes back at least to the 1700s.






50. Because _______ is lipid soluble - it is easily absorbed by the liver - heart - brain - lungs and reproductive organs.